saltpeter

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The saltpeter kettles, repurposed as garden torches, were filled with fuel and lit, and their light flickered on an array of classical statuary, columns, urns and the like.

From Washington Post

But if you have a few pounds of beef brisket and some saltpeter on hand, here's how to make your own.

From Salon

The South was so desperate for saltpeter for gunpowder that one Alabama official reportedly placed a newspaper ad asking that the contents of chamber pots be saved for collection.

From Washington Post

The tour explores a canyon passageway and discusses a 19th century saltpeter mining operation and the cave’s geologic origins.

From Washington Times

The mummified remains of some of these earliest explorers, estimated to be 4,000 to 5,000 years old, drew many tourists to Mammoth Cave in the early 1800s, after commercial saltpeter mining ended there.

From Washington Post