| 41. | Typically the saltpeter would be sent to Lexington, Kentucky to be made into gunpowder.
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| 42. | Consumption of Chilean saltpeter for agriculture quickly grew and Chileans standard of living rose significantly.
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| 43. | No . Is there any place in the world where Saltpeter had any importance ?.
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| 44. | Saltpeter was hard to come by.
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| 45. | Numerous saltpeter hoppers still inside the cave indicate that this was a relatively large mining operation.
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| 46. | White County was the site of a very large saltpeter mining operation during the Civil War.
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| 47. | Saltpeter is the main ingredient of gunpowder and was obtained by leaching the earth from caves.
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| 48. | The county has several saltpeter mines.
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| 49. | Manson Saltpeter Cave in Big Indian Creek Valley was a smaller operation with four leaching vats.
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| 50. | Chilean and foreign enterprises in the region eventually extended their control to the Peruvian saltpeter works.
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