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Great Saltpetre Cave Articles and Documents

Format	Title	Source
HTML	The Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve Web Site	GSP Web Site
HTML	Renfro Valley Bugle Archives Articles About The Great Saltpetre Cave	Renfro Valley Entertainment
HTML	Geology & Archeology of Great Saltpetre Cave 1998	Engel & Engle
HTML	Great Saltpetre Cave History Rockcastle County, Kentucky and Its People, 1992	(Excerpted)
HTML	Place Names Changes, Cultural Geography And Distribution Of Saltpeter Hoppers In Great Saltpetre Cave 1990	Angelo George
HTML	The History of the Great Saltpetre Cave According to Richard Mullins 1990	Richard Mullins (Interview)
HTML	The Great Saltpetre Cave An Except From The 1953 Renfro Valley Almanac Tourist Map
HTML	Moonshine Raid Article July 23, 1897	Mount Vernon Signal
	Tourist Brochure Circa early 1970s Text Only	Lair
	Kentucky Explorer Article July-August 1996 Text Only	Steely
	The Speleography of Great Salt Peter Cave September 1967 NSS News Text & Maps	White
HTML	1878 Historical Account of Great Saltpetre Cave	Collins
	List of Radio Broadcasts From Caves Including Great Saltpeter Cave in 1940 1990	George
	GSP Trail Map	Jud
	The Rockcastle Karst Conservancy Now Owns Kentucky’s Great Saltpetre Cave December 2006 NSS News	Pinkley

From The Saltpetre Mining Era

HTML	1807 Embargo Act
HTML	1809 Non Intercourse Act
HTML	George Hunter's 1802 Account of Great Saltpetre Cave
HTML	John Baker's Discovery of Great Saltpetre Cave
HTML	Samuel Brown 1804 Letter Announcing Purchase of Great Saltpetre Cave

From The Preserve Management Files

	Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve Management Report Fall 1990 - Text Only
HTML	Status Letter Of The Great Saltpetre Cave Preserve March 18, 1991

From The Rockcastle County Courthouse

HTML	Great Saltpetre Cave Ownership History
	The Great Saltpetre Cave, Inc 1971 - Articles of Incorporation
	The Great Saltpetre Cave, Inc 1985- Articles of Incorporation

In The Movies

In March 2005 a video crew associated with National Geographic filmed inside of the Great Saltpetre Cave. In the film Dr. Ken Tankersly was interviewed about how caves contain clues about the earth's ice ages. The footage shot in Great Saltpetre Cave was one of several locations to be included in the National Geographic television show titled "Naked Science - Big Freeze". The show's debut was March 29, 2006. Watch the show on the YouTube link below. Dr. Tankersly's interview starts a bit over 27 minutes into the video. Courtesy of National Geographic

In fall of 1996 scenes from the Warner Brothers Studios movie Fire Down Below were filmed inside of the Great Saltpetre Cave. The movie featured Steven Seagal. In the movie the Cave was portrayed as an underground mine where hazardous waste was being stored.
	Download the Trailer MP4 Format 6.08 MB
	Fire Down Below Web Site

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