Photo illustration with images of salt and gold and a Petrus Christ’s painting “A Goldsmith in His Shop”. An ounce of salt could once be traded for an ounce of gold. Now, the idea is laughable, with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLOUD CROSSING, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A ...

Salt is one of the most abundant chemical compounds on Earth. We use it to season our food, clean our sinks, and melt snow from our Michigan roads in winter. For the City of Midland, salt – chemically ...

pt. 1. A discourse on salt, cadavers, and pungent sources. A mandate of salt -- Fish, fowl, and pharaohs -- Saltmen hard as codfish -- Salt's salad days -- Salting it away in the Adriatic -- Two ports ...

CLOUD CROSSING, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A Northwest Louisiana bayou was once the source of the Native American salt trade in the region that surrounds Natchitoches, Louisiana. And though salt is no longer ...

An ounce of salt could once be traded for an ounce of gold. Now, the idea is laughable, with the cost of gold reaching over $2,000 per ounce while 26 ounces of salt is valued at just $1. How did gold ...