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... saltpeter for gunpowder during the War of 1812. As Indiana was settled the fame of the cave increased , and by the 1850s it was described as " the world's second largest cave , " exceeded only by Mammoth Cave in Kentucky . George F ...
... saltpeter for gunpowder during the War of 1812. As Indiana was settled the fame of the cave increased , and by the 1850s it was described as " the world's second largest cave , " exceeded only by Mammoth Cave in Kentucky . George F ...
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... saltpeter miners in a cave a few miles south of Mammoth . The following year two more mummies were found near the crypt of the first . Appropriately , the cave became known as the Mummy Cave . Also known as Short Cave , it was all but ...
... saltpeter miners in a cave a few miles south of Mammoth . The following year two more mummies were found near the crypt of the first . Appropriately , the cave became known as the Mummy Cave . Also known as Short Cave , it was all but ...
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... SALTPETER ( Occasionally SALTPETRE ) A mineral , potassium nitrate , a main ingredient of gunpowder , found in many caves . SEA CAVE or LITTORAL CAVE A cave formed on the shore of a body of water through wave action . SECONDARY DEPOSIT ...
... SALTPETER ( Occasionally SALTPETRE ) A mineral , potassium nitrate , a main ingredient of gunpowder , found in many caves . SEA CAVE or LITTORAL CAVE A cave formed on the shore of a body of water through wave action . SECONDARY DEPOSIT ...
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The World Underground Bruce Sloane | 3 |
Chasing the Winds Through | 41 |
FernCave of the Pits Donal R Myrick | 67 |
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