Show THE introduction of oil or gasoline engines into mining affairs in the arid and and inaccessible mining regions of this intermountain countr country is an innovation that is slowly but surely being appreciated and utilized by mine owners and mill men because of crude construction st and inefficiency in the earlier makes of these machines they did not gain much favor with with mining men several years ago but now with defects removed and improvements made the indications are that the gasoline engine has come to stay and many of them are now being used in mining and milling circles throughout this western country it is doubtful if they will ever supplant the steam engine in sections where fuel and water are plentiful or where electricity as a motive power is coming into general use but in sections remote from railroad facilities or where there is a scarcity of timber coal or water the gasoline engine is rapidly gaining in favor bayor and popularity as it is a money saver and enables the mine owner to operate a hoist drill or mill when but for this economic power he would be compelled to abandon the enterprise |