Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive consisting of nitroglycerin-soaked powder pressed into sticks and wrapped in wax-coated paper.^[1] A fuse allows it to be detonated. As the NCR expanded its reach across the former southwestern states, it used prison labor to rebuild and lay down new train tracks as well as clear rubble and debris from roads to make travel and transport easier.^[2] For this task, dynamite was often used to clear away boulders that got in the way. The prisoners of the NCR Correctional Facility in Nevada took over the prison using stolen dynamite and other improvised weapons, turned the prison into their new base of operations, and declared themselves the Powder Gangers." True to their name, they have an ample supply of dynamite from their chain-gang days.