Mining. Cheshire's rock salt was formed 220 million years ago at a time when England was covered by inland seas and dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Allan Beswick: down in the mine.

To prevent a repeat of previous travel chaos, Winsford Mine - the largest of the UK's three salt mines - has recently invested in more machinery to be used under the Cheshire Plain.

Cheshire's salt mines date back to the Triassic geological period, some 220 million years ago, when the county's weather was very different to what it is today.

The underground facility will comprise 19 salt caverns and associated hydrogen treatment and transfer facilities.

A CHESHIRE salt mine has ramped up its production to cater for increased demand as a direct result of the recent cold spell. Middlewich-based British Salt, which is owned by Manchester-based ...

What should you do with the vast caverns left by Cheshire's salt mining? Fill them full of valuable documents of course. During our lives, we all generate a vast paper trail of documents about us that ...

The salt is sourced from the Boulby mine and another in Winsford, Cheshire, while National Highways holds more than 240,000 tonnes stored in three dedicated salt barns, with an additional supply ...

DUE to the dire shortage of workers for fruit and vegetable picking, Romanian workers are being flown in to help.

OBJECTORS to plans for a Mid Cheshire salt mine to be used as a dump for potentially hazardous waste this week took their fight to London's High Court.

ONE million books from Manchester's Central Library – including valuable volumes dating back to the 15th century - are to be put into temporarily storage with many going deep underground in the ...

Cheshire's salt mines date back to the Triassic geological period, some 220 million years ago, when the county's weather was very different to what it is today.