Show Swe Seas Sas of Mines Mines' 1 Swept z 1 Salt Laker Tells of Work the North orth se sea was swept en of ot Its II HOW death dealing network of or explosive sive sivo mines after war was ended Is told in 10 an interesting article by hy a Salt Lake Lakeman Lakeman Lakeman man in the current issue of or tho the National National Na Na- Geographic magazine magazine- i Tho The writer is Noel Davis a n. lieuten lieutenant I ant commander In the tho United States nav navy He Hc actively participated in the he I work of oC cleaning up the tho northern waters o 0 of tho the mines which ha had been planted to check German navigation navigation tion in that section of the world extraordinary While tho the planting of 01 the mine is looked upon as on one of the tho most niost r ru- ru J- J feats of the tho war the removal I of at these Instruments of destruction Is regarded by naval officers as a a. more extraordinary task Lieutenant Commander Davis Is n a graduate of 01 the Salt SaIl Lake Lalee schools and completed his schooling at tho the naval caval academy em at Annapolis In his article tho the commander says This barago barage was an impregnable wall stretching from Scotland to Norway a a. distance of ot O miles and that deadly weapon weapon the the the- submarine was submarine was bottled up within the North sea It was vas a a. magnificent achievement ment typically t A American and demanding tho the concentrated concen- concen concen concen- efforts of many ninny of or the largest Jarg manufactories In iii the United States to produce the complicated parts which m make ke a a. mine Heaped Wild lId Oats Onta In these mines there thero was contained more than pounds o of TNT T. extending n over an area of oC square miles We sowed tl tho wild oats and after the signing of oC the armistice they ha had to bo ho reaped and the tho American navy removed them Several experiments with wooden ships were tried but the tho proved unable to perform the tho work Experiments ments menta were then made with an electrical dee elec device which prevented mines from exploding when in contact with ships Ian Ian- deeds of or heroism Many were cro seen eer every day the commander writes The article is profusely profuse illustrated |