Guano mining in Kenyan lava tunnel caves

Commercial mining of bat guano for agricultural fertilizer only became possible in Kenya through discovery of major deposits in the lava tunnel caves of Mt. Suswa and the North Chyulu Hills in the early 1960’s. This paper provides historical information leading up to the guano mining, describes the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jim W. Simons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 1998-01-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:http://www.ijs.speleo.it/pdf/9.72.27_SimonsGuano.pdf