Wieliczka is a famous salt mine near Krakow _http://www.krakow-info.com/wielicz.htm_ (http://www.krakow-info.com/wielicz.htm) Amazing place. Pictured in (of all places) the February 2011 issue of Wired magazine in an article about underground wonders. In a message dated 2/1/2011 11:26:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A recent post mentioned a salt mine attraction near Krakow? Studies of Poland in the 1815 to WW1 period talk about salt mines along the southern border with Austria. Can anyone tell me if there were/are salt mines in the northwest in the area around Lipno? My family lived between Tupadly, Wielgie and Pokrzywnik until they emigrated in the 1890's and in the early 1950's, some Russian representatives came to my uncle's home in New York and required him to sign over ownership of some property we think was a salt mine? Tom McGovern ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] ---------------------------------- Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. ---------------------------------- Browse the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots Search the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message