Salt Mine

One thing we did while my family was in Kansas

was go to the Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson

wearing hard hats and carrying oxygen devices felt a little weird

I think we were a mile a so below ground

everything you see around us is salt or a layer of shale

giant blocks that you could touch

but don't lick it

a lot of items you see down in the mine were brought down a small elevator shaft

only a little bigger than an outhouse

 the equipment was disassembled and then welded it back together once they got it down

they definately adapted things to make it work for the minning projects

in addition to mining salt

they keep a lot of records, movies, items from Hollywood, and US treasures

here are a couple things on display from Hollywood

if you are looking for something to do on a cold or raining day

I would highly recommended it

most of it is self guided, so you can take as long as you want

don't forget to go on the "dark ride"