HISTORY

History Of  Khewra Salt Mines

                                      
  Opened:-1872              Active:-140 years

The Khewra Salt Mine is also called Mayo Salt Mine, in distinction of Lord Mayo, who went by it as Viceroy of India. The mine is a part of a salt range that started something like 800 million years ago, when dissipation of a shallow ocean emulated by geographical development framed a salt range that extended for around the range of 300 kilometers (185 miles). 

The salt holds at Khewra were identified when Alexander the Great crossed the Jhelum and Mianwali district throughout his Indian fight. The mine was discovered, in any case, not by Alexander, nor by his partners, however by his guard's stallions, when they were considered licking the stones. Weak horses of his armed force well again after licking the rock salt stones. During the Mughal time the salt was exchanged different showcases, as far away as Central Asia. On the destruction of the Mughal Empire, the mine was assumed control by Sikhs.

Hari Singh Nalwa, the Sikh Commander-in-Chief, imparted the administration of the Salt Range with Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu. The former regulated the Warcha mine, while the latter held Khewra. The salt quarried throughout Sikh guideline was both consumed and utilized as revenue.

History Of  Khewra Salt Mine

 In 1872, some opportunity after they had assumed control over the Sikhs' domain, the British advanced the mine further. They considered the mining to have been wasteful, with eccentric and narrow tunnels and doorways that made the development of workers troublesome and hazardous. 

The supply of water inside mine was poor, and there was no space office for the mined salt. The main street to the mine was over challenging, rough landscape. To address these issues the governing body leveled the street, assembled warehouses, furnished a water supply, enhanced the passages and tunnels, and presented an improved instrument for exhuming of salt. 

Punishments were aware with control salt smuggling. While working with Geological Survey of India in the 1930s and 1940s, Birbal Sahni discovered proof of angiosperms, gymnosperms and creepy crawlies from the Cambrian period inside the mine.