United States, Alabama, Blount County, 33.98087, -86.56737United States, Alabama, Calhoun County, 33.77143, -85.82603United States, Alabama, Marshall County, 34.36696, -86.30664Smith, Marion O., 1942-20221942/2022Photocopy of typewritten report about the Confederate Nitre Bureau’s brief mining operations at Prater Cave in April and May 1864, as evidenced by payroll and voucher records. It lists the names, roles, and work periods of both white workers and enslaved African American laborers involved in the operation. The document also suggests that the cave’s location might be deduced from the workers’ assignments before or after their time spent at Blue Mountain, Alabama. Sites mentioned: Prater Cave (Ala.)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 historyEnslaved persons--AlabamaWhere is Prater Cave?Text