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“No, ’t’ain’t no danger, if it don’t get 
too hot and ain’t jarred. You see, it 
won't go off if it’s too cold, so we keep 
a little in here and kind o’ watch it.” 
The keg was within two feet of the 
stove. Suppose that a dog or some- 
thing were to knock it over! But 
miners do not suppose. 
Just then a tremendous explosion in 
the tunnel seemed to make the whole 
earth vibrate. It was followed by a 
rattling and crashing of rocks, which 
told us that the last cap had gone off 
and had done good work. 
Half an hour later, when it was 
safe from dynamite fumes, I went back 
to our hole in the ground. Nimrod had 
left me, lured away by some fox tracks 
trailing up the mountain. The weird 
scene was too interesting for me to 
leave until the arrival of the fat and 
lean women (Mrs. Frisco had persuaded 
