The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-02-07
Some Practical Provisions.

oOnG fTdCNiGdl FIpHlo'S'o'
The practical provisions Of the bill
may be judged by the reading Of sec
tion %. which in part is:
First-That explosives must be
stored IN magazine provided for
that purpose alone; said magazine 70
be placed far enough away from the
working shaft or tunnel or incline
70 ensure the same remaining. intact
In the event of the entire stock OF
explosives In said magazine be eX-
ploded: that an explosives in excess
of the amount required for shifts
work must be kept in said magazine;
that no powder or other explosive be
stored In underground workings whore
men are employed; that each mine
shall provide and employ a suitable
device for thawing and warming pow
der and keep the same in condition
for use: that oils or other combusu.
BILE substances shall not be kept or
stored in the same magazine with eX-
ploslves.
Second That the commissioner
of mines shall have authority to regu-
late and limit the amount of nitro
powder stored or kept in general sup
ply stores I'm mining camps or mining
towns. where there Is no municipal
law governing the storage Of same.
"Thlrd-That oils and other inna-
mable material shall be stored or kept
In q building erected for that purpose,
and at a safe distance from the main
buildings and at a safe distance from
the powder magazine, and their re-
moval from said building for use shall
be in such quantities as are necessary
to meet the requirements Of a day on.
.y.
"Fourth-That no person shall
whether working for himself, or in the
empty Of any person, company or cor
poration, while loading or charging a
hole with nitro glyceriue. powder or
other explosive use or employ any
steel or iron tamping bar; nor shall
any mine manager superintendent,
foreman or shift boss, or other person
having the management or direction
of mine labor, allow or permit the
use of such steel, iron OF other metal
tamping bar by the employees under
his management or direction"
To Collect Exhibits for the Fair.
One OF the sections No. p. provides
for the collection OF an exhibit for the
Lewis and Clark and the St Louis
ENpositons, which latter exhibit. OF
course would be kept or added to.
Tor the fair 20 be held in Portland.
The section reads;
section 21 Il shall be the duty of
the board OF governors, with the aid
and assistance of the commissioner
Of mines inspectors and other assist
ants, 20 devote SO much of their time
and OF the funds made available fOI
their use as i'm their Judgment may
seem proper toward the collection
preparation classifying and listing of
Ia mineral exhibit 20 be used i'm IN,
state ot Oregon's mineral exhibit al
ST. Louis. IN the state of Missouri IN
the year 1904 at the Mternationa
deposition 90 be held On said city dur
ing said year aud I'm the mineral ex
hibit ut the Lewis and Clark Centcn
lnial ana American and Pacific Emo
sItion ana Oriental Fair. ana for us,
at such other fairs en- exhibits as n
the.r iutsmeut win best promote IN.
development 81 the mineral resource.
log the state Of oreson. and f,r whIel
appropriations may Pee made or fo
which funds may become available
Really l0eurs No Expense.
hY reading section eS 10 WiD p,
learned thar the Robbins bin incur
no expense % the state. for d pro
lvides that one-half o. the license i,