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.
Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, usually those containing metals such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin and lead, but also involves using the same techniques for excavating ores of gems such as diamonds. Soft rock mining refers to excavation of softer minerals such as salt, coal, or oil sands.