Everything you might want to know about the Bex salt mines is at their official web site <https://www.seldesalpes.ch/en/salt-mines/>.
Mark On Fri, 31 Aug, 2018 at 8:45 PM, J Lyles <j...@losalamos.com> wrote: Cool, i know where Bex is, not far from Montreaux and Lac Leman right? I go to that area frequently for work. Is it in the valley floor or up on the cliffs in mountains? On Aug 31, 2018, at 9:56 AM, Mark Minton <mmin...@illinoisalumni.org<mailto:mmin...@illinoisalumni.org>> wrote: Another interesting salt mine to visit is the one at Bex, Switzerland. I went there in 1993-4. You can ride a miniature train through the workings and see antique equipment and workings. Everything gets encrusted with salt. The mine is still active today. Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net On Fri, 31 Aug, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Dwight <dirt...@comcast.net> wrote: Yes. We were at Turda a couple of years ago. It's spectacular as the salt has flowed plastically and is highly contorted. The "theme park" is a bit bizarre when you see it in person! Dirtdoc From: "Harvey DuChene" <hrduch...@gmail.com> To: "Dwight" <dirt...@comcast.net>, jerryat...@aol.com, "Cave Texas" <Texascavers@texascavers.com> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:41:26 AM Subject: RE: [SWR CAVERS] Halitetites In 1998 or 1999, Kathy and I visited Romania and went to the salt mine at Turda in the Transylvanian Alps. The mine is very old, and I believe salt was being extracted as early as 900 bce. Tectonic forces have seriously contorted the bedding, and halite stalactites have preferentially grown along some of the bedding planes (see photo). Since our visit almost 20 years ago, the mine has been turned into and underground theme park. Search on “salina turda” to see what the place looks like today. Harv [Salina Turda salt mine in Romania reopens as theme park</Attach/D/1/5/D15114C8-AD78-4335-A41D-F6D4E6CB567C_mminton_illinoisalumni_org/image001.jpg>]
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