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Mammoth Cave National Park Ecosystem and Terrain

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Mammoth Cave National Park is a place for all to come and enjoy their vacation. Come and see the history that is buried deep in the depths of the cave, or enjoy a simple hike through one of our many...

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What was Inside?

The first Native American miners who were said to have made that place their home were said to have been scrounging around in search of different minerals. These include gypsum, selenite, mirabilite, epsomite, and others. The past uses of these minerals still have not been discovered. Inside the rest of the cave lies more evidence of primitive workers and slaves that were used. The cave has an endless possibility when it comes to what may be inside the vast cave.

The Cave Starts to Boom

Who we consider today as the first modern discoverer of the mammoth cave is a man named John Houchins. He was a hunter who had been stalking a bear for long enough that it leads him to a cave. Soon enough a large amount of Nitre was found in the cave's soil. Nitre is a chemical compound that when put through the correct process, can be made into potassium nitrate. Then take the potassium nitrate and combine that with sulfur and charcoal. You then have one of the biggest evolutions in armed combat to this date, gunpowder. The cave started to explode with visitors and owners wanting to extract the Nitre from the soil. Slaves were used in performing labor with the soil to leach this precious element out. Gunpowder was such an essential compound during this time because of the upcoming War of 1812. Gunpowder was a necessity that no soldier would be caught dead without. The cave's value increased vastly due to this find.

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The first Native American miners who were said to have made that place their home were said to have been scrounging around in search of different minerals. These include gypsum, selenite, mirabilite, epsomite, and others. The past uses of these minerals still have not been discovered.