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<br />EXPLOSIVES. <br />i?ercules povrder, 7~9 and 1 l~} inch, is used and ~i x caps, <br />with German Tnsoloid and Ca].ii'or-nia fuse. Ti:e e;m-,lo~,~es are providsd <br />with vrooden tamping; bars, 9 porvder morilce~^ is emplc;ged. <br />Izt the y;inl; turn:el explosives ;tre stored underground, but at <br />the American Tunnel, t:ae~r arecatorsd in u maga~inF providod for <br />that purposo r. ].ono, r:hich i, ler.ated about 150 feet i't•wn ti7o tuv:rel <br />arzd al]. of thl., buildings. T%re avera;s a~-~ou::t of explosives ]copt in <br />stir,rt~;e is one ton in a :voodoo building; it is taa~:aecl in a s;root <br />iron water ;,iar,J:et, Ck:avrirrt;~ over:, and carull~s ar•e sat underneath to <br />heat the orator. Oils r,alidles a:zcl otrror co:abusti.blss ar•e not stored <br />with powder. <br />