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~. EXPLOSIVES. <br />~r~ !'' Explosive used is the 40o and 60~, 1-1~8 In, Calif- <br />if ,II ornia Giant Powder, uX caps, and Lerman Insoloid fuse, which are <br />~i stored in a drift, the mouth of vrhich, is 1?.5 ft, west of the <br />~~! mouth of the tunnel, said drift extendi lUU <br />~ ng ft, into the hill, <br />~ ~~ ~', being timbered and papered, thereby making it dry, and affording <br />'~ a good place for the store e of <br />'' g powder, Average amount kept <br />:Ili in storage, 1500 lbs. <br />a 'i~ <br />The powder thawing device, eonsiets of a frame <br />i <br />`~ house 6 x G ft„ and located about 100 ft, south of the magazine . <br />~ Same is provided with a hot water heater, the heater consisting <br />t <br />~j of a gas stove and barrel, which admits of the circulation of <br />'' hot ureter through several oo11s of i e <br />+ ~ ~;' P p running undc;r wooden <br />r ~I~s~ raolc, upon which powder to be thawed, is planed. <br />~` j {(j <br />A gas Pipe, with wooden plug~e in either end, was <br />~I, found in use as tamping bar, <br />