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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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