Saltpeter Cave

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One of several Botetourt County caves named for their history as a saltpeter (nitrate) source for gunpowder production. Caves throughout this part of the Blue Ridge were mined for nitrate deposits from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, whe

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Virginia

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