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 >
