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Messy Excavation

2006 Reader Submission
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When my dad was a teenager in the 60's, my granfather owned a fertilizer dealership in central Missouri. Dealing in fertilizers taught them many important things including the amazing properties of a chemical called Ammonium Nitrate. This is the same fertilizer that was used during the Oklahoma City bombing.

A man came to my grandfather wishing to excavate some mud out of the bottom of a shallow pond. Not knowing how much Ammonium Nitrate should be used, he decided to buy a couple hundred pounds, put it in old feed sacks, and be on his way.

Ammonium Nitrate is relatively safe by itself and needs a charge to set it off. Once again, not knowing how much would do the job, he wrapped seven sticks of dynamite, placed it in the middle of the pond, and burried the dynamite in the sacks of fertilizer. He then laid and lit a long fuse that let him get to the safety of a neighboring shed.

The explosion was far grander than what he expected sending large chunks of mud raining throught the tin roof of the shed and covering the entire surrounding area. Upon coming out of the now destroyed shed, they discovered that the blast had done its job and cleared alot of mud from the pond, but had also blown a large hole in the dam thereby rendering the pond useless.

Submitted on 03/02/2006

Submitted by: Jeff Naylor
Reference: Personal Account

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James said:
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I like this one! It seems that ourt on the Great Plains of the midwestern US, bigger and more = better! Obviously, "Farmer Brown", who came to your grandpa's store, wasn't an engineer! :-) Anyway, I got a chuckle out of this one! Thanks, Jeff!

Jorge said:
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Sheryl said:
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I like the story - I'm just not sure it belongs here. It strikes me more as lack of knowledge than stupidity.

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