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or injured he gets the same pay as if he is working�察�and if a workman gets
killed his wife receives the same pay that he received as long as she lives�察�
and his children are as well provided for by the government。 None but
married men are employed and there is lively competition to secure
employment with us。;
He informed me that they sank the shaft with rotary drilling machines�察�
cutting a channel one inch wide and five feet in depth�察�leaving a core nine
feet ten inches in diameter in which four holes were drilled four feet six
inches in depth and loaded with a new explosive as powerful as dynamite
but without its injurious fumes and perfectly safe to handle at any
temperature。 They averaged in sinking twelve feet daily and as they went
down the rock became more compact and finer grained。 As there were no
hot springs in the vicinity and no signs of volcanic action even in
prehistoric times�察 �the temperature of the rock even at the sixty´four´
thousand´foot level was only one hundred and twenty degrees Fahrenheit�察�
and any increase of temperature in the workings was owing to the electric
light generating heat in the dense atmosphere of the lower levels。 My
companion invited me to weigh myself on the ore scales and to my
astonishment I only weighed one hundred and twenty pounds�察 �and I
exclaimed that something was wrong with the scales�察�but my companion
offered to take the scales up with us to the surface and test them。 We did
so and on weighing myself again the beam tipped at one hundred and sixty
pounds my regular weight。
Then he informed me that there was a progressive fall in weights on
every level as they went down and that if no unforeseen obstacle interfered
they would reach the limit of attraction from the surface downward and in
his opinion it would be at fifty miles。 I asked him what they would find
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there and he replied that in his opinion it would be the same subtle and
elastic essence that fills stellar space�察�but he added�此 �God alone knows the
secret of the universe in his keeping。; We visited the great smelting�察�
refining and assaying works in the vicinity and he introduced me to the
general superintendent of all the mines on the continental divide�察 �who
invited me to accompany him on a mine inspection tour and he would
show me the improved method they used in prospecting for ore and
extracting and milling it to the best advantage。 ;When our mining experts
discover a mineral belt containing precious metals or copper�察 �iron�察 �lead�察�
nickel�察�platinum�察�cobalt�察�quicksilver�察�manganese or any other ore used in
manufactures and the arts�察�the first thing we do is to sink a shaft on the
most likely ore chimney and at every one hundred feet in depth we run
levels to develop it and if we continue to find ore as we go down and the
ground requires drainage�察�we survey for a drainage tunnel that will drain
the mine at the greatest depth�察�even if we have to run a tunnel ten miles。
We sink the shaft to within twenty feet of the tunnel level and then quit
sinking until the tunnel is completed。 We use a tunneling machine�察�boring
a tunnel six feet in diameter at the rate of one hundred feet per day。 We run
the tunnel directly under the shaft and then withdraw all the men and
machinery from the tunnel�察�put a six´inch drill into the shaft that makes a
hole into the tunnel�察�and quickly drains the mine。 Then we begin to stope
out at the lowest level�察�filling in the waste upward�察�and taking out only ore
to be conveyed to the mill or smelter。 While the shaft is being sunk the ore
taken out is sent to the reduction works and carefully tested to find out the
best way of reducing it so that when the mine is in good condition to work
we know how to handle ore to the best advantage。
;We have only a few reduction works for refractory ore�察�but they are
on a grand scale�察�some of them handling one hundred thousand tons daily�察�
and as the government owns and operates all the railways the cost of
transporting ore is under two mills a ton per mile。 We employ a corps of
metallurgists experimenting to discover better methods in reducing and
they have made great progress so that ores that were left in the mine or on
the dump are now worked with handsome profit to the government Our
workmen all carry life and health insurance�察 �one´half paid by the men
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monthly and the other half by the government�察�and where a mine is shut
down by the government the miners are furnished employment in another
place�察�so that they are never idle。
;We also bore thousands of artesian wells throughout the country�察�
some of them to the depth of five thousand feet�察�for artesian water�察�gas�察�
and petroleum�察 �and occasionally we locate fine bodies of coal by those
means and those that we don't need to supply the market we cap and stop
the flow and use them in the future�察�always using the best flowing wells
for the present time。 When we have to use drainage tunnels for our mines
we carry the water off from the mouth of the tunnel in a flume�察�placing
quicksilver in the riffles�察�and if it is a copper mine we place scrap iron in
the water and we also use the water for power to assist us in mining�察�so
that at the present time we extract and reduce ore at a lower rate than in
other parts of the world�察 �for there is no wastefill management and no
overproduction�察�for in all our mining operations we work those that cost
the least�察�and we operate our coal mines in the same way。;
I thanked him for the courtesy shown me and took the train for the
capital�察�and my next visit was to the Department of Education。
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CHAPTER VII。
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION。
I was ushered into the office of the Minister of Education and was
introduced to a charming lady who filled that position with signal ability。
;I am told that you are from the United States of America。 ; she said with
a winning smile�察 �and I hope that you will have a pleasant time while you
remain with its。; She spok
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