[AT] Preachers and Dynamite?

[Larry Goss]

Oh my!  I've got to read through that manual very carefully.  It may mean that "Uncle Jim's" technique for cleaning irrigation ditches came straight from the Blaster's Handbook.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve W." <swilliams268 at frontier.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 1:06:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?

charlie hill wrote:
> I used to work with a guy that was a graduate of the Colorado School of 
> Mines.  He graduated sometime in the early 70's I think.  We were working as 
> cost engineers on a huge construction project
> and never got a chance to talk much about mining but he gave me a copy of 
> the Dupont Blasters Handbook.  It's more than a handbook.  It's over 500 
> pages hardbound on how to rig charges, time sequential charges, etc.   It's 
> mostly over my head as I know almost nothing about explosives.  I keep 
> thinking I'll study it sometime but I've had it for 30 years and haven't 
> done it so far.  My how time flies!
> 

This is the 1922 edition
http://knygos.sprogmenys.net/knygos/Angliskos/Dupont%20Blasters%20Handbook%201922%20ed.pdf

-- 
Steve W.

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