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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Sources Of Peril

II was not until recenty-within the
past few Years-that IL has become
known that coal dust in btuminous coal
mines is a source OF great danger. Tho
pure dry dust has such a power 10
spread an explosion that 1t is more
threatening and deadly 10 the miner
than FIRE damp. II was known; or at
least acknowledged. that the dust OF
bituminous coal would ignite from an
explosion OF fire damp. but nearly all
miners and mine operators believed tina t
the dust in a mine free from gas would
not explode.
After series Of great disasters
throughout the country. the federal gov
ernment took up the inquiry into the
causes Of such explosions. and the test
Ing station at Pittsburg was established.
The first work of this station proved 10
miners that coal dust would explode even
II no gas were mixed In the air with II.
The dust was placed In a great tube that
had cannon embedded in one end. This
cannon was loaded with black powder
as a drill hole in n mine would be,
tamped with clay. and discharged. III
every Instance when pure dry bttuminous
dust was used there was terrific eN-
plosion. Each succeeding experiment
went farther to prove how very danger
Gus coal dust may be.
Fire damp carries Its own warming
the cap in the safety lamp-but Goa
dust, though visible, does not attract at
tcntlou unless present In large quanti-
ties. Fire damp rarely spreads through
wide areas In mine, and except In no
table and exceptional cases is controlled
by means OF ventilatlnS currents.
If by mischance a large body OF fire
damp Is iSn!ted. the force of the eX-
local unless dry coal dust is present. OF
unless. wnich rarely happens. the eNplo-
sible mixture Of air and gas extends
through large part Of the mine, But
dust accumuldtcs everywhere In a mine
that is dry, and the blast from the igni-
tion and combustion of coal dust may
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
All Sort. of
Will Conduct All of
mnts-To Discover WbatC Terrific

Mantle in the same hole. Such a COM
bination Is more dangerous than either
explosive used alone. II the quicker
burning explosive is placed at the> outer
end Of the charge 1t may blow out the
stemming. II 1t Is placed at the bottom
of the hole it may blow the slower ex-
ploslye, while still burning, into the dust
raised by the shot.
Explosions of fire damp have ranked
next to the use Of long flame explosives
as a cause of dust explosions. Gas is
given OF more or less from all Goals. al
though most coal mines In the United
states do not have enough to be called
gaseous. But II mine Is dry and dusty.
and long flame explosives like black
powder are used. the presence OF small
percentage of gas greatly increases the
chances Of an extensive dust explosion.
That an electric arc or glowing wire
could ignite coal dust In the air was not
thought possible few years ago. but
since then several mine explosions have
been laid TO these causes. or course.
II nlu8t take combination Of unusual
conditions to start an explosion in this
way but such a combination may hap
pen now and then. All that is necessary
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

this dust is not consumed in the flame
one with 200 openings In the length OF
an inch-and hoatcd easily on strong
current of air. This dust spread an
explosion when there was only one-third
of an ounce OF IL suspended In each
cubic foot of air. or one pound to 90
cubic feet of air. The importance OF
these tests will be better understood
when 1t is said that all bits OF coal
that pass through even a 20-mesh sieve
may be called dust, and such particles
OF bituminous or Ignite coal must be
considered dangerous in a mine.
Experiments AT this station have also
shown that there are great differences
among the dusts OF different kinds of
coal Some ignite and spread an eX-
Dlosion much more easily than others.
In none of the tests has anthracite dust
been made To spread an explosion. IL
Is possible that under some conditions
an,hracite-hard coal-dust may ignite
when suspended in the air. but there
seems TO be little danger of this under
ordinary mining conditions. Moreover. II
ls claimed that in the long history OF
the Pennsylvania anthracite mines. some
OF which are very gaseous. there have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Cars Ignite Dust

An ncipient dust explosion, started by
the flame of an open lamp. was seen at
a mire in Yorkshire, England The dust
that ignited was raised by a passing trap
of cars. The flame followed the trip
some distance and then ran back.
Uncle Sam. through his experiments at
the station at Pittsburg, makes many
recommendations for the laying of this
coal dust chief among which is the dust
should be kept wet. He also recommends
the use OF what is termed permissible
explosives" that is. explosives which
have been tested by the experiment sta
ton and which are known can be used
with safety. The use OF calcium chloride
for the laying of coal dust Is recommend :
ed, because il slowly dssolves by abb
sorhins' moisture from the air and by this
means keeps down the coal dust.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Flour Explosions

Coal dust is not the only kind OF
dust that viii explode when no infiam-
mable gas is present at the moment OF
explosion. Dusts OF other substances
containing carbon will do the same thing
Among such substances are flour. starch
and sugar. Many flour mills have been
blown TO pieces by dust explosions. The
destruction OF the big flour mills at Min
neapolis in 1878 is a terrible example OF
ruin and loss OF life caused hy eNplod
lng flour dust. a gluten mill az Gran
lie City. Ill, was seriously damaged by
an explosion OF gluten dust in 1910.
Other mineral substances than coal
have explosive dustS. There were several
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

clean of grease with gasoline. Acids
arc not used at all except on rare oc-
caslonS TO remove stain.
Great Caro- Exercised
Great care must be exercised in the
drying and bleaching Of the bones. This
cannot be done in hot sun, because
the hot sun will crack the bones. as it
will seasoning wood From bone art.
ist' viewpoint the best bleaching
weather is gray. dri2zling day. when
there IS no danger of the sun getting
in its damaging work Sometimes the
bones develop black streaks, but this
can usually be remedied with the use
of diluted ammonia.
From beginning to end the whole
skeleton cleaning process is tresome.
and is said TO "get on the nerves
worse than any other form of speci-
men mounting carried ON at the Mu.
scum. Weeks OF cleaning are required
TO prepare some of the small fish skcle-
tons, some of which have 10 he mounted
against glass to keep them properly as
semblcd for display. The bat skeletons
with their long. delicate wings, are also
mounted in this way,
Bone articulation and skeleton
mounting is craft about which the
public knows little. and even when an
expert IL this line starts on new
specimen he has no idea how long it
will be before the job is finished
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
ry This When
Your Hair Is Dusty

4. (from the New York Herald.)
When the hair is dusty and dull,
y you want to clean it quickly, Just
rinkle through it little dry sham
3 powder made by mixing four ounces
orrls root with four ounces OF therox.
Then brush the hair thoroughly and
y only will it be clean, but it will
'Fe a rich and glossy luster that can
given in no other way. So little
ne is required for this dry shampoo
at 1t can be done profitably whenever
g hair is dressed
iheroX IS excellent for the scalp and
yes the hair new life and vigor. The
sniar use Of this mixture heightens
9 natural color, while washing the
w with water too often causes it tc
'e color and become dull and brittle. y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
T erriifiic Mine Explosions

a mineral containing. carbon. at a mine
In West Virginia. The dust of gisonite,
another carbon mineral. has exploded at
mines in Utah. In December. 1910. a
very violent explosion. apparently due
to dust. occurred In an asphalt mine in
Oklahoma.
There are many causes Of coal dust ex-
plosions. The more common means by
which coal dust in the air may be ig-
nted and start an explosion In coal
mine Is the flame from a shot or the ac-
cideptal Ignition Of an explosive in the
open: AN explosion of small body Of fire
damp; and, more rarely. an electric arc
or glowing wire, or even the ilame OF an
open lamp.
TIE long flames from a shot of black
powder have hccn the commonest cause
OF coal dust explosions in mines Of this
country. Blown out shots have started
many, and II is common belief that
the fame OF black powder must come
from blown out shot 10 start n dust
explosion. This belief Is not supported
by fact. for explosions have started from
shots that were not blown out nor even
overcharged. 1t Is certain also that If
the air at the face contains even q small
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

along the course of the explosion. the
temperatures and the samples OF gases
Immediately preceding the Inflammation
Of the dust or gas and Immediately fol-
lowing the Inflammation at a given point.
These experiments will require apparatus
of an extremely sensitive nature.
a study OF explosion waves will be
made. but the prime object Of the eX-
pcriments will be 10 study methods for
preventing and limiting explosions when
they occur Also the testing Of per
missible eXplosivcs-what explosives are
best 10 use and least dangcrous-under
actual working conditions In coal. the
cause of dust production. the use of
gasoline locomotives. electrical devices
and the use OF concrete. also steel Tim
bers and props. because OF the growing
scarcity of mine tmbers and the Sc
rious danger Of ilrc from their use.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
rt1os,,on Doors

h several parts OF the mine there will
|Dlaced q short length of concrete gal
n with explosion doors. These doors
4 expected to he explosion proof TO
vent the explosion from penetrating
'ther into the mine. Beyond these
>rs there will ne a round table gallery
feet long. twenty feet Of which will
'sist OF removable sections that can be
led out of the way when IL Is desired
.isoIate the tOo-foot gallery for any
son.
'bis part OF the mine will then be
ntical with the l00-foot gallery at
/ Pittsburg station-the first eXplo-
= gallery. The object OF the steel
lery separate from the mine is so
4 experiments similar to those con-
-fed al Pittshurg can be made. When
removable sections have been rolled
sonc side and the steel explosion
|of doors lowered into place to cover
connection into the air course. eN-
'lnents can hc conducted in the iSo-
ri gallery without interfering with op-
Hons in the mine
Is II is aCkuo owledged hv all authori-
that coal dust in the air of mines
iEes al least - per cent of the most
astrous mining accidents and has been
.Cessfullv demonstrated In the l00-foot
|Iery Of the bureau OF mines at Pitts
e. and in the longer galleries at
.yin. France. and AItofts England. the
<t step in the inve stigatlon of coal
zf explosions was To determine The
srt conditions under which such eN-
|Fioi1S took place,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Floating Coal Dust

Many people have contended that an
open flame could not ignite floating coal
dust unless shock, from a blown out
shot. accompanied the flame, Yet float
Ing coal dust has caught fire about bins
and dusty tippes. Usually there has
been little damage done. because the dust
was not confined, but bad explosion i'll
the coal grinding room OF a cement plant
In New Jersey is believed to have start
ed from the fame Of an open lamp.
In mines. because the space is confined
in rooms and entries. there Is much
greater chance of the burning dust caus-
Ing an explosion wave. This possibility
was shown In q recent coal mine eN-
plosIon that started near the mouth OF
a dusty drift. This drift was an intake,
so the air could not have contained any
gas. trip OF cars jumped the track
and Knocked out some timbers, thus max
ing dense dust cloud that was prob
ably fired by the flame of a trlp-rider's
lamp. The explosion Travelled long dis
ance into the mine and gained strength
as IL Travelled,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
trong Gallery

rhe gallery at Levin. a, shor, length
which was erected in 1908. was grad
1y Enlightened 10 distance OF $50
4. and an increase To 1900 feet IS
n. under contemplation. The gallery
4ltoits. also erected in 1908, WAS about
feet long as originally laid out. In
b these galleries the question Of
cngth TO withstand the terrific eXplo-
rs was the main trouble. II the gal
YES ware loaded with pure coal dust
'ond four or five hundred feet, a ruD-
e OF the galleries occurred.
The management OF these galleries
I'm that tests OF coal dust explosions
)ud be made in longer and stronger
|leries. since il is impossible TO solve
OF tlts problems surrounding an eX-
|siye wave in the short distance now
aiiable. 1t was because of this cX-
rlence OF the mining authorities IN
Hnce and England that Uncle Sam de-
mined 10 get q gallery as strong as
'tber Earth could make II.
The Important features OF the expert
'pts 10 be conducted In this mine arc
obtain the speed OF the explosion. the
riation in pressure at different points
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
k61os,ons $ Sta ged

, having entered the field IN earnest.
he Sam now proposes to have his
|osions occur under conditions as they
ally exist in the mines To this end
has purchased n whole coal mine.
re he can first gather sufficient coal
gas or fire damp. and have any
Kind OF an explosion he might want.
or little. One that would kill thou
|Is OF miners were 1t to happen in
rine where they were at work. or
b EXPLOSION as the case might de-
NJ With the deliberate intention Of
sinc these explosions. the many
rs carclesslv done around mines and
RI cause the greatest number OF
htful accidents. will be experimental
n. such rs an open lamp, n hot cleo
wire the running away Of coal cars.
-rare'ess tanning Of blast. All Of
zP things and many more VIII be
rd md n remedy found IL posSible.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
ne Near P,ttsburq

le new experimental mine is located
4 Bruce,on, a short distance from
shrrs. Pa. In sCme Of the mines run
bgh this seam of coal In the nast
Il explosions have occurred. This
s orc of the reasons wlv tncle Sam
rfcd this particular mine. because 1t
an cxccotionaIly good location for his
use and he would be apt 10 get the
thing without mucn trouble.
ret two straight entries or galleries
he dug about 5000 feet long. and the
'faken from the mine Will he handled
he same manner as though il were
& used for commercial purposes. The
e Is close Ia railroad. so the coal
I'm adva~c!nG the galleries can be
ed on railroad cars. By damming q
ne near at hand water Will he OBJ
ri for a boiler plant and FIRE pro-
lon. Natural gas for governmental
,oses and for use In gas incline en-
- new iuvcntiou--apd fan engine
;be obtained from n pine line which
:es few hundred feet from the
III OF he mine
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
- - q NATURES
- >. -. TONIC

universally recognized
lack OF
supplied
the
blood when deranged from lack
Sickness
because weak systems cannot resist disease while healthy well oushed
Of
of ability
purifier depleted
circulation
drug stores THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

f, S. Rexford, 6l5 New York Life
building. Kansas City, Mo, says: 81
had severe attack of cold which
settled in my back and kidneys and /
was N great pain from my trouble
\ friend recommended Foley Kidney
Pills and l used two bottles Of them
and they have done me a world of
good. - Schramm-J ohnson, Drugs, five
stores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

because there is not enough oxygen pres
ent. So some OF the dust Is only
cherred or coked, and part OF this while
in hot or pasty condition sticks to the
ribs and roof or 10 props and caps.
In certain tests al Uncle Sans mining
experiment station at Pittsburg the BIZ
luminous coal dust used was so fine
that II passed through a 200-mesh sieve
never been any explosions SO widespread
as some that have taken place In bl-
tuminouS-soft Coal-mines.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Dynamite Blasts

Dynamite is fully as dangerous as
black powder. 1t is quicker than pow
der. but gives a long, hot 1iame. and
many explosions have been traced TO its
use Miners have been known TO put
two explosives like black powder and dy-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

percentage OF gas. the flame from even
a properly placed and charged shot OF
black powder may start dust explosion.
The danger is greatest when several
shots in the same working place are fired
a the same time. The dust made by the
shot and any gas distilled from the coal
by the heat may be set on fire by the
fame OF the next shot.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
JncleSam 'sBoneM
S a Skeleton Expert

A 7 ASHINGTON, June 81. ".
NV Scol!ick Of the National Mu-
" scum in Washington is a
craftsman IN Il trade with
'bably the smallest competition in
world. He IL the official
'one man ~ Of the government,
IN other words, the expert in charge
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Chemical CHANCES

While everybody has used coal for
household purposes, it is doubtful IL
many know the interesting chemical
change that takes place In the burning
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

William l.. Altdorfer

. NCLE SAM has undertaken another
III line Of business. He is to be
coal miner-or rather the power
behind coal mine. His latest
II move has been the purchase of
mine near Pittsburg, Pa, where ne
conduct all sorts of experiments.
n the saving OF human lives 10 test
. the powers and causes of terrific
n Explosions. He Will have corps
Hientists at his mine. who will WORK
M conditions as they actually exist
rdinary coal mines. In this way ii is
ned the results wiz be Thoroughly &C
he and will apply 10 all mines OF
Iclass under real and not theoretical
iItions.
ncle Sam and nis experts have been
az to learn the cause OF explosions
that have Killed
sands OF miners-res sultinG from coal
. gas and fire damp. under condi-
b not exactly IDEAL for their expert
Is up 10 the present time. An eN-
Ion gallery. built on the order OF an
lense water main. hundred feet
by six and n half feet high-big
1eh for man to walk through-was
,fructed near Pittsburg short time
bur IL was found that this gigantic
while as strong as man could make
res stIll not OF sufficient strength to
thoroughly the terrific explosions re-
ng from the5c different agencies.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

is to have an arc from a groudng or an
overcharged hot wire surrounded by a
thick cloud OF inhammable dust. Labor
atory experiments at Pittsburg have
shown that small white hot wire can
set fire to a cloud OF dust.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

This Great Hair-C Grows
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Csc, soc and Sl.Oo
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

ex pERTS EQUIPPED
WITH OXYGEN HEI merc
k6HDT EoE TESTS I'M
HE ESpL o SION
onz GILL ERT
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

clean of grease with gasoline. Acids
arc not used at all except on rare oc-
caslonS TO remove stain.
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turkey eggs. She attempted to chase
him from the nest, but he fought her
off. He continued to hold the place,
and becoming convinced that the COB
bier intended to raise a family, its
owner decided it might as we'll be a
large one and put thirteen more eggs
under him.
1t Is said the gobbler is proving
more faithful to his job than the av-
erage hen, seldom leaving the nest
and then only for a minute at a time.
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Male Fowls Aims to Hatch Brood of
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Evans Colo.-Turkey gobbers have
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ly watched.
short time ago Mrs. Jones dis
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and Farmers Bank of Weston. Farm
sales a specialty