12-20-2010, 11:18 AM
Also on the subject of Salt Mines I just did a quick look on Wikipedia and the extent of salt mining globally is amazing. Some of the mines are darned shrines too. Carved out of salt! Worth a look even if just for pictures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine