GUNPOWDER!!!
(To the Editor of the llottnx Id a Cnaosiciil Sie,—l/have observed, in several issues of the ' Chronicle' that of gunpowder is likely to he extensivM resorted to for mining pur poses on soml of our workings. Now,*sir,l should to know if any place has been set apaj as a receptacle for tliis dangerous em plosive ? The liability to lire of at« built of such combustible mater is this town of ours must be appare® to all, as must also the necessity making some immediate and rules for the safe custody as well J gunpowder, as also of kerosene, JjM other inflammable oils and material* Gan you inform myself, and otlieH interested in the question, whose <&■ it is to look into the matter ? —IJJB &e., X. Y. «| [The subject mooted Vy our correspondflfiw one of the utmost importance. We are ?jfl however, prepared, at the present afford him. the information he seeks. We *■ between this time and our next issue, inquiries into the subject. —3ED. ai.l-C.]
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 14, 7 May 1869, Page 2
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166GUNPOWDER!!! Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 14, 7 May 1869, Page 2
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