Salt Mining

Original Price: $15.95
Sale Price: $10.95
  

Stock #: 436488
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
State: Kansas (KS)
Publisher: Woodgifts
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
In addition to the usual method of drilling and blasting, the evaporation process for mining salt is also used. Fresh water is forced down through pipes to the salt vein, the brine thus formed is pumped to the surface and evaporated. In this process, the salt is never touched by human hands.

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