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223. Tamping dynamite
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Tamping in dynamite prior to blasting a section at Gilman. Holes that have been prepared are shown with electrical connections to the blasting caps and the dynamite. Joe Fear prepared the blasting caps on the surface. Bottom series of holes were detonated first to keep the miners from having to work so much loose debris - a true demonstration of the principle of gravity.
224. Inserting dynamite
225. Maloit Park picnic
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Ed Miller (chef at the staff house in Gilman until his retirement in 1965) checking the coffee progress at Maloit Park. In the right background is a Willis Jeep with a power winch attachment which was useful during the many hunting trips enjoyed by most of the employees of New Jersey Zinc, Gilman.