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TAMPING HOME THE BLAST
Having drilled his holes in the "breast" of coal
in his "chamber" the miner is now ready to blast down
several mine-car loads. It is back in these places that the mine
fires so often begin. One miner, careless and indifferent, may
undermine every precaution and safeguard that can be taken and
provided by the company and all the other miners together. And
the pity is that often familiarity with gas and powder and fire
breed contempt for their dangers, with the resultant horrors of
a mine disaster.
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