Show THE usefulness OF TRUCKS to packing by burro to the use of wagons for the transportation of ore is not an innovation that would cause any stretch of the imagination to any very great extent but it is only within recent years that hauling ore machinery and supplies by has become not only practicable but quite universal and it is a long hark from the burro to the auto truck fifteen years ago the automobile was generally regarded as a passing fad to please the wealthy and idle rich but the gasoline vehicle came to stay and its use has multiplied until now it is seeing service in every walk of life among the rich and the man in moderate circumstances alike and the only wonder is that the world ever got along without it the reco recognition of the utility and usefulness of auto trucks came more slowly in big cities its claims for general ZD use in transportation por tation service were first generally realized but it took some time to convince mining operators that it was ivas as well adapted to ore hauling and general utility purposes as it is in other lines of endeavor and to such an extent that auto trucks have come into general use in innumerable mining camps and districts this is especially true where an eff effort ort has been made by government and state to improve the roads and highways it is now considered that the auto truck is a boon to mining 21 men and operators its use does away with former methods of haulage and transportation and the faithful horse is rapidly going into the discard together with his care and upkeep and while we would not reflect upon the final get there qualities of the horse time is an important factor in any line of industry or occupation cu and the fact that the auto truck is both a time and distance killer is a recommendation ommen dation so strongly in its f favor avor as to lead to the belief that it will not be long now before its use will be universal following the general acceptance of auto truck before many years have come and gone it would not be surprising if transportation by airplane air plane and flying machine came into general use and to such an extent that people would become as indifferent to the novelty of such a service as they are now to the automobile until then however the auto truck will easily hold its own |