SOMALIA: Salt mining by lake

Record ID: 651251

  • Title: SOMALIA: Salt mining by lake
  • Date: 1st January 1932
  • Summary: AFRICA: Italian Somalia: EXT Lake shore Salt carried along conveyer belt as workers use pickaxes and shovels to dig at mounds of salt Miners on salt heaps as conveyer belt pours salt onto pile Rows of salt heaps with salt miners Cable car system stretching out from shore into the lake Salt mine headquarters building (flying Italian flag) and other buildings
  • Embargoed: 16th January 1932 12:00
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  • Location: USA, United States
  • Country: Somalia
  • Topics: Industry
  • Reuters ID: LVA4A9J1BEITJXQ9WR4WRK68DPRB
  • Story Text: Process of salt-mining by Somalian lake.
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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