Strataca Salt Mine

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Strataca is a salt mine museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. The museum is built within one of the world's largest deposits of rock salt and provides the opportunity to go 650 feet (200 m) beneath the Earth's surface.

It is a unique destination attraction for exploring an environs carved from salt deposits formed 275 million years ago.

The museum is located in the Hutchinson Salt Company mine which began operation in 1923 as Carey Salt Company.

Salt produced at the Hutchinson Salt Company is called rock salt, and about 500,000 tons is mined each year. It is principally used for industrial purposes and for deicing highways. When finely ground, it is used for feeding livestock. It is not used for table salt or other purposes requiring a very pure type of salt.