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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 spoke perfect English and informed me that it was 

the   language   of   Eurasia察  but   that   it   differed   from   English   used   in   other 

countries     in  one   way。   ;We    write   the  words    the  way    they   sound   and 

eliminate   all   useless   letters察  saving   a   great   deal   of   time   and   paper。;   She 

informed me that in no school throughout the country察save one察were the 

dead察or foreign察languages taught察and in that one only for the purpose of 

correct translation in the interest of science察for practical education is what 

people need。 ;We have one great university for orphan children and those 

without   a   name察  and   from   it   all   the   departments   of   the   government   are 

supplied with secretaries察clerks察typewriters and messengers察and as they 

are physically察mentally and morally trained for the duties of life察they are 

highly prized in the matrimonial market。 All our common schools have a 

gymnasium        and    swimming       tank    annexed     to   the   study    room察   the 

gymnasium being divided into two compartments察 one for   boys and one 

for girls察with a door from each communicating with the study room and 

also with the swimming tank。; The tank was only four feet deep so as to 

remove as much as possible the chance for a child being drowned察and no 

little children were allowed in the tank without two or more boys and girls 

of fourteen years of age being present。 

     The  doors   leading into   the  tank   room  were   kept   under   lock   and   key 

and were only opened once a day and that at the noon hour。 The youngest 

children察   up   to  the  age   of  twelve   years察  when    they   had   learned   their 

lessons   both   in   the   forenoon   and   afternoon   went   into   the   gymnasium   to 

play察and by those means the children are physically well developed and 

knowing how to swim are not liable to become frightened if thrown into 

the water   and know  what   to do to save   others   from drowning。 They  are 



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taught     reading察   writing察   arithmetic察   geography察     typewriting察     typesetting 

and   practical   geometry察  so   as   to   draw   lines察  angles   and   circles   and   find 

their    volumes      and    areas察  but   algebra察   astronomy察     grammar察      geology察

physiology察  biology   and   metaphysics   are   reserved   for   the   high   schools察

where every boy  and girl is   sent when they  are fifteen years   of age   and 

kept   there   for   three   years   at   the   expense   of   the   government。   The   high 

school is located in the district reserve as near the center of the district as 

conditions will permit in the vicinity of the court house and the Governor's 

residence and has adjoining it not less than one thousand acres察according 

to   the   population   of   the   district察  so   as   to   make   it   as   self´sustaining   as 

possible and to teach the students agriculture察horticulture and the care and 

management of stock and poultry。 

     ;We     have    a  foundry察    machine     shop察   woolen     mill察  cotton   mill   and 

chemical   works   at   every   high   school察  and   while   both   sexes   are   taught 

farming and gardening the boys are taught mechanical trades and the girls 

knitting察spinning察weaving察cooking察housekeeping and nursing察so as to 

know how to take care of the sick and injured察and at the age of eighteen 

years   the   boys   are   drafted   into   the   army  and   serve   three   years察  building 

railways察  levees察  canals察  irrigation   ditches察  docks察  warehouses   and   other 

public buildings察and the girls are sent to the chemical factories察woolen 

mills察   cotton    mills察  paper     mills察  flax   mills察  sugar    mills   and    tobacco 

factories。 No exceptions are made from service察all must serve。 Both boys 

and girls are dressed in military uniform and are drilled two hours in rifle 

practice察firing ten shots at an imitation enemy in a military suit察stuffed 

with      straw察  in   different   positions察  from   one   hundred   to   one   thousand 

yards   distance察  every   Sunday   weather   permitting   and   in   actual   war   one 

brigade of girls is assigned to every division of the army to carry off the 

wounded        and   nurse    them   and    to  assist   in  the  defense     whenever      it  is 

necessary察and also to garrison and hold the lines of communication and 

their presence in the field has been so inspiring to our boys that they never 

have turned their backs to the enemy。; 



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                            CHAPTER VIII。 



                              THE WAR DEPARTMENT

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