The wild, untamed mountains and barren deserts turned out to contain a bonanza in gold and silver. Wherever there was a rumor and a hole in the ground someone built a town around it. An army of prospectors descended on the area and soon the mountains and hills were pockmarked with mining claims. Some of these diggings turned proved to hold nothing but rocks and dirt, causing the owner to think of creative ways to sell the claim to some unsuspecting newcomer. Among these was the art of salting.
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