WIELICZKA  , a See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)
• GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

Galicia, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, 220 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W. of See also:

• LEMBERG (Pol. Lwdw, Lat. Leopolis)

Lemberg and 9 m . S.E. of See also:

• CRACOW (Pol. Krakov; Ger. Krakau)

Cracow . Pop . (1900) 6012 . It is built on the slopes of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill which See also:

• HALF

half encircles the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and over the celebrated See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-mines of the same name . These mines are the richest in Austria, and among the most remarkable in the See also:

• WORLD

world . They consist of seven different levels, one above the other, and have eleven shafts, two of which are in the town . The levels are connected by flights of steps, and are composed of a See also:

• LABYRINTH (Gr. Xa(3vpcvOos, Lat. labyrinthus)

labyrinth of See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers and passages, whose length aggregates over 65 m . The length of the mines from E. to W. is 21 m., the breadth from N. to S. is 1050 yds. and the See also:

• DEPTH

depth reaches 98o ft . Many of the old chambers, some of which are of enormous See also:

• SIZE

size, are embellished with portals, candelabra, statues, &c., all hewn in See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-salt . There are also two large chapels, containing altars, ornaments, &c., in rock-salt, a See also:

• ROOM

room called the dancing See also:

• SALOON

saloon (Tanzsaal), where the See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• INTEREST

interest found in the mines are kept; the Kronleuchtersaal, and the chamber Michatovice are also See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth mention . In the interior of the mines are sixteen ponds, of which the large See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of Przykos is 195 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, rro ft. broad, and 10-26 ft. deep .

The mines employ over 100o workers, and yield about 6o,000 tons annually . The salt of Wieliczka is well known for its purity and solidity, but has generally a See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey or blackish See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . The date of the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the mines is unknown, but they were already worked in the lrth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Since 1814 they have belonged entirely to the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The mines suffered greatly from inundations in 1868 and 1879, and the See also:

• SOIL

soil on which the town is built shows signs of subsidence . See E . Windakiewicz, Das Steinsaizbergwerk in Wieliczka (See also:

• FREIBERG, or FREYBERG

Freiberg, 1896) .