Photograph Notes: "The Ballachulish quarriers are said to be the best blasters of rock in Scotland. Slung up the face of the perpendicular rock on a kind of chair attached to a rope fixed at the summit of the level, the worker hammers away at a sharpened iron rod known as a 'jumper'. When he has finished the 'bore', a charge of gunpowder is inserted, and fired with a slow match. So well is everything arranged, that in the memory of the present generation only one man has been killed by a blast, and in that exceptional case it was entirely the man's own fault. After the charge is expended, the workman climbs up the rope, which he fixes round his leg in a peculiar manner, and placing his feet against the perpendicular face of the rock, loosens with a crowbar the masses of stone that have been shattered by the explosion, and sends them crashing down the steep. When a large bore has to be made, a staging is fixed in the face of the rock, on which three men work, one holding the 'jumper' while the other two strike it with heavy hammers. After all the loosened rock has been brought down, the quarry detachment of the crew break the large masses into smaller blocks. Those of good quality are then selected and sent in waggons out to the bank where they are split and dressed. The splitters are very expert at the work. Two good hands, the one splitting and the other dressing, provided they are supplied with blocks of a good quality, can easily make from 1800 to 2000 slates a-day in summer." -- D. Bremner, The Industries Of Scotland, 1869

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