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Here is a small photo report from the salt mines Sol-Iletsk. This is - one of the largest mines in Russia. Here for the year produced a fantastic amount of salt. Under the cut - 8 photos.
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Cramped elevator accommodates no more than 11 people at a time, but in practice all seven already closely.



First in the mine there is nothing interesting: a small tunnel and everywhere salt, as if snow.



In the first large hall statue of Saint Barbara - the patron saint of miners. Naturally, of salt. Miners create here a little salt chapel.



Probably some time this flat "cave" will be a great and profound "hall».



This processor - the main tehika mine.



The height of this "hall" 30 meters. Once in the tunnel under the ceiling entered Harvester and started a long way down, layer by layer.



The lowest point of the mine - 330 m above the ground. There are likely written depth below sea level.



These should be left behind harvester



Tunnels are incredible length



And still have something Soviet



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