Mine La Motte, Missouri
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Mine La Motte is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Missouri. It is located about six miles north of Fredericktown. The town was named for a nearby mine dating from about 1717; the mine was named for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, an early explorer and Governor-General of Louisiana. The presence of lead, which was a critical ingredient for ammunition, attracted unusually early mining by the Spanish and French in this otherwise remote interior region of the North American continent.
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