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zss <br />Golden Rod Tua. - 4. <br />_ E%PL0 S IVES-C~xtix. <br />of •xs.,day';r,eupply ar•;zst stored undergronxd.--.: <br />Thp average amenxt 4t pxplosives•kppt..ix storage Is.100~. <br />This is atpred,in a,tramp, irox-owered magazine situate 100' <br />xortheast •t the portal of the tuxxel. The magazixp is used for <br />the storage ;yet powder oily all ether supplies beixe stprpd ix <br />the blaokemith shop. '` <br />The dpvio• ipr thawixg~powder is a tix._taxk heated by <br />IDeAxR •i het water. <br />MI,HI NG '_~.. MIHE METHODS . <br />The main spexixe ie a press-out tunnel 1,200' ix lpxgth <br />axd timbered with pests and paps ter a diataxoe p1 60', item the <br />portal. At e;;d.i~tano• e1 720';trpq the portal tlla Golden Rpd <br />vd.x ie ixtereeotpd axd dr11'te riot asst and snot ox th• ,vein <br />abput 60' ~aoh,way.,, . <br />lYher• the tunnel ixtprseote the Golden Rod vsia a shaft <br />is euxk •x the veix ai-d oonnsota with the tunnel. This shaft io <br />uribbpd iprsa.dlataxo• •t 40' from the purtaoo with rnixd tim- <br />bers axd th• balaxo• •t the shaft it timbered with etu}.le. The <br />shaft ie.uaed tot an additloxal exit and ter vextilatiex axd is <br />eF~uipp~d,vrith ease „seoure and aooeealbl• ladders. Ao dri~tixg <br />has bpex dexe ix the.ahatt.. <br />Aotivs work }e aentixpd to pxtexdixg the ttixxpl. <br />Hp timberixg le rpqulred ix the ttixxel a• it la drivex <br />through solid oeiixtry rook. .. - <br />,Uxdprgreuxfl~trammixg la dpxr by haxd with steal oars •n <br />a traokag• •t•.?8',', g1taE• axd 12~ T rails. <br />Draixage,ip,xat~iral.. 7~xt11at1~x la xatural and suttioient <br />axd x~, x~xieus,gneps are met with. ~ <br />The saxi'~ary-apxditi~xe,a;• geed.axd enttioipxt.axd all <br />old timbers and. debris hav been removed from uxdprgreuxd. <br />The aloft ie divided ixt• two oempartmexts for a bpoket- <br />