Brine Mining 05 Wood Print

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Roman brine mine channel.

One of the many segments of hollowed logs used to transport the naturally outpouring brine spring that takes the salt from an underground prehistoric dried out sea. The hollowed log system fed the thousands of evaporation pans at the Roman Anana salines in Spain.

The geological process known as "diapir" feeds several natural springs that constantly produce 3 liters of brine per second with a salinity of 250g pero liter, eight times that of the ocean.

The image shows the simple mechanism to fill the different pans, a small flat wooden segment to close or open the channel and a hole that is closed or opened with a wooden stick. Nothing but wood and clay last in contact with brine and the materials have remained the same since Roman times.

Archaeological studies on site have found traces of salt production dating from 7000 years B.P. which belong to the Neolithic. The Romans established the pan evaporation system that has remained la...

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