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02056aam a2200325 a 4500 001 0763106627E111E28D42D0E26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121106010327 008 060215s2006 aluab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006922375 020 $a 1879961245 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781879961241 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)70184930 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d OCLCQ $d TTU $d SILO 043 $a n-us-tn 050 00 $a GB606.B54 $b M38 2006 100 1 $a Matthews, Larry E. 245 1 $a Big Bone Cave / $c Larry E. Matthews. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Huntsville, Ala. : $b National Speleological Society, $c 2006. 300 $a 220 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 28 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index. 505 0 $a American Indians -- The original landowners -- Saltpeter mining during the War of 1812 -- An 1813 letter -- Discovery of the giant ground sloth -- The mummies of Big Bone Cave -- Saltpeter mining during the Civil War -- The origin of Saltpeter in caves -- James M. Safford's box of bones -- The sloth bones discovery of 1896 -- The visit by Thomas L. Bailey in 1917 -- The 1862 Passage -- The visits by Thomas C. Barr, Jr. in the 1950s -- My first visit to Big Bone Cave -- The great atomic bomb shelter fiasco -- The robbery of 1965 -- The survey of Big Bone Cave -- Discovery of the jaguar skeleton -- Big Bone Cave receives national recognition -- Fossil birds from Big Bone Cave -- State natural area -- Soot deposits, blasting, and other observations -- Paleofeces and other artifacts -- The great radon scare -- The great radon scare : part II -- The geology of Big Bone Cave -- The biology of Big Bone Cave -- Saltpeter mining in other Tennessee caves. 651 0 $a Big Bone Cave (Tenn.) $x History. 650 0 $a Caves $z Tennessee $x History. 650 0 $a Speleology $z Tennessee. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105035811.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227031135.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0763106627E111E28D42D0E26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search