Clarks Cave

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Clarks Cave is a cave in Bath County, Virginia. The cave was mined for saltpeter in the 1800s. [1]

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References

  1. "The Clark's Cave bone deposit and the late Pleistocene paleoecology of the central Appalachian Mountains of Virginia". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 2. Carnegie Museum of Natural History: 14. January 19, 1977. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

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