Salt mining and agricultural activities brought great wealth to the island during this time.

I don't remember if it was oil drilling or rock salt mining, but they had to shut down operations.

There used to be a salt mining industry but it is today relatively minor contributor to the local economy.

Evaporative salt mining and mill sites can be found here as well.

The parish is partly rural, and was formerly the site of salt mining.

Dej is an old salt mining town built on a hilly ground.

Local economy includes salt mining, tourism, hunting, fishing and trapping.

Srebrenica is a small mountain town, its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.

Roman prisoners were given the task of salt mining, and life expectancy among those so sentenced was low.

There is also a museum dedicated to explaining all stages of salt mining and refining.

From the 19th century until the latter 20th, the state's economy was dependent on agriculture, fishing, logging and salt mining.

Other industries that were in the area included coal mining and salt mining.

The whole sanctuary used to be flooded by water during the heavy rains but with salt mining going on in the watershed.

Some children are involved in salt mining, quarry work, gem and gold ore collection.

A history of the area's salt mining can be found at the Salt Museum.

However, the Solbad was dropped from the town name, a few years after the salt mining was closed in 1967.

Salt mining is an important industry; the salt beds there are the country's largest, covering some 8400 km2.

The local economy was largely driven by olive cultivation, viticulture, and salt mining.

The salt mining caused a lot of deforestation.

From the 12th century salt mining was the dominant feature of life in the town of Lüneburg.

In the nineteenth century, the mountains were also centers of gold, silver, and salt mining and production.

Kalush was known for producing malt, its brewery and salt mining.

It is located near the salt mining facilities of the Arab Potash company.

Mooretown served as a regional center for salt mining and oil refining before these industries move to neighboring communities.

Exhibits in the museum cover the entire history of salt mining dating from the Han Dynasty.