[AT] Preachers and Dynamite?

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sun Sep 25 07:37:28 PDT 2011


Sounds like something my uncle Howard would have done!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:17 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?

He has told me about a neighbor in the community that had a mule die.  He 
decided to blow a hole to bury him in.  Problem was he was too close to the 
mule and blew him way up in the air...and further away from the hole....

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: john hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>Sent: Sep 25, 2011 7:55 AM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?
>
>You probably did hear him mention it Al. Mine tells of using it quite 
>often.
>I think sometimes they just wanted to play.  I also know a fellow that put
>some up in a tree trying to scare the folks in a local community. He 
>managed
>to scare them and split the tree, I think he waited till he was pretty old
>before he confessed to that, the owner of the tree wasn't very happy!
>
>John Hall
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 10:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?
>
>
>>I think I have heard my dad mention ditching dynamite.
>>
>> Up until a few years ago, probably around 9-11, there were several guys 
>> in
>> the area that were licensed to blow out beaver dams with dynamite.  I
>> don't think they are allowed to get it anymore.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>Sent: Sep 24, 2011 6:53 PM
>>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?
>>>
>>>Larry,  I remember well when I was a kid, farmers using what they called
>>>"ditching" dynamite fired in a sequence to blow ditches.  Apparently it
>>>was
>>>a particular grade of dynamite.
>>>
>>>Charlie
>>>
>>>-----Original Message----- 
>>>From: Larry Goss
>>>Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:19 PM
>>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Preachers and Dynamite?
>>>
>>>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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