| Show is Danger Views Expressed by hA Leading Men as 1 fo to Storing Explosives or Ui Upon n Ilta I State Coal GlI Mine Min Inspector Favors rB he 1 La Her I ISome Some Same Wrong Opposing VIews The lh Introduction this week in the lower lewer branch of ot the Legislature of or two to Mill 1111 relating to tin tho handling of ot ex u explosives plosives and prohibiting the lr f storage underground In mines ha hu aroused u a wide discussion among amun mining men one hili In I by DrInk Brink and the theother other oIlier by Barrett Darrett The latter bill In I th handiwork of In Inspector of ot Cowl CaRl Mines Thomas and Id a carefully car funy drawn document The Th recent explosion In tho Dilly Daly West mint mine at Park City lUy which resulted In th thc loss los of 34 liven lIea and the tho of a II largo of or property hll no nJ doubt led IId to the II move ove In InI Unit I ease the powder wat wal on the 1200 toot foot level and Ih CURe cause wan an usual carelessness Who rho It wa that was wall careless will pro ably never neer be Ix known an a ho hI was 1 swept IW pt Into eternity lit the name lame time with hU hll Innocent fellow tellow workmen The rhe opinions opinion of or several persons whoso business Is III mining and who ho are famil familiar with the handling of or explosives nan haM nanleen leen solicited d and are ar herewith given and they tile all agree on one OIW thing ant that till IH v he I her powder be bl stored un underground or O on the surface it should in every possible way wa be safeguarded Former Congressman T P F of oC Haho who is II now till the Ameri Amerl American can In Flag at Park City and anet who hUB him hurl over M It quarter of a n c experience In mining cays that underground mag mUI can lIn be no constructed and taken n cure of an 1111 to 10 make them hem no mare dan porous than those thole on the In canes Ulle they should be placed In III parts 1 of It the mint mini an nil far way away a II pos possible po sible Ihl from fl where here the work it I being lorn and here the mInt mine has hu been worked out What I III more moll Important still II till In III the employment In the earn n rd handling of explosives of ot only trusted and experienced un under der lIr careful la Iru I supervision If It this were done the danger would be reduced to a minimum Supt W L Good el of or the Mining compan I outspoken and em pm U underground ma nid favors only those thoe on the surface apt B who for 47 yean eUI lias h followed mining a al minor miner boll bom tore torero ro mn in superintendent and manager anti and above round ground In parts of tilt world and whose holle opinion In III worth a II great deal li I out Hi Iken In tinor of or underground maga and says a they th should hould all be un underground and In charge of one man mall who neither smokes nor drinks nor ran In hi shoes hool He hould be bt with a special view vip to Illness should receive extra PRy pay Cupl sa PO s that powder can n be kept at It a 0 moie mur equable temperature under It II should be hI stored In map well w 11 ventilated and they should 1 In away from the nc workings The caps should kept at al a distant the UI powder powderlie lie II does not favor old men m n In taking cale of ot and handling explosives Inas Inu Inasmuch much an n they grow careless rarIo with yeam Khoo should be worn urn and the Ih kind of should bo b exercised over the powder man manThe The captains objection llonA to is III by lightning hike 11 hoboes ho n J awl dental or Intentional and malicious mill mis mischief chief which hn caused several dl s explosion which art are referred t Noll li He H It that the way maga malra linen ar or ted 11 now hOW they have ha v Iron tron Iron doom locks etc tc all of attract lightning In tin 1111 art arc on nn the th surface the he hI built of adobe and have ha dirt roof and wooden doors During all the many lII the th captain has hu had charge halKe of mines an far 17 of them he h wa in charge of or the Ih In tt mine In Montana he h hns Oll had an all accident from Mes IN SIDE Judge J T Mc MI of the Haven Mining ys Ih of a at al their wan well considered theirs wai a built In the th I nature of or a vault ault In the ride leI of th tb with wooden door unit ami only ani one man carries carrie the key klY GREAT CASE Mining Engineer 0 D P 1 H to graduate of ut Freiberg who had yean yea experience an 1111 a II mine Ine mau ma ager ID III out pok n In favor 1111 of surface When of ur Ih rat fact I that underground li I In vogue In the mines Olin of 01 Germany German he be admitted that they were a there ther but bUl that they were lu au hedged bout about with Clue care and such extraordinary Ion over them and such lIuch I penalties that the th danger from was wal practically eliminated He H however how vr that what in would not apply hen herl an II It t II would rl anti ami handicap mining OP OF ONE State Coal Inspector Thomas who Iho Is III the author of 3 bill raya while hll the the operation of ofIn In Utah lire superior to any an other state tat i I ean un yet y be improved upon and 01 the th ami II the storage of or powder enough to la do for one shift underground U as 1111 bad Jad athe ator age of or pounds He III la I utterly op Ui opposed posed l to underground und lne I 1 PROTECT BOTH 8 b A gentleman connected with the Sait Batt Lake Hardware company Mys 1 that 0 1 law to he h effective should protect Irot t both Hides aldel There Th le should be bl certain rule adopted with reference r to the handling handlin 0 of or powder lUwI r underground the violation t of which h should be b punished d He lIe says the men art re better protected under underground ground than the th owners owner of ot the proper n ty t As All t tn he Ite In the th vase of the th railway ware warehouse house e which was 1101 destroyed by tire in n Mont six or seven years yar ago ao i t stored In this warehouse i and an ull explosion remitted wiping out the whole fire department and i many Inan others besides belde t DEATH I 4 General Manager Moore of ot the th h Pacific Coal company at Rock Spring u II ay they do not store tole any an polIer In i their and favors surface urfa maga mala v V Ii nines When spoken lo 10 about tile the ex explosion x Ir which occurred there U 11 ye n ugo lIlO he hi on It Mas u caused by b two Kin Fin L landers who were Ire driving vat past In wagon aon and chose the th door of the mag Ifta I In which keys of ot were stored for a target Of at COUI e j 4 there t was wa not even spot of ot t V them left Another accident wilt be M N j JI called us having h d In 1111 on Ar Arsenal senal Hill Just jUI outside this ell in HI that case two IWo boy boyn chose ho the door for Cor Cora i ia a target larrel with similar results u uIN IN Till The mining laws of Prussia provide t among other things that tha t only reliable c men over 21 years can handle powder II they dare not approach with un an open light nor may na they smoke mok They p II pate ate are obliged to tu go lu barefoot or wear rub nib M II her shoes or 01 boots Special powder i II chambers underground are 1 limited tu 0 kilograms at one un time and th the e chamber must be distant SO 10 meters l from each other and nt lit least 60 GO met n 9 At from cePI must mut 7 not be bl kept unlocked nor In the same i room mom with explosives In every II wy wythe w the protection to 10 life lite and lId property Is II Isso so carefully hedged bout about that seel cel N r dint dents are Ar well 1 nigh Impossible f nA I ERGEn FA ORS U Senator Simon Is not at P Pan p pall all an In his hili views as aa to which la I f fo curs CU the greater risk his prejudice en fl Of being in favor bf the th under i A ground storing of or powder He says y 1 11 that thal where the powder Is I stored torK In n remote section of the mine It Is II only 1 f visited by one man who If IC he ex u J Je e the care that every eVry man mn should always use In III the handling handline of ot this high explosive the risk he runs run Is I reduced V to the minimum Mr Hamberger says II I t there Is III always some danger In the th I handling of ot powder and where wb re It I stored on the Ih surface of a mine and a s when It must be tIP handled very every day da by b being bc taken Into the Ih mine for tor each r shift there Is a 1 frequently recurrence of or the th danger He Ho holds hoM that the moat mt authorities on this question favor underground storage and cites S the Ih fact falt that the proprietors pl h again placed their ma un An underground tl after 1 a most mOlt careful and scientific Investigation |
