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Show Famous alt Mines. Tho great reck salt mines of Hungary Hun-gary aro among tho wondors of tho world, for tho Illimitable deposit of practically puro salt enables tho workmen work-men to cut It out In heavy blocks, much as mnrblo Is quarried, after which It Is loaded on trucks and sent to tho mills lor grinding. Rock salt, It may bo said, constitutes tlfo world's principal supply of refined salt, and tho Hungarian mines furnish a. largo portion of this commercial necessity. Underground passages of consldiniblo width, rraombllnij stroots, havo been efct i r ular lnto,vnK and tho wholo 's .' lighted In ue of tho mines near t .to Roumanian boundary a largi chamber, with benches and ocnts, has boon cut, whero occasional gatherings nro held, and perhaps lit honor of this fact It Is known us tho "ballioom." Hero tho colorings aro beautiful, tho walls of tho cavern or h: 11 partnklng of tho many shades of rare ir.urMo and color-gruiiitd onyx. |