Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-24


confusion worse COMPOUNDED over the
sub,leties of protoplasm and the strange.
seductive researches which discover the
cosnsts theories of atomic life. evolu
! ton, progression, and the survival of the
fittest. We sympa,hize with those good
souls who see in these things the spirit
of the Evil One. and who seek relief
from their perple1iiies and doubts by a
sudden turning to the Light aud the i'll
vi;atiop 10 kindred souls. Come, let us
pray"
MISCELLANEOUS.
''And the gates of Hell
shall not prevail ="
To-day has been chosen by General
Newton. of the United States army, in
whose charge are placed the operations
at He'll Gate, New York harbor, for the
hlowing-up of the reef which constitutes
the most formidable part of that obstruc-
ton. A map of the grounds, furnished
by the New York Herald. gives MS gen
eral idea of the lay Of the land. The
shaft leading down into the excavations
is at Hallet's Point, Long Island. The
reef to be blown up is projection from
the mainland of Long Island. The mid
chGpne! rocks which in former years
made He'll Gate better entitled to its
name than now it is. were Pot Rock,
Fryipg-pan Rock. Ways Reef, Bald
headed Billy. &c. These have already
been operated upon and so cut down AS
to be comparatively harmless to nav
igators. The obstruction which is to be
blasted away to-day is dangerous
point. necessitatiDg sharp turning. eau
tious steering and stesming. AS our
readers are already informed, this ex-
piosion is to be made through the agency
of that most terrible of explosive agents,
dynamite. Many thousand drill. holes
for the reception of the cartridges con-
tanning this explosive material have been
charged Herewith. OF course this work |
is attended by a constant and fearful
peril. The slightest accident would |
bring on premature explosion and send |
everybody to eternity in a moment. The |
explodent cartridges or primers are al |
ready in place. From the Herald Of the |
18th we get the following interesting |
particulars:
The work of preparing them is being |
raridly pushed forward under direction |
Of Mr.. julius Streidinger, on board the
scow lying at the shaft. These primers
consist of cylinders of thin brass filled
with dynamite. They are made Of two
iiameters to accommodate them to the
different sized holes; but each primer is
made to contain the same quantity Of
material by making the smaller ones
longer. To guard against
explosion by conclusion in the case of
xorkman dropping one Of these primers,
Zach is encased 10 a dozen thicknesses
# brown paper securely pasted around,
md is then dipped into boiling psraffine
which adlieres in q thick coat to the
,aler. Lem the shape of the car
ridges they will. when dropped, fall
lpon the bottom end, and the roll of
'aper is permitted to project an inch be-
'ond that end SO as to deaden the shock.
INTO each one of these primers is now
icing inserted fuse made in the shape
# brass cylinder two inches long and
lve-eighths of an inch thick. This is
lied with illuminate of mercury, into
which is run one end of each of two
'ieces of wire. united by bit of plat. {
mum wire. The hole in the fuse is then
topped with cork, previously boiled in
mixture of beeswax, tallow and rosin.
his done the primer is ready for use.
IN one end of each of the cartridges ,
laced within the holes are fastened 9
our short prongs OF wire which, like the
arb Of fish hook catch in the Unequal
les inside the hole and prevent its slip
ing out when the hole happens to be 7
ne inclined upwards. The primers are :
rovided with brass for the same pur- I
ose, with brass springs, made with a I
reater degree of care as BETTING their a
lore dangerous location and contents.
5hen the men begin to insert the prim-
re- next Monday, they will proceed to
'wer q quantity of them into the shaft, l
len one will be pushed into the opening Fl
each hole. care having been taken in c
ling in the ordinary cartridge to leave =
,ffcient space for it. When primer
as been placed in each one of the twenty
oles, forming one group. the wires pro. s.
citing from the fuses within the primers o
i'll be connected by twisting them to- a
ether, forming circnit, except that the =,
70 lowermost holes are not connected.
rom each Of these wire will lead I'D v
trough the shaft to the battery. locates! o
bomb proof structure 100 yards away. a
Il that then will be necessary TO ex- Il
ode the group is to attach one wire to
battery. forming q circuit by hrin rinr