In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and in creating the earth He provided us with a plentiful supply of salt. We are as dependent on it as on air, earth, water and fire. Salt is abundant on and deep within the earth.
Great veins stretch throughout Canada and the United States many hundreds of feet below land.
Louisiana has scores of great dome-shaped deposits, mined much as coal is mined. Here and in other parts of the world, salt is also produced by what is called the solar method. The salt water is pumped into ponds. The sun evaporates the water and leaves the salt to be harvested. The oceans of the world contain 50 million billion tons.