salt mines
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Some of the NPR route is over old unmapped mining areas, especially the Cheshire salt mines.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Carpenter toiled for years in the Disney-pop salt mines before breaking out in 2022 with the comparatively frisky “Emails I Can’t Send.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Surrounded by sunflower fields and salt mines, Bakhmut was long known for a sparkling-wine plant where millions of bottles aged underground in gypsum caves.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
They fought battles to maintain possession of the salt mines, she learned—but ate almost no meat.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
Other stolen pieces were hidden in salt mines, abandoned factories, castle ruins, and the basements of museums.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
