[ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] RE: Here's a fun one
This is an interesting thread. According to Wikipedia, The U.S. Congress passed legislation that would allow U.S. citizens to take possession of unoccupied islands containing saltpetre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Chincha_guano_islands.JPG Note this is supposedly how we obtained the famous Midway Island. There is lots of information info on the web about salt-petre and caves. For example: http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL47_NO04.pdf
Re: [ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] RE: Here's a fun one
When I was a kid, I visited Mammoth with my mom and dad. At the time, old saltpeter mining gear was still in the cave - like vats and wooden pipes. I wonder if that stuff is still there? =WaV On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: This is an interesting thread. According to Wikipedia, The U.S. Congress passed legislation that would allow U.S. citizens to take possession of unoccupied islands containing saltpetre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Chincha_guano_islands.JPG Note this is supposedly how we obtained the famous Midway Island. There is lots of information info on the web about salt-petre and caves. For example: http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL47_NO04.pdf
RE: [ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] RE: Here's a fun one
It was a couple of years ago when we were there. Cool cave with a lot of history, but we all like CaCa better. Mark From: Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] Sent: Fri 7/25/2008 12:36 PM To: David Cc: o...@texascavers.com; Minton, Mark; speleoste...@tx.rr.com; vivb...@att.net Subject: Re: [ot_caving] Re: [Texascavers] RE: Here's a fun one When I was a kid, I visited Mammoth with my mom and dad. At the time, old saltpeter mining gear was still in the cave - like vats and wooden pipes. I wonder if that stuff is still there? =WaV On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: This is an interesting thread. According to Wikipedia, The U.S. Congress passed legislation that would allow U.S. citizens to take possession of unoccupied islands containing saltpetre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Chincha_guano_islands.JPG Note this is supposedly how we obtained the famous Midway Island. There is lots of information info on the web about salt-petre and caves. For example: http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/DMR3/dmrpdfs/vamin/VAMIN_VOL47_NO04.pdf
