Before he knew it, he was signing a contract with Pie Town Productions for the new show. The couple would buy, fix up and flip 13 houses in 13 episodes. Although the El Moussas were paid $10,000 per episode, the money they used to buy the houses was from their past investments, Christina El Moussa said.
In Europe Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria Bosnia and Poland all have large deposits and mine rock salt for use all across Europe. North America also has some of the largest rock salt mines, in places such as Ontario, Louisiana and Detroit. Many old salt mines, and some of the new functioning ones, are more than just mines though, and attract thousands of visitors each and every year.
The mine 100 miles south of Pakistan's capital Islamabad is the largest and oldest salt mine in the country, drawing up to 250,000 visitors a year. Khewra was discovered back in 320 BC by Alexander the Great's troops, but trading started in Mughal era in the sixteenth century.