Wieliczka Salt Mine - An Astounding Subterranean Salt Cathedral

Mining & Minerals - Evaluations / Lithium, Potash, Halite, & P2O5 Mining Projects

Date posted: 08/11/14

In case you missed this, you must learn about the deep underground in Poland lies something remarkable but little known outside Eastern Europe. For centuries, miners have extracted salt there, but left behind things quite startling and unique. Take a look at the most unusual salt mine in the world. From the outside, Wieliczka Salt Mine does not look extraordinary. It looks extremely well kept for a place that has not mined any salt for over ten years but apart from that it looks ordinary. However, over two hundred meters or that is 600 feet below ground it holds an astonishing secret. This is the salt mine that became an art gallery, cathedral and underground lake - representing the current water table. We wonder what the cost of pumping is to keep the water table out of and below the workings.