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Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA |
So huge that much of its vast area remains unexplored, this cave system was used by ancient Native Americans for a good 2000 years - for purposes of both mining and burial - before they abruptly and inexplicably abandoned it. Added to this somewhat eerie past, more recent years have seen the ghostly appearance of slaves, Who in the 19th century were sent in to mine saltpeter, and tuberculosis patients, who were treated in a makeshift subterranean hospital in the belief that the cave’s air would battle the disease and restore the patients’ lungs to health.
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