Editing Salt mining (section)

== Mining regions around the world ==
[[File:Crystal Valley (Khewra Salt Mines).JPG|thumb|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.]]
[[File:SaltMosque.JPG|thumb |A small [[mosque]] made of salt bricks inside the Khewra Salt Mines complex]]
[[File:Large hole drilling rig.jpg|thumb| Large hole drilling rig for blast-hole drilling at salt mine [[Haigerloch]]-Stetten]]
{{main|List of countries by salt production}}
Some notable salt mines include:
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| [[Austria]]  || [[Hallstatt]] and [[Salzkammergut]]. </tr>

| [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] || [[Tuzla]] </tr>
|valign="top"| [[Bulgaria]] || [[Provadiya]]; and [[Solnitsata]], an ancient town which Bulgarian archaeologists regard as the oldest in Europe and the site of a salt-production facility approximately six millennia ago.<ref name="Maugh">{{cite news |title= Bulgarians find oldest European town, a salt production center |first= Thomas H. |last= Maugh II |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oldest-european-town-20121101,0,3214695.story |newspaper= [[The Los Angeles Times]] |date= 1 November 2012 |access-date= 5 December 2012 |archive-date= 25 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181225201116/https://www.latimes.com/ |url-status= live }}</ref> </tr>
|valign="top"| [[Canada]]   || Sifto Salt Mine<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.goderich.ca/industry.html |title= Industries in Goderich |access-date= 2008-02-08 |quote= Sifto Canada Inc. [...] (Goderich Mine) |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071226190621/http://www.goderich.ca/industry.html |archive-date= December 26, 2007 }}</ref> in [[Goderich, Ontario| Goderich]], Ontario, which, at {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1|lk= on}} wide and {{convert|2|mi|km|1}} long, is one of the largest salt mines in the world extending {{convert|7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=CBC-TV – Geologic Journey – Goderich, Ontario and Detroit Michigan |url=http://www.cbc.ca/geologic/field_guide/gl_goderich.html?dataPath=/photogallery/documentaries/gallery_641/xml/gallery_641.xml |publisher=CBC 2012 |access-date=3 August 2012 |archive-date=28 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928001148/http://www.cbc.ca/geologic/field_guide/gl_goderich.html?dataPath=/photogallery/documentaries/gallery_641/xml/gallery_641.xml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Amy Pataki, Richard Lautens, Salt at the source: a day in a Lake Huron mine, [https://projects.thestar.com/projects/salt_mine_lake_huron.html The Toronto Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118155650/https://projects.thestar.com/projects/salt_mine_lake_huron.html |date=2021-11-18 }}, Fri Aug 15 2014.</ref>
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| [[Colombia]]  || [[Zipaquirá]] </tr>
| [[England]]  || The "[[-wich town#Springs and wells|-wich town]]s" of [[Cheshire]] and [[Worcestershire]].</tr>
| [[Ethiopia]], [[Eritrea]], [[Djibouti]] || [[Danakil Desert]], where manual labor is used.<ref>{{cite web|title= Salt mine in the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia, 2015|url= https://independent-travellers.com/ethiopia/danakil_depression/salt_mine/|website= Independent Travellers|publisher= independent-travellers.com|access-date= July 14, 2017|archive-date= March 29, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170329135138/https://independent-travellers.com/ethiopia/danakil_depression/salt_mine/|url-status= live}}</ref> </tr>
| [[Germany]]  || [[Rheinberg]],  [[Berchtesgaden]], [[Heilbronn]] </tr>
| [[Republic of Ireland]]  || [[Mountcharles]]  </tr>
| [[Italy]]    || [[Racalmuto]], [[Realmonte]] and [[Petralia Soprana]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.italkali.com/en/production_sites.php |title=Italkali Spa - Production Sites |access-date=2011-05-09 |format=online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331184945/http://www.italkali.com/en/production_sites.php |archive-date=2012-03-31 }}</ref> within the production sites managed by [[Italkali]]. </tr>
| [[Morocco]]  || Société de Sel de Mohammedia (Mohammedia Rock Salt company) near [[Casablanca]] </tr>
| [[Northern Ireland]] || Kilroot, near [[Carrickfergus]], more than a century old and containing passages whose combined length exceeds 25&nbsp;km. </tr>
| [[Pakistan]] || [[Khewra Salt Mine]]s, the world's second largest salt-mining operation, spanning over 300&nbsp;km. It was first discovered by a horse of Alexander the Great. The mine is still operation till today. </tr>
| [[Poland]]   || [[Wieliczka]] and [[Bochnia]], both established in the mid-13th century and still operating, mostly as museums. [[Kłodawa Salt Mine]].</tr>
| [[Romania]]  || '''[[Slănic]]''' (with [[Salina Veche]], Europe's largest salt mine), [[Cacica]], [[Ocnele Mari]], [[Salina Turda]], [[Târgu Ocna]], [[Ocna Sibiului]], [[Praid]] and [[Salina Ocna Dej]]. </tr>
| [[Russia]] || 
* [[Solikamsk]] in [[Perm Krai]] (European Russia)
* [[Seregovo mine|Seregovo]] in the [[Komi Republic]] (European Russia)</tr>
| [[Ukraine]]  || [[Soledar Salt Mine]] in Soledar, Donetsk oblast. </tr>
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* [[Hutchinson, Kansas]], underground mining began at Hutchinson in 1923 as the Carey Salt Company. In 1990 the Hutchinson Salt Company formed, then purchased the mine.  In 2005 the [[Strataca]] salt mine museum and ''Underground Vaults & Storage'' constructed a new {{convert|650|ft|m|-1}} shaft to an older part of the mine for tours and storage.  Also, Lyons Salt Company and [[Compass Minerals]] is located in [[Lyons, Kansas]], and Independent Salt Company is located in [[Kanopolis, Kansas]].
* [[Avery Island (Louisiana)|Avery Island, Louisiana]]
* [[Cleveland, Ohio]] is home to the [[Whiskey Island mine]] owned by [[Cargill]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=DeSmit |first=Jacob |date=2023-07-31 |title=Step Inside the Cargill Salt Mines Under Lake Erie |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/step-inside-the-cargill-salt-mines-under-lake-erie |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=[[Cleveland Magazine]] |language=en}}</ref> The [[Fairport Harbor mine]] owned by [[Morton Salt]] is located {{cvt|30|mi|km}} to the east.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mallonee |first=Laura |date=2016-05-03 |title=Venture Into a Surreal Salt Mine 2,000 Feet Below Lake Erie |language=en-US |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/05/venture-surreal-salt-mine-2000-feet-lake-erie/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |issn=1059-1028 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209025651/https://www.wired.com/2016/05/venture-surreal-salt-mine-2000-feet-lake-erie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Detroit, Michigan]], {{convert|1100|ft|m|-1}} beneath which the [[Detroit salt mine|Detroit Salt Company's]] {{convert|1500|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} subterranean complex extends<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitsalt.com/home.htm |title=The Detroit Salt Company – Explore the City under the City |access-date=2008-02-08 |format=online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412212550/http://www.detroitsalt.com/home.htm |archive-date=2009-04-12 }}</ref>
* [[Livingston County, New York]], location of American Rock Salt, the largest operating salt mine in the United States with a capacity for producing up to 18,000 tons each day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spector|first1=Joseph|title=American Rock Salt to expand in Livingston|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/vote-up/2015/01/13/largest-salt-mine-in-u-s-to-expand-in-livingston-county/21703733/|access-date=20 July 2015|publisher=Democrat and Chronicle|date=13 Jan 2015|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203233828/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/vote-up/2015/01/13/largest-salt-mine-in-u-s-to-expand-in-livingston-county/21703733/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Syracuse, New York]] earned the nickname "The Salt City" for its salt mining, an activity that continues in the region to the present day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cayuga-salt-mine-elevator-malfunction-traps-17-miners-underground-lansing-n491851|title=All 17 Cargill Salt Miners Trapped on Underground Elevator Freed|work=NBC News|access-date=January 7, 2016|date=January 7, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107110921/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cayuga-salt-mine-elevator-malfunction-traps-17-miners-underground-lansing-n491851|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Grand Saline, Texas]] has a Morton Salt mine. It is one of the largest in the world.
* [[Houston, Texas]], near [[Daikin Park]] is a newly discovered saltworks.
* [[Saltville, Virginia]], the site of one of the [[Confederate States of America| Confederacy]]'s main saltworks.
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