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Mining for rock salt, c1890.
Mining for rock salt, c1890. Miners being lowered down a shaft on rope slings to begin their shift in the salt mine at Wieliczka, Galicia, Poland. The mine is the oldest operational salt mine in the world, having been worked since the 13th century, and consists of 300 kilometres of galleries and some 3000 underground chambers. The salt produced is of very high purity.
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AR925441
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Candle
CANDLES
coal miner
country
Engraving
Industry
LOCATION
lowering
Male
Man
Men
MINE
Mine (Mining)
mine shaft
Miner
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Oxford Science Archive
People
Poland
Polish
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Rope
Salt
SALT MINE
TGN
Underground
Wieliczka