The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-13
AMAzON.D|x|E COMPANY
HAS FINE WATER POWER
a,c UNDERTAKING COMPLETED
AND UNDERGROUND WORK
Will BEGIN SHORTLY.

Wesley Everett, manager of the
Amazon Dixie Mining company at Sill
dix. Montana. accompanied by Mrs.
Everett. came over yesterday after
noon to attend the Eiks Red Cross
hall and to enjoy a brief relaxation
from the strenuous life he has been
leading for the past two months. This
refers particularly to the laying of the
new pipe line which gives the COM
many a splendid water power from
the st, Regis river in addition to the
aid one that will still be utilized. This
new line is 5000 feet in length and
during the past few weeks every eff
fort has been made to get the pipe
laid before bad weather forced sus
pension of such work. In this Mr..
Everett was successful and while this
was going on he also secured a larger
compressor, one that had been in use
by the Deer Creek Mining company,
near Deborgia, delivered it at the mine
and now has it in running order.
Much of the water pipe was also OBJ
tanned at Deer creek.
New Water Power.
The dam in the st. Regis where the
water is diverted is built on bedrock
with concrete base, is IA feet high and
1875 feet in length, forming a reser-
voir by backing the water for over
800 feet. The diameter of the pipe is
steadily reduced from 20 inches at the
dam down to 16 inches IA inches, II
inches and then 10 inches, the last
figure representing 1900 feet to the
compressor plant. The compressor
has capacity of 900 cubic feet per
minute and the old one 500 and both
will be utilized. Power is generated by
two Pelton wheels, one 6 feet in diam
eter and the other feet and 4 inches,
the difference corresponding the diff
ference in heads, both on the same
shaft two feet apart. The compress
sors are on each side of the water
wheels. The power is applied from
belt pulleys on extensions of the main
shaft having clutch connections by
which they may be disconnected at
will. BY this ingenious arrangement
both sources of power may be utilized
when it is necessary and either
one of the compressors may be
cut out when desired. In low water
it may be necessary to run both when
pumping, and when that is completed
one may be shut off and allow the
reservoir to fill before it is needed
again.
Mine Equipment.
The compressed air pipe is A.
inch and there are four big receivers
along the line, which is 5000 feet in
length In general terms the under
ground equipment consists of No.
station pump, No. 6 sinking pump,
an Sx10 hidgerwood hoist, timber
hoist for use in the raise, sinking
machine drills, stopers and drift
ing magazines, ore cars drawn by
horse power and every other accessory
in the way of tools and equipment ne
cessary for economical development.
The mine ventilation is perhaps the
best in the district. When the raise
was completed from the main tunnel
to the upper, distance of $50 feet,
the fan was moved from the portal,
5000 feet away, and placed at the bot
tom of the raise. Water was taken
from a creek nearby theFupper tunnel
and piped down the raise to the fam
giving a head of about 500 feet. with
this fan after Shooting every vestige
of smoke can be cleared from the mine
in five minutes.
While the big work has been round