Horses do learn! Does this make sense? Yes, they do. How ? It occurred thousands of years ago when Alexander, the Fantastic was on his expedition to conquer the Indian subcontinent. When he arrived close to Mianwali area (presently in Pakistan), his horses began to lick some stones. So in this way, a single of the largest mines of salt had been disclosed ahead of the world. The Precambrian of Khewra salt mines is determined by the geologists as 600 million years. Khewra salt mines remained below the handle of the regional Janjua Rajas till these had been taken more than by the British government in 1849. Lastly at the time of the partition of India, the mines were come beneath the authority of Pakistani government.
Khewra Salt Mines are positioned at a distance of 160 km from Islamabad and 260 km from Lahore in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan District Jhelum, Punjab. The whole area is well-known as Salt variety. According to the estimate , the reserves of Khewra salt mines comprise of around 220 million tones of salt. The mine-head buildings consists of 19 levels from which 11 are under ground. Only 50% salt is extracted and 50% is left as pillars to assistance the mountain. The aggregate length of all the tunnels is much more than 40 Km. The typical production of salt which is the purest in the planet is almost 4,66,000 tonnes yearly.
Khewra salt mines of Jhelum , Pakistan are not only the second biggest salt reserves right after the Sifto Canada, Inc., salt mine in Goderich, Ontario but it is a fascinating tourist location. Khewra salt mines are now administered by the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) which was established in 1974. Although the primary tunnel of Khewra salt mines was created by Dr. H. Wrath in 1872 but it was ultimately established as a tourist resort by PMDC in 2002. The present architecture of the tunnel was created by Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan.
Right after entering into the tunnel there is lengthy walk way which leads to the marvelous natural and salt created structures. With this shining and transparent salt several marvels also have been produced by PMDC to attract the guests. Some of the prominent formations include the famous salt mosque , a model of the Minaret of Pakistan, a model of Shish Mahal (the Palace of Mirrors) and the model of Parliament Residence of Pakistan. The Salt ponds which are illuminated with fancy lights and a 25 feet pillars-less bridge identified as Pul-Saraat are also worth seen. The old mining machinery of Khewra salt mines is also preserved to showcase the mine’s heritage.
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