TREMENDOUS BLAST.
15 TONS OF GELIGNITE.
OVER 160,000 TONS DISLODGED.
What is said to be the largest quantity of rock ever displaced in Australia in one shot was blasted at the Kandos Cement Company's limestone quarry at Kandos, New South Wales, on December 22. Fifty-two holes, with an average depth of 100 ft., were charged with 15 tons of gelignite. The holes were fired simultaneously and over 160,000 tons of limestone rock was dislodged. This quantity of limestone is equivalent to approximately 115,000 tons of manufactured cement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19838, 7 January 1928, Page 11
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