In one of the chapters of "The River Calls" we talk about using dynamite to remove tree stumps from the area a new home was being built.
Wil was asked to help with the dynamite, but only after the owner had already tried his hand at it. THey were successful in removing the stump, but ruined the roof on a nearby cabin.
Powder men were in demand in logging camps. Good ones were paid quite handsomely and bad ones never made it back for supper.
A new explosive called nitroglycerine was pretty unstable and was the end of the road for many good powder men. Just a slight twitch of the hand would set it off.
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I invite you to visit "The River Calls" blog site each day for a small look into what life was like a long time ago.
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