The early caravans carried salt. Salt was deposited by evaporation in shallow seas, and the sad was then buried beneath sediments. Salt is mined in Gulf Coast mines of Louisiana by drilling and blasting. Salt is produced in San Francisco Bay by solar evaporation of bay water. Salt brine is evaporated under pressure with added heat.
Solar evaporation involves the sun and wind.
The Via Salaria was a Roman road used to transport salt to Rome from the Mediterranean Sea. Animals need sad to grow and reproduce at optimum rates. Farmers use salt to feed livestock and poultry needed trace minerals, as well as, medications to regulate feed intake and to entice their cattle to move from pasture to pasture. Products made from salt are chlorine, soaps, paper, detergents, plastics and rubber. Salt is used in dying fabrics to produce better yields from dyes and better appearance of the fabric.