Saltmine in Soledar
Deep underground hidden main wealth and surprisingly unique Soledar Donetsk region in Ukraine. This is a real mine, but its difference is that white gold is mined here - salt.
Natural needs of the human body in salt intake had led since the dawn of human civilization solevovydobuvnoho fishing. Until the 19th century in Central Africa salt and gold by weight equally valued. In the Middle Ages in Europe presence on the table white miracles testified to the wealth of the owner. In ancient times, salt was considered not only valuable, but also a sacred object.
It is interesting that today 95% of salt produced in Ukraine, accounts for Artyomovskoye deposit, located in the southeast of Donbass. Mine Dungeon Soledar constitute a system of branched kilometers of the maze, which was formed by the extraction of salt. This mine is ineffective, although its walls actively continue to produce salt. Sometime around 280 million. Ago this city was Perm sea. So welcome to the kingdom "Salt Queen" on trohsotmetrovu depth!
In the salt mine Soledar all created from salt - walls, ceiling, floor. Artificial colorful lights reflecting off sparkling crystals. In one of the abandoned mines is the church. It came right after the opening of the company. As miners and quite dangerous due to the constant risk to maintain the spirit of the workers and was established church. Going there, you will see a beautiful chandelier, which made themselves miners. They decorated her salt crystals that sometimes occur in layers of salt. About two and a half hundreds of crystal cubes went to the decoration of this lamp.
The most popular place in a mine is a huge tunnel that is simply amazing for its size. Ceiling height is 30 meters, the width of the tunnel - 14 meters, length - almost a kilometer! In the hall you will hear the sound of classical music, accompanied by the sounds of nature. Lighting - muted, there is the impression that are somewhere in space! Incredible! The air is quite dry, cool, salty. Incredible silence ...
In Soledarskiy Health Center is also mine. There are no mines operating characteristic noise, no assembly line with trolley. This underground area more like a fairy town with mysterious figures salt and palm trees, with the lounge.
Rock salt, in addition, is a good material for sculptors. This use miners who have inclination for carving. They create fantastic characters with salt, animals. Also interesting are the salt lamps. Under the influence of temperature saturates the air bubble microns salt that creates miniature effect of mine. These lamps are used as a prophylactic against asthmatic diseases.
Miraculously Soledarskoyi mine is its acoustics. So every year they are the international festival of symphonic music, initiated and organized by the Austrian Embassy in Ukraine. On the sound of the orchestra said that if the notes fly up and then slowly, like a cloud, fall down.
