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| Tennessee Mineral Locality Index 300 T ennessee covers an area of 41,220 square miles in the southeastern...part of the state. Just prior to crossing the Tennessee River and continuing through the middle of the...TRAVIS A. PARIS 5604 Malmsbury Road Knoxville, Tennessee 37921 taparis@msn.com Figure 1 (top left). Calcite...Figure 5 (far right page). Map of the counties in Tennessee, prepared by William Besse. ROCKS & MINERALS...generally overlooked Tennessee’s minerals. The Tennessee Division of Geology is one of the oldest state |
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| miner's lamp dropped into that black were obtained. niter tion was going on, and thus showing us whence the...a new tel'S daily. they found solid masses of niter weighing frol l l 100 to earth extend for a long'...violently with Gunpowder contains about 75 parts of niter to 15 of charcoal and 10 of sulphur. If ignited...the'Vyandot was Cave and others in Indiana, and the niter fever almost. extent to which saltpeter was manufactured... in at Philadelph ia. nitrate, also known as niter, is remarkable for storing time of war was nearer |
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| Westmoreland County..-----.-_---_-_____--_____._____ Tennessee...-_--__.-__-_-__ __. ______ -_-_______ Texas...______ 90 FIGURE 1. Map showing location of Gum Pond niter prospects, Lawrence County, Ala _ __ ._-____-_....from such well-watered States as Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Alabama, but occurrences are much more numerous...order. ALABAMA Niter was obtained in limestone caves, principally in the Tennessee River Valley, for...T LAWRENCE ' A N K L I N MORGAN / GUM POND NITER -PROSPECTS r ^_ __ -^g."^ ____ _ __ -tO x x . |
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| of quartz ("flint, jasper, semi-opal") in the Tennessee River Valley area near Huntsville, Madison County...molybdenite monazite montmorillonite muscovite niter nontronite oligoclase olivine orthoclase paragonite...1965). Sauta Cave--IO km southwest of Scottsboro: niter mined as early as 1812 for saltpeter used in gunpowder...halotrichite (Cook and Smith 1982). Huntsville---Tennessee River Valley area: quartz (agate, jasper) (Cornelius...scenery and curiosities of parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and the Alabama and Mississippi territories, |
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| organic matter visible on casual inspection. As the niter, according to the general opinion, is for the most...show by analyses that the soluble portions of the niter earth might be the concentration of the leachings...appear to prove the reverse. Inasmuch as both the niter earth and the surface soil are both (in the Kentucky...expected and is found. But if the soluble salts of the niter earths are the soluble salts transported from the...quantity of phosphoric acid in the guano and the niter earth is approximately equal and is very considerWhile |
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| fight a war in the 1860s were salt, iron, lead, niter (saltpeter), and coal (Whisonant, 1996a). Salt was...implements, armaments, and, most importantly, railroads; niter was the main ingredient of gunpowder, and lead was...Nearly all of Virginia's salt, lead, iron, and niter production came from the Valley and Ridge province...in the 1860s,each depended on the Virginia and Tennessee RaiIroad to get the desperately need@ salt and...none was more important than the V i n i a and Tennessee, which connected Richmond directly with the western |
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| Minerals In The East Tennessee Area By Carl Honaker and Blaine M i l l e r * Tennessee Wesleyan College,... Athens, Tennessee Introduction Although the term "water-soluble mineral" usually conjures up a vision...found in the East Tennessee - Western North Carolina area. During the Civil war, niter was obtained from...has been obtained from the mines at Ducktown, Tennessee. Copperas or melanterite (Fe S0 4 .7H 2 O) is...locations is Alum Cave, a few miles from Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This |
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| miner's lamp dropped into that black were obtained. niter l:UIlP, hnt. a l1Iar\'elous story whose truth was...a new tel'S daily. they found solid masses of niter weighing frol l l 100 to earth extend for a long'...time of wa l'. . . The nitrate, also known as niter, is remarkable for storing time of war was nearer...violently with Gunpowder contains about 75 parts of niter to 15 of charcoal and 10 of sulphur. If ignited...idea of the Cave and others in Indiana, and the niter fever almost. extent to which saltpeter was manufactured |
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| ......................................... Cave niter...................................................north of Gerlach............................... Niter salts near Railroad Valley........................Map showing distribution of niter claims near Lovelock, Nev..... II. Niter claims north of Gerlach, in............... FIGURE 1. Map showing location of niter deposits and prospects in Greenwich Canyon, near...Map showing location of upper and lower groups of niter claims near Gerlach, Washoe County, Nev........ |
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| of saltpetercaves, the South built a first-rate niter and gunpowderindustry almost fkom the groundup....1997; 1998;2000), looks at the geology of cave niter deposits, and the use of this invaluable strategicmaterialto...black gunpowder was potassium nitrate, derived fiom niter or saltpeter as it was called (Figure 1). Each powder...powder grain contained about 75 per cent niter, together with charcoal (15 percent) and sulfur (10 percent)...a steady source of niter, became evident. Among the potential providers of niter were the numerous saltpeter |
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| absolutely fundamental. These included salt, iron, niter (saltpeter), and lead. Salt was essential to pack...implements, armaments, and, very importantly,railroads; niter was the main ingredient for gunpowder; and lead...Saltville salt operations and the Virginia and Tennessee railroad as well. GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD MINES AREA...loaded onto railroad cars on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad and shipped to Richmond or Knoxville...as well as the importance of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. This great railroad, running from Lynchburg |
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| mining of............................ 307 See also Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Alameda claim, Cal., magnesite....... 38 Burchard, E. F., on red iron ores in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia..... 279-328 Burgess mine...distribution and character of... 295-296-316 See also Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Gila Bend, Ariz., celestite...231,232 Gordon, C. H., and Jarvis, R. P., on Tennessee iron ores............ 291,292-295 Grainger shale...454-455 J. Jarvis, R. P., and Gordon, C. H., on Tennessee iron ores. ... .°. ...... 291, 292-295 Johnson |
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| fireplace, a copper boiler, an earthen sink, Tennessee model city projected for the St. Louis Exposition...prevents the pipes from being A:"! application of niter will remove ink spots from plumbing, and electric...roof. quickly with a damp cloth to remove the niter. niter should be applied with a feather. Rub |
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| ...... ..118 marine Cables Fair of the E l�t Tennessee Central Reflectors on French Ships ........118...mter, and as a result of the investigation we have niter clamor-does not possess. beds for the artificial...article published The study of how to prepare niter beds has in an English cotemporary in regard to...renew it at the those of soda ash and artificial niter cannot be expected to duction of the mint is only |
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| ...... ..118 marine Cables Fair of the E l�t Tennessee Central Reflectors on French Ships ........118...mter, and as a result of the investigation we have niter clamor-does not possess. beds for the artificial...article published The study of how to prepare niter beds has in an English cotemporary in regard to...renew it at the those of soda ash and artificial niter cannot be expected to duction of the mint is only |
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| ...... ..118 marine Cables Fair of the E l�t Tennessee Central Reflectors on French Ships ........118...mter, and as a result of the investigation we have niter clamor-does not possess. beds for the artificial...article published The study of how to prepare niter beds has in an English cotemporary in regard to...renew it at the those of soda ash and artificial niter cannot be expected to duction of the mint is only |
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| is made by the combination of three substance-,niter,sulphur and charcoal. Two of these, sulphur and...ernment. Many indifferent horses were undoubtedly niter, 17.76 pounds of sulphur, and 15.86 oft'jharcoal...negligence and inco1npeteuce have edr parts of Tennessee. mallganese and eharcoa l between th�m, then t)ley |
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| Perhaps some of our readers may not remember ftom the niter crystallltes, and were recrystallized. soak the...also gave reactions indi Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou salts could be detected...similar handling warded, for the mother-liquor of the niter, a11;er Professor Mapes exhibited a specimen of |
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| Minerals In The East Tennessee Area By Carl Honaker and Blaine M i l l e r * Tennessee Wesleyan College,... Athens, Tennessee Introduction Although the term "water-soluble mineral" usually conjures up a vision...found in the East Tennessee - Western North Carolina area. During the Civil war, niter was obtained from...has been obtained from the mines at Ducktown, Tennessee. Copperas or melanterite (Fe S0 4 .7H 2 O) is...locations is Alum Cave, a few miles from Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
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| attention. A flour mill, by 75 to 80 per cent. of pure niter. A very elaborate description of the process (I...be stopped and started. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Maryland, The turbine, with I or say...expanding its steam equally, and in all partic- niter used in the last war was obtained. the Llanas of |
