The mine. Loudon1845 |
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... hundred and fifty feet , and in rather an anxious mood . For the tub was only a rough one , the same that is used by the miners for raising the lumps of salt to the surface of the earth . ― It was some time before the fascination of 4 ...
... hundred and fifty feet , and in rather an anxious mood . For the tub was only a rough one , the same that is used by the miners for raising the lumps of salt to the surface of the earth . ― It was some time before the fascination of 4 ...
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... hundred feet beneath us . But the depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to lie in vast beds , or strata . One of these had been worked for more than a hundred years , when another was discovered below it , but ...
... hundred feet beneath us . But the depth of the several mines varies much . The salt rock seems to lie in vast beds , or strata . One of these had been worked for more than a hundred years , when another was discovered below it , but ...
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... way , almost east and west , and about three quarters of a mile across it . The thickness of the stratum of salt is from sixty to almost a hundred feet . Its upper parts are about forty 8 SALT WORKS IN CHESHIRE . feet below the level.
... way , almost east and west , and about three quarters of a mile across it . The thickness of the stratum of salt is from sixty to almost a hundred feet . Its upper parts are about forty 8 SALT WORKS IN CHESHIRE . feet below the level.
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... hundred feet ' ( one quarter as high again as St. Paul's ) . When the travellers stepped out of their hammocks , they were not at their journey's end , for they had yet to descend a slope , which in some places was very broad ; in ...
... hundred feet ' ( one quarter as high again as St. Paul's ) . When the travellers stepped out of their hammocks , they were not at their journey's end , for they had yet to descend a slope , which in some places was very broad ; in ...
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... hundred feet . : " Those who show the mine are careful to point out to strangers various elegant chapels hewn in the solid salt - rock . The altar - piece , the ornaments , a large crucifix , and statues of the saints , are all cut out ...
... hundred feet . : " Those who show the mine are careful to point out to strangers various elegant chapels hewn in the solid salt - rock . The altar - piece , the ornaments , a large crucifix , and statues of the saints , are all cut out ...
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