Namaskard, Mine Pass, lies between Namafjall and Dalfjall and east of Namafjall is a myriad of hot mud springs

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Namaskard, Mine Pass, lies between Namafjall and Dalfjall and east of Namafjall is a myriad of hot mud springs in widely different colours, this place is called Hverarond, Hot Spring Strip. Namaskard lies 410 meters (1300 feet) above sea level, near Myvatn. One of the substances condensing out of the steaming hot mud is Sulphur, and that was mined in Namaskard until the middle of the 19th century. The farmers who owned the mines became rich men selling the sulphur to Danish and German traders. The King of course wanted the sulphur for his own use, and in 1563 the Crown bought the mines, which were used intermittently after that.

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