Introduction:Salt is a very important mineral in man's daily life. Humans use it as a food preservative, to de-ice roads, and even to season food. Salt Language: Around 300 BC, salt was difficult to acquire, making it very valuable (“Salt Works,” 2014). In some places, this highly valuable trade good was a form of currency. Salary comes from the Latin word “Salarium”. Salarium was a word used to describe salt payments to Roman soldiers (“Salt in History,” 2010). Salami comes from the Italian word “sale”. The original meaning of sale meant all types of salted meat (“Salt in History,” 2010). Salad comes from the Latin word “salata”. Salata meant salty vegetables, as the Romans seasoned their vegetables with salt (“Insalata,” 2014). Hallstatt comes from the Celtic word “sala” meaning salt. The city of Hallstatt, Austria is famous for its salt production dating back to 5000 BC Hallstatt is also home to the oldest known salt mine (“Hallstatt Salt Worlds, 2014). How we get salt Mining salt is very similar to mining other rocks and minerals. Salt can be buried deep underground. Salt gets buried there due to changes in the earth's tectonic plates over long periods of time. The shafts are made to drill deep into the mine deposit where the salt is crushed. Conveyor belts are then used to bring the crushed salt to the surface. The end result of salt extraction is rock salt. Rock salt has many uses, but one of the main uses is as road salt for de-icing roads (“How Salt Works,” 2014). Mechanical evaporation of salts begins by adding water to underground salt deposits. As the water evaporates, large salt crystals remain. The crystals are the...... center of the card......tt Salt Worlds” 2014 http://www.hallstatt.net/about-hallstatt/sehenswertes-en-US/familienerlebnis-salzwelten-en- US/. Accessed March 5, 2014Shanna Freeman, 2014, How Stuff Works “How Salt Works” http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/salt4.htm. Accessed March 5, 2014Compass Minerals “Mechanical Evaporation” 2014 http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/salt4.htm. Accessed 5 March 2014Blood Pressure UK “The effects of salt on your body” 2008 http://www.bloodPressureuk.org/microsites/salt/Home/ Whysaltisbad/Saltseffects. Accessed March 5, 2014, PubMed Health “How Does Our Sense of Taste Work” 2012 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0033701/. Accessed March 5, 2014, PubMed Health “Preservation and Physical Property Roles of Sodium in Foods” 1998 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK50952/. Accessed March 5, 2014