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Vat, Cyanidation

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Record 197/495
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Catalog date 02/15/2009
Collection Caving Equipment
Collector Craig Hindman
Artist Unknown
Description Wood fragment from a saltpetre vat or production process
Found Unknown
Category 4: T&E For Materials
Made United States
Material Wood
Object ID 2008.0181.001
Object Name Vat, Cyanidation
Other Name Saltpetre Vat Fragment
Owned Unknown
Sub-category Mining & Mineral Harvesting T&E
Recfrom Unknown
Subjects saltpetre
saltpeter
mining
mine
cave
War of 1812
potassium nitrate
niter
Used Unknown
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