Salt Mines of Pakistan

[Son of Mountains]

Salt Mines of Pakistan at Khewra (Pind Dadan Khan)......2nd biggest Salt Mine of the world

[IamDZJ]

is the orange part of the lightning effect or it's like that naturally? i don't know why but i was expecting something more like white sand..or maybe a desert of white sand.

[Son of Mountains]

There are 3 types of colors of Salt at Khewra Mine. White, orange and 3rd is probably Red color.....Yes then there is lightening effect too.....Its amazing place which i have ever visited.

[Master Khan]

What the hell..I didn't know Pakistan had a place like this??.....then again I never been to Punjab Pakistan...I been Islamabad in Punjabi.

[Tamara]

Amazing place I would love to visit

[PFgulalai]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh old times, I have been there twice.They are absolutely AMAZING, especially that one salt lake inside the mine with those big,sharp crystals of salts--really fab.I felt like being in some fairyland or something like that... Oh yes, I licked the walls too since I was curious if they are actually made made of salt or just a hoax :P

[PFgulalai]

Does it look as pretty as the pictures? Why did you visit?

Nazia,indeed it is amusing and enchanting to explore.The story of its discovery by Alexander III of the Macedon is eqaully amusing.According to the legend, when Alexander was resting with his Army in Khwera Salt Mines, his horses started licking the stones.The soldier sitting on the horse was pretty amazed to see that and he licked the stones as well which tasted salty.The salt remained the property of local Rajas until British attacked the Salt Mines and captured them.On the one hand, British laid a railway line inside the Mine by making a tunnel.On the other hand, they also increased the prices of mining and the workload on the miners which led to the resistance by the local miners leading to a protest in which some of the miners lost their lives.

On the geological time scale, the age of the mine is 600 millions years ago, hence belonging to the precambrian age. This was the reason I visited besides other reason of exploring unique things.

[Son of Mountains]

What the hell..I didn't know Pakistan had a place like this??.....then again I never been to Punjab Pakistan...I been Islamabad in Punjabi.

You have to review your thoughts Mr Master Khan!
Pakistan has lot more beautiful places which u donot know....I have many thoughts to put here for you, but i dont want to.
Re-consider your thouhts unbiasely

[Son of Mountains]

Cool place, would love to visit.

Im afraid I might lick the walls if I have a salt rush though.

Timbaktu, dont worry....I have visited that place 2 times.....Trust me, that i have licked the walls and there were many others doing so.....Nobody can control himself there.....
A lot of foreigners also come to visit here and same feelings they have!

[ayub]

^ lol..Master Khan thinks the world revolves around his village in swabi. Hahahah.

[Master Khan]

I been to better places then a cave full of bricks

[Son of Mountains]

^That caves are providing salt to many of ur relatives, keep in mind!

[Master Khan]

yeah which we pay for lol.
I Been to better places then cave...just being honest here.

[ayub]

^lolz master, its a salt cave...500 million yrs old..how many..500 million yr old places have u been,,,lolz

[Master Khan]

^lolz master, its a salt cave...500 million yrs old..how many..500 million yr old places have u been,,,lolz

the earth is older then that lol, the mountains in Pakthunkhwa are older then that.