8Carvings made of dynamite
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Chisels could not carve the thick granite rock. The sculptor and his team tried jackhammers; it was futile. After almost a month of using devices which were cumbersome and slow, Borglum came up with an idea- use of dynamite called ‘powder monkey’ to blast the granite. Dynamite eliminated about 90% of the igneous rock. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
