The need to meet and exchange ideas at the level of professional and social contacts is a natural method of expanding our experiences and drawing satisfaction from our work. Through our personal contacts, we facilitate our professional operations which take a major part of our lives. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, that role was played by several-day long conferences of the mineral extraction businesses organized by Mr. Grzegorz Kortas. The conferences were held in Wieliczka (1974), Boguszów (1975), Skubarczewo (1976), Wapno (1978), Lwówek Śląski (1979), Grzybów (1980), Rabka (1983), Zakopane-Murowaniec (1984) and Bystra-Szczyrk (1985). Our meetings consisted in the presentation of mining issues by the respective host companies supplemented by papers, mine field trips and dinners.
That tradition could be continued in new conditions after political transformations in Poland by a society of people associated with the Polish salt mining. The conception and specification of by-law assumptions was formulated by Mr. Grzegorz Kortas, the future first President of the Polish Salt Mining Association. Late in 1990 and early in 1991, Mr. Janusz Wójcik prepared our By-laws. Another step was to identify a founding group. The group consisted of the persons representing various professional specialties (7 salt miners, 5 surveyors, 5 geologists, 1 electronic engineer and 1 computer engineer), and companies (7 from research and development centres, 8 from mining companies and 4 retired salt miners). They elected the Founding Committee on 8 October 1991, charging the members with Association incorporation and registration.
Founding Members of the Polish Salt Mining Association (PSGS):
1. Mgr inż. Włodzimierz Ciągło Kopalnia Soli Kłodawa
2. Prof. dr hab. inż. Aleksander Garlicki Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza Kraków
3. Mgr inż. Michał Hus Emeryt Inowrocławskich Kopalń Soli
4. Mgr inż. Władysław Jagiełło Geo-Consulting Kraków
5. Mgr inż. Zbigniew Jasiński Inowrocławskie Kopalnie Soli
6. Mgr inż. Stanisław Kaczmarczyk Kopalnia Soli Bochnia
7. Dr hab. inż. Grzegorz Kortas Geo-Consulting Kraków
8. Dr hab. inż. Juliusz Köhsling Emeryt OBRGSChem. CHEMKOP Kraków
9. Mgr inż. Marian Leśny Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka
10. Dr inż. Andrzej Maciejewski OBRGSChem. CHEMKOP Kraków
11. Mgr inż. Grzegorz Misiek Kopalnia Soli Kłodawa
12. Mgr inż. Adam Opitek Kopalnia Soli Bochnia
13. Mgr inż. Kazimierz Pawela Kopalnia Soli Kłodawa
14. Inż. Alfons Radomski Emeryt OBRGSChem. CHEMKOP Kraków
15. Mgr inż. Bartłomiej Rałowicz OBRGSChem. CHEMKOP Kraków
16. Dr inż. Józef Siembab Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza Kraków
17. Mgr inż. Bogdan Trojański Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka
18. Dr inż. Waldemar Wojnar OBRGSChem. CHEMKOP Kraków
19. Mgr inż. Janusz Wójcik Emeryt Kopalni Soli Wieliczka
The goal of establishing our Association was primarily to integrate the salt mining community by holding annual meetings, presentation of scholarly achievements which could be implemented in mining practice, propagation of technical issues of the Polish mining companies, and formulation of the Association’s opinions on important issues of the Polish salt mining industry and business. It was assumed that our Association would rely mainly on the support kindly offered by mining corporations and other industry businesses.
Our Association was entered in the Register of Associations on 4 December 1991 upon the Decision of the Regional Court in Kraków. The first General Meeting was convened on 24 February 1992 and it elected the first Board.
Practically, open meetings of the Association members became the main form of activity. Each of them was devoted to current issues of the salt industry.
Those who have left us
Zbigniew Jasiński
(1946 – 2013)
Zbigniew Werner
(1925-2013)
Grzegorz Misiek
(1949-2014)
Kazimierz Ślizowski
(1929-2014)
Janusz Wiewiórka
(1935-2015)
Danuta Flisiak
(1949-2015)
Andrzej Szybist
(1945-2016)
Jarosław Ślizowski
(1956-2017)
Marian Chandij
(1934-2017)
Andrzej Lasoń
(1953-2018)
Michał Hus
(1931-2020)