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Daily Yellowstone Journal
Miles City, Custer County, Montana
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Pennsylvania leads U.S. states in gunpowder production, followed by New York and Ohio. Daily consumption averages 100 tons, mostly in peacetime for coal mining, civil engineering, pyrotechnics, sporting, military, and government uses. More powder used in Hoosac tunnel construction than in the Civil War.
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In the matter of powder-making
Pennsylvania leads all the other states
in the Union, with New York and Ohio
competing for second place. Curiously
enough, much more powder is burned
in times of peace than in time of war.
The average daily consumption of
powder in the United States is 100 tons.
In a battle in which 50,000 men fired
forty rounds each less than one-quarter
of an ordinary day's quota of powder
would be used. In the construction of
the Hoosac tunnel more powder was
exploded than in the war of the rebellion,
and a single large coal mine will
use almost as much. The coal trade
consumes more powder than any other
single interest. A quantity is exported
and the rest is used in civil engineering,
in the manufacture of pyrotechnics, for
sporting and military purposes, and by
the government in firing signals and salute.
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Pennsylvania leads all other states in the Union in powder-making, with New York and Ohio competing for second place. Much more powder is burned in times of peace than in time of war. The average daily consumption of powder in the United States is 100 tons. In a battle in which 50,000 men fired forty rounds each less than one-quarter of an ordinary day's quota of powder would be used. In the construction of the Hoosac tunnel more powder was exploded than in the war of the rebellion, and a single large coal mine will use almost as much. The coal trade consumes more powder than any other single interest. A quantity is exported and the rest is used in civil engineering, in the manufacture of pyrotechnics, for sporting and military purposes, and by the government in firing signals and salute.