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What (who) is salt mines - definition

MINING OPERATION INVOLVED IN THE EXTRACTION OF ROCK SALT OR HALITE
Saltmine; Salt mines; Salt Mine; Salt miner; Salt deposit; Salt mine
  • The Crystal Valley region of the [[Khewra Salt Mines]] in [[Pakistan]]. With around 250,000 visitors a year, the site is a major tourist attraction.
  •  Large hole drilling rig for blast-hole drilling at salt mine [[Haigerloch]]-Stetten
  • A small [[mosque]] made of salt bricks inside the Khewra Salt Mines complex
  • Mount Morris, New York]]
  • Diorama of an underground salt mine in Germany.
  • Slănic, Prahova]], Romania. The railing (lower middle) gives the viewer an idea of scale.

salt mines         
Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare playpen, sandbox. [Jargon File]
Salt mining         
Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations.
Albert Mines, New Brunswick         
  • Drawing of the asphalt-like ore known as Albertite.
HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
Albert Mines; Albert Mines Site
Albert Mines is a community in the southeastern corner (Map) of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is due south of the Village of Hillsborough and bordered by the communities of Demoiselle Creek (site of Hopewell Rocks) and Edgetts Landing.

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Salt mining

Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations.

Examples of use of salt mines
1. The region‘s ancient salt mines and volcanoes offer a spectacular, moonlike landscape.
2. Back then it was a commercial center, named for its salt mines.
3. The only things missing are the salt mines for "transgressors". – Barry Mckay, Ottawa, Canada Consider reading W.H.
4. The tour group disappeared Thursday while traveling in Ethiopia‘s Afar region, a barren expanse of salt mines and volcanoes 500 miles northeast of the capital, Addis Ababa.
5. We walked up the volcano together to the lava lake at night and we went to the salt mines and saw the camel caravans.