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Entrance to Catedral de Salthe mine is still in use, but at night
when there are no tourists
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All the walls are solid salt rock
interestingly the salt has no iodine, hence the local people suffered goiters
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me & Ben
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Ben & Maria
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The salt is only white when water leaches it from the rock. This is can be quite dangerous
- the miners do not want water leaking through
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The cross is carved into the rock: it is a relief
but looks 3D.Wednesday, 26 December 12
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my silhouette by a huge column
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The ceilings in this section are very high. There is nylon fishing line hanging from the ceiling in places to measure how much it
sinks - over thousands of years the mountain will reclaim this space.
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A small lake, reflecting the ceiling
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very happy to find a spider in the carving in the rock
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We decide to try our hand at mining (move aside claustrophobia)
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After 3 attempts I made it through this tunnel, holding
Maria’s hand. It helped that it was pitch dark so I could not
actually see how narrow it was
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The miners used to be paid in salt - Ben would
have been broke -he barely chipped the rock
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It is much harder than it looks!
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Dynamite holes
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Miners return from a hard day’s work
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We settle into the cinema to watch a movie about the mine
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Ben
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Salt leeching: reinforcement necessary in this sectionWednesday, 26 December 12
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