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• County: Teller
• Volume: 6
• Document: Inspectr
• Suffix: Q

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EXPLOSIVES.
ti~'~ Hercules, 55FJ pocrcler is used and 5 x caps, and t7estern and
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~ Hain brunt' oi' ruse. iio iron or metal tampinr; bars are employed,
' ~'~; aiooden ones being provisos i'or employees, A povrdsr monk=y is em-
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,ICI ploys d.
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Y. iio explosives in excess oi' one days suppl;/ are stored under-
~~^~ !, grcu:,d, i~ut era stored in ;
~'~. magazine provided for that purpose
;ry' ? alone, erhien is I duf; out vrith an iron door, and ie situate' about
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h,^, 100 feet from tite otizor buildings, and southvrest of the boiler ,
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'~,~~ room. The avoruge amowrt of explosivos kept in storng'e 1s 5,000
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t' Thsy use a small i'rarte build.irrr;, heateci by steam, f'or thavring
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'J! powder, '!'his is '75 foot.soutsl of tho boiler morn.
Oils, candlsa and othor combustibles are riot storod crith porr-
d~r bttt are storod irr a buildity^;.ussd for that purpose alone.
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