The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-02
AMAzON.D|X|E COMPANY.
CR0ssCUT TWO VEINS
RETURNS FROM EAST - TALKS
OF WAR AND PLANS OF
HIS COMPANY.


turned from the east last Friday. af-
ter an absence Of nearly two months.
They visited Cleveland, Youngstown,
Philadelphia, New York and other
eastern cities. They would have gone
to Washington, but We're advised that
II would be impossible to secure hotel
accommodations without securing res
ervations q month In advance. The
national capital has doubled in popu-
iation since the beginning of the war,
and hotel accommodations have failed
to keep pace with the influx of people.
From Chicago east Mr.. Everett says
the war has worked q transformation
that IL astonishing. Great plants have
been erected or are under construc
ton for the manufacture of munitions,
and scores of other plants have aban-
doned the work for which they were
intended and are now turning out war
supplies One of these in particular
which interested him personally is the
Hydraulic Pressed Steel company, of
Cleveland. The great works Of this
company are now given over entirely
to the manufacture Of shrapnel shells
and other munitions Of war. Several
of the large stockholders in this COM
pany are associated with Mr. Everett
In the Amazon Dixie. In every city
there are vast numbers of soldiers,
sailors, marines and Red Cross work.
ers. some In training camps, in transit
to the coast, or marching to the docks
to embark for France. The war spirit
Is everywhere, Mr.. Everett said, and
while the patriotism of the east Is no
stronger than in the west the presence
of the vast war activities has brought
the stern realities of the great strug-
gle we are engaged in home to the
people OF the east to an extent that
has not yet been felt in the west.
Many Germans Become Loyal.
Mr.. Everett says the last few
months have witnessed change in
the attitude of many native Germans
This Is explained in the fact that many
Of them have heard from their own
people in Germany who confirm the
reports Of Germany's savagery and the
diabolical designs of the kaiser Mr..
Everett heard prominent German of
this type speak in Black River Falls,
Wis.,, where he stopped a few days on
legal business. This man explained
his attitude and stated that he could
not believe the stories of atrocity
charged against his countrymen. He
had refused to buy bonds, contribute
20 the Red Cross or to support any of
the war activities of the government.
But he had heard from the fatherland
and that he now knew first -hand that
the stories of German frightfulness
had not been exaggerated He was
convinced that German success means
an end to the liberties we enjoy in
America, and that he had now placed
all his resources at the disposal of the
government and that he had sent
his son, who Is under the draft age, to
fight the kaiser in defense of his
adopted country. But he warned his
hearers that -Germanism is not
confined to Germans. Referring to the
class represented by the |, w, W., he
advocated shooting them, not at sun
rise. but at high noon, accompanied
by public notice that a similar fate
awaits all those who give aid and
comfort to the enemy
The Amazon Dixie.
During the absence of Mr.. Everett
the Amazon Dixie shaft was being
sunk under contract. This is now
down to what will be the 100 level,
being $50 feet below the 700 or main
working tunnel. The shaft will be
sunk few feet further for stump, sta
ton cut and skip pocket, put in. when
prosecuting win begin. Crosscuts
will be run both north and south. 1t
IL estimated that the vein which has
been explored above will be reached
In about $50 feet in the south cross
cut. Ore has been disclosed from the
provement as depth has been gained,
and further improvement is expected
on the 100.
Another Vein.
The north crosscut will intersect a
vein also in about $50 feet of which
little has been heard, but which has
long been known to the management.
Mr.. Everett says 1t was cut in driving
the main tunnel at a depth of about
40 feet, where it was 4 " feet wide and
gave an average assay of per cent
zinc. Last fall while excavating for a
dam for the new water power this
ledge was uncovered and proved to be
10 feet wide, with considerable lead
through it, 1t has always
been the intention of the manage
to explore this vein when conditions
were favorable, and 1t is therefore
to crosscut it from the bot
tom Of the shaft. This will cut II at a
point approximately $500 feet from
the exposure at the dam and at a
depth OF over 1000 feet from the sur
face.
While the company has no
immediate intention Of placing |
a mill on the Amazon Dixie,
the outlook for the property is
such that consideration is being given