Have you ever thought about how much a block of salt would be safer compared to a bank vault? The mountain families in the 1930s did not have faith in banks, particularly when the government started taking away gold. In lieu, they put their most valuable things in common things, such as heavy blocks of salt in slaughterhouses. Since salt was a dense, vital food for the curing of meat, nobody ever dared to move it or look under it. In Gold in a Witches Cauldron this kind of invisible security is precisely why the Crisp family keeps their legacy under wraps, so that nosy eyes do not spot any. It teaches that in a situation where you are trying to save your life, it is usually a good hiding spot right in the open. This is an ingenious piece of mountain history, and it demonstrates how ingenious people had to be to defend their property.