The mine operator's own blog page giving a history timeline: Celtic underground extraction beginning around 600 BC on the Durrnberg, a Salzburg salt monopoly under Archbishop Mathias Lang from 1530, annual production of 22,000 tons by 1542 rising to a peak of 72,230 tons (1862-1971), the mine opening to visitors in 1607 (claimed as the world's first show mine), active mining ending 31 July 1989 after roughly 800 years, tourist reopening in 1994, and small-batch gourmet salt production resuming in 2019.
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Tier 2: the operating company's own promotional/historical page, a primary source for how it presents its site's history but not independent scholarship, though its dates are consistent with independently reported figures on the mine's history. Citation
PublisherSalzwelten GmbH
URLhttps://www.salzwelten.at/en/blog/salzburg-saltmine
Source Typeorganization primary source
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