Show thawing powder the thawing of nitro powder is always attended with danger and too much care cannot ace taken in this matter when warmed cozbi from the absorbent and if it callec e in a drop this drop is dangerous for falling on any heated object will explode in the great majority of instances and line ie likely to have the effect of exploding the main mass dynamite may be thaw ea in several ways one said to have been employed oa the croton aqueduct work was that of placing a cab cal box 30 inches quare within a box 48 equal e the between the boxes being filled with green stable manere pack ed hard the boxes in a hole la the ground and filled round with 18 in phea of lacked manure the floor 0 the being filled to a depth ol 01 10 inches with tightly packed manure the space above will hold conveniently fifty ponds of nitro powder the coyer had stovepipe ventilator 3 feet high and was provided with a sliding coyer to make access to the interior convenient the stick of dynamite atre laid in loose ly the lid closed and green mancie piled over it to the depth of a foot the pow der would thaw in from three to eight hours depending on the degree of the temperature outside tuis method cf thawing frozen nitro powder is sate rapid changes of temperature occur and in is inexpensive M n aig and fie press jamea whitehead left sunday after ng coming returned to vernon where he took the stage for the spring creek mi i ing d triet where be made the necessary arrangements for the sale of some mining property to satisfy claims held against i mi albov sited lish springs for the purpose of investigating the shooting affair which occurred there on tle ath of last november the ease will be heard during the next term of court |