Show A disappearing bottin northwich North the center of 0 the salt industry of great britain is 1 one ot of the queerest towns in tile the world the whole underlying dundei lying country Is simply one mass masa of salt sait arbe mining of the salt constitutes tile the staple industry of the district and from North ilich alone 1200 1 tons of 0 suit salt are shipped annually when the industry was started it was as considered that only one stratum ot of salt existed and that was waa only a few feet below the surface fresh ater found its way to thin ex teri elve salt bait deposit with the result that the salt dissolved like snow A huge sub subterranean terra nean lake of water charged with 26 per cent of salt VM as thus formed pumping engines were ere installed to convey this brine to the surface to large evaporating pins pina the result of this extensive pumping is that northwich North now rests as it were upon a shell of eaith which at times insufficient to support the weight of the town wath the con sequence that the brilling bu bull illing ling are con collapsing in every direction |