Show PRINCE TELLS I OF WAR EXPLOIT I Italian Ambassador Once Pushed Ore Car in Park City Mine NEW YORK Feb By U-By 22 By The Th As- As Associated As Press Prince Princ io Cae- Cae Ca Catani tani Italian ambassador and ond formet- formet y Iy ii a mining engineer In this country for tor the th first time tim details ot of his famous war the exploit exploit th blow blow- blowIn blow In jag up of the mountain of Col dl di diLana Lana the th eye of ot the tha Austrian army In 1916 1816 Il Addressing the tho th American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engl- Engl En l neM Ambassador who was graduated from Columbia and ob- ob ob obtained his first job as a slag car pusher her In the th workings of the th Daly mine Park City Utah attributed attributed ed d the th B success S of o his his undertaking to the thO kno he h had gained rained In America He said sald two other engineers lion Bon Bon and had contributed equally to the succesS of the th mIning ot of Col Cot dl di Lana Lma a shaped cone moun moun- mountain I taUt tain In the Alps re feLt feLtIn t tIn In height TO BLIND GREAT T EYE IYE Col dl di Lana was the eye ot of the enemy he said sald that that spied ey ry rOM road of access that looked over our defenses and our rear We W called upon to blind that eye y An assault was ordered And In the th at- at attempt at attempt tempt to scale seal tho the bare bar and precipitous tons tous flank Clank of o the mountain of our bro est men met death Then Prince Princ an officer ot of engineers was wa sent to the theo to replace an nn officer who had fallen tallen m in inthe the tho assault One One day Colonel asked Ole me I thought could be done don saId the present ambassador I told n hl-n nw hl-nw we ought to get yet underneath them and blow era cm oft And so the th mine rain was started the th thirteenth of January We W worked three months month There vere ere two engineer officers and Grimaldi besides beside myself and Si picked d miners We W started surveying the tho position a a difficult task through loopholes Fortunately I L had with mc the Brunton compass Invented hy by Ii D W Brunton former president of othe the tho Engineers Institute and It en- en enabled en enabled me m to do my work Finally wo we started tunnelling to- to towards towards to towards wards the th center of the th peak We bored 10 feet fc t then drove a 42 do- do tree de-tree gree raise rals with the Intention of get get- tug close to the surface under und r the tho enemies first line trench AUSTRIANS AUSTRIA S TOO LATIl Upon the th suggestion of two of our miners we w had bad an foot 18 see see- sec sectional wood augur forged The roc rock was soft BOtt and aad decomposed the toot foot of the th raise we drilled almost vertically until we broke brok through to the surface By that time the th Aus Aus- Austrian Aus- Aus Austrian Austrian trian sentries wore wr feeling our blasts under their fet feet They Thy headquarters that we were mining the Austrian positions Headquarters answered not to get ret uselessly excited excited ed d that the thc Italians wore were wor pro probably bably only mining tor for shelter They lo lott t e days day phoning up and down and to this w e owed our success Towards the th middle of March th thi enemy nimy started mining counter We Yo had started again a aln drifting horizontal horizontal- horizontally ly Iy and were gaining raining depth On the seventh of ot April the th enemy nemy blasted blast Its first counter mine but the th shot had been ben placed too- too high hith and was somewhat off oft line The Th shocks however how how- howver ever ver were w r very vry heavy and part or of the ceiling of our tunnel caved bury bury- burying burying bury ing and end tour four soldiers We got them out olive alive and started again agallI EXPLOSIVES PLACED Th The enemy then ink ank three shafts to locate t us but we wa w had bad I gained further depth and aad passed paned under u d r their drifts at t not more mor than three feet distance We Ve W could hear them walk walking ing Ins and d drAgging bags bac full of o f dirt April If 16 we w loaded five tons ot of 95 per cent gelatins gelatine in two chambers about SO 30 feet ft apart apan and tamped tarap d the galleries At 10 p M en Apri 17 11 I went up for tor the th last lut time Urn In the th raise rats and con con- connected con connected the th electrio wires I we was wn alone and In the tb silence of ot tile the th underground v world orld could hear someone picking hard and and hastily above my head heed That same aeme m night a a prisoner told me m they Would have hav tired fired their counter same throe three days doys later At At 11 p in m all ow our garrison was wI into the th several r The last laft were retired afterward Our trenches remained for fora fora fora a moment completely t ly deserted and I and nd An- An Another another other aa-other other officer were wr seated sat at t the th on- on entrance n trance of a a allery ft foet from tho center ot of f the tho mine SEEMED FAILURE At At t 1130 1111 we w t orders order sal pUlled the string of ot tile tie tW detonators There warn wall w a dull ull noise a slight yo tremor I thought the th mine min had bad flIed felled and rushed to the tho th nearby en- en tik i tI bJ ce cc Illuminated by tho the white glare 0 the tho moon when suddenly all be- be clime came cam dark A cataract of earth and rock tell fell When the tho stones I crawled out of ot the th har obstructed hat ob entrance The snow cap capor capot or of Col Cot dl di Lana Lano had become The whole topography had hanged changed r 1 was silent deserted dead doad Our soldiers crawled out of ot the tho galleries c walked quietly up to the and occupied the huge huco Col dl di Lana was ours S S VED THEIR L Ln Toward tho the north side std of the peak on the th enemy's side sid where the fire tirL was WILS hottest hottot an Austrian halt burled buried at the entrance of a galler l tor for help mercy A younG Sicilian Infantry corporal made up his mind to sate sa e him hire an and with a few men crossed the th fire fir zone and started to work w-ork the th enemy saV sa them enter the th mouth of the th tunnel antI and l attempted to bottle botti thorn them th m bY tho the entrance But they to the job for tor three days they worked to save their enemy un- un under un under der tier constant con tant danger dancer of or sharing his fate Cate but they eased sa ca d him op 00 |