The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-08

DON'T leave explosives in a field or
any place where stock can get
at them. Cattle like the taste
of the soda and saltpetre in ex-
plosives, but the other ingredi-
ents would probably make them
sick or kill them.
DON'T handle or store explosives in
or near a residence.
DON'T leave explosives in a wet or
damp place. They should be
kept in a suitable, dry place,
under lock and key, and where
children or irresponsible per-
sons cannot get at them.
DON'T explode a charge to chamber
a bore hole and then immediate
ly reload it, as the bore hole
will be hot and the second
charge may explode premature
ly.
DON'T do tamping with iron or steel
bars or tools. Use only a
wooden tamping stick, with no
metal parts.
DON'T force a primer into a bore
hole
DON'T explode a charge before
every one is well beyond the
danger zone and protected from
flying debris. Protect your sup
ply of explosives also from dan
ger from this source.
DON'T hurry in seeking an explana-
tion for the failure of a charge
to explode.
DON'T drill, bore or pick out a
charge which has failed to ex-
plode. Drill and charge anoth-
er bore hole at least two feet
from the missed one.
DON'T use two kinds of explosives
in the same bore hole, except
where one is used as a primer to
detonate the other, as where
dynamite is used to detonate low
powder. The quicker explosive
may open cracks in the rock
and allow the slower to blow
out through these cracks, doing
little or no work.
DON'T use frozen or chilled ex-
plosives.
DON'T use any arrangement for
thawing dynamite other than
one of those recommended by
the dynamite manufacturers.
DON'T thaw dynamite on heated
stoves, rocks, sand, bricks or
metal, or in an oven, and don't
thaw dynamite in front of, near
or over a steam boiler or fire
of any kind.
DON'T take dynamite into or near
blacksmith shop or near a
forge on open work.
DON'T put dynamite on shelves of
anything else directly over
steam or hot-water pipes or
other heated metal surface.
DON'T cut or break a dynamite car
fridge while it is frozen, and
don't rub a cartridge of dyna-
mite in the hands to complete
thawing.
DON'T heat a thawing house with
pipes containing steam under
pressure.
DON'T place a hot water thawer
over a fire, and never put dyna-
mite into hot water or allow it
to come in contact with steam.
DON'T allow thawed dynamite to
remain exposed to low tempera-
ture before using it. If it
freezes again before it is used,
it must be thawed again.
DON'T allow priming (the placing
of a blasting cap or electric
fuze in dynamite) to be done
in a thawing house or magazine.
DON'T prime dynamite cartridges,
or charge or connect the bore
holes for electric firing, during
the immediate approach or pro-
gress of a thunderstorm.
DON'T carry blasting caps or cleo
trio fuzes in your pocket.
DON'T tap or otherwise investigate
a blasting cap or electric fuZe.
| DON'T attempt to take blasting
caps from the box by inserting
wire, nail or other sharp in
strument.
/ DON'T try to withdraw the wires
from an electric fuze.
DON'T fasten a blasting cap to the
fuze with the teeth or by fiat
tening it with a knife-use a
cap Crimper.
DON'T keep electric fuzes, blasting
machines or blasting caps in
a damp place.
| DON'T attempt to use electric fuzes
with the regular insulation in
very wet work. For this pur-
pose secure those which are
waterproof.
! DON'T worry along with old, broken
leading wire or connecting wire.
a new supply won't cost much
+ and will pay for itself many
times over.
DON'T handle fuse carelessly in cold
weather, for when cold it is stiff
and breaks easily.
DON'T store or transport blasting
caps or electric fuzes with high
explosives.
DON'T store fuse in a hot place, as
this may dry ii out so that un-
coiling will break it.
DON'T lace" fuze through dynamite
cartridges. This practice is
frequently responsible for the
burning OF the charge.
DON'T operate blasting machines
-heartedly. They are built
to be operated with full force
They must be kept clean and
dry.
DON'T cut the fuse short TO save
time. 1t is dangerous economy
DON'T expect cheap article to give
as good results as a highgradG
one.
DON'T expect explosives to do good
work If you try to explode them
with a detonater weaker than 8