Kansas Underground Salt Museum - Hutchison, Kansas
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N 38° 02.597 W 097° 52.071
14S E 599343 N 4211222
A museum located 650 feet under the Kansas plains in a no longer worked section of an underground salt mine.
Waymark Code: WMEZX1
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2012
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One of only three salt mines in the world that are accessible to tourists, the one under Hutchinson, Kansas houses a salt museum. Access is only by high speed elevator, and the exhibits are located in salt rooms left by the pillar and room method of salt mining.
Everything else that goes in the mine is also left, so you see piles of trash and equipment that dates back to the 1920's when mining first began. There is also an exhibit on the oldest living organism ever found, 250 million year old bacteria spores found inside a salt crystal.
Days and Hours of Operation:
Tuesday-Saturday 9am-6pm
Sunday 1pm-6pm
Last Tour Each Day at 4pm
Address:
3504 East Avenue G
Hutchinson, Kansas USA
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 14.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
Everything about underground salt mining
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