Khewra Salt Mine located in Khewra, Jehlum Punjab, Pakistan is the
second largest Salt Mine in the world and is considered to be the oldest
in the subcontinent. It was said that discovery of Salt mines were not
done by Alexander or his army but by their horses as they started
licking the stones when they stopped here for rest. Thousand of visitors each year visit Khewra Salt mines and get fascinated by the nature’s miracle in the heart of mountains.
It is a major tourist attaction, drawing up to 250,000 visitors a year. After partition
the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation took over the mine, which
still remains the largest source of salt in the country, producing more
than 350,000 tons per annum of about 99% pure halite.Estimates of the reserves of salt in the mine vary from 82 million tons to 600 million tons.
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