United States, Tennessee, Jefferson County, 36.05099, -83.44631Smith, Marion O., 1942-20221983Photocopy of typewritten report that documents a field exploration of Nance Ferry Cave, located in Jefferson County, Tennessee. In 1983, Marion O. Smith and Marilyn Overlund explored the cave after hearing it had been mined for saltpeter. Smith and Overlund recorded the inscriptions they found in this exploration, and conducted a post-trip investigation into 1860 census records linking cave explorers to their cave inscriptions. Sites mentioned: Nance Ferry Cave (Tenn.)image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Explosives--AdditivesSaltpeterDiscovery and explorationSoldiersNamesVandalismIndependent scholarsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--GraffitiCavingSignatures (Writing)|Tourism--Moral and ethical aspectsUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narrativesSaltpeter industry--HistoryGunpowder industryGuano industryNitratesCavesSpeleologyJournal of Spelean HistorySpeleologistsGeology, EconomicGraffitiGeotourismSustainable tourismUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America. Nitre and Mining BureauManufacturing industries--United States--History--19th centuryManufacturing industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centuryMineral industries--United States--History--19th centuryMineral industries--Confederate States of America--History--19th centurySaltpeter industry--United StatesGunpowder--United StatesNitrogen industries--United StatesSaltpeter industry--Confederate States of AmericaGunpowder--Confederate States of AmericaNitrogen industries--Confederate States of AmericaBats--ManureGuanoLocal historySaltpetre Mining Evidence at Nance Ferry Cave, TennesseeText