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At the salt mine of Hallein, near Salzburg, the miners have the pretty custom of throwing a wintry bough into one of the disused galleries and then retrieving it two or three months later when, thanks to the waters saturated with salt which have soaked the bough and then receded, it is thickly encrusted down to the tiniest twig with a shining deposit of little crystals, and these rare pieces of jewelry are presented to the lady tourists who visit the mine.
En la mina de sal de Hallein, cerca de Salzburgo, los mineros tienen la bonita costumbre de arrojar una rama cortada en invierno a una de las galerías fuera de uso, y la sacan al cabo de dos o tres meses, cuando, gracias al agua saturada de sal que ha empapado la rama y luego retrocedido, está cubierta por una espesa capa de brillantes y minúsculos cristales, curiosas joyas que se ofrecen a las damas que visitan las minas como turistas.
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