[knak]

another detonation cord story

Explosive material identified

[Cindy]

adding on to post no. 15172

http://www.currentargus.com/artman/publish/article_4382.shtml

"Explosive material identified"
By Erin Green/Current-Argus Staff Writer
Jan 24, 2004, 10:25 pm

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CARLSBAD — Suspicious material found in a cooler at West Wind Trailer Park on Friday was determined to be detonation cord by an Albuquerque-based state police bomb squad, officials said.

Police found about 20 feet of the material in a small cooler at the trailer park after area residents had been evacuated Friday afternoon. Officials said the material was stable enough so they were able to remove it from the scene by hand. The cord requires static electricity or a spark to ignite, police said.

Detonation cord is defined as a waterproof, flexible fabric tube containing a high explosive designed to transmit the detonation wave. The material is commonly used in quarries and is often used in situations where the charge is so light that it would not be transmitted without the cord.

Why a resident of the trailer park had a length of this material in his storage shed is still unclear. The incident remains under investigation, officials said Saturday."

[nw_arizona_granny]

Blasting cords (that isn't the right name I think) and blasting caps are not all for terrorists, most ranchers and miners have a few.

Mary and Jay started their farm in 1926 and used it all the years they were alive, to remove trees or things that needed blasting.

In early 1970's, we took all of her primer cord and blasting caps to use on our mining claims. We kept them in the Chicken House, nice and dry and safe.

I still own a patented mine at the Cerbat Townsite, does that mean that I would be evil, if I wanted to mine them?

No, I won't be mining them and with these legs won't ever sit foot on them again, but 30 years ago, I would have wanted to blast away rocks, so as to open up the seams and see if there was salable ore.

Ruth

[Letitring]

MORE detonation cord. Carlsbad and Linda, Ca. Hum.

[JustPiper]

New Mexico
Texas
**Arizona**

These three are standing out and screaming