Show THE POWER OF THE DESERT out in the desert mining camps amps c 1 where fuel is scarce and almost unobtainable when the windlass has gone the limit of its usefulness when the horse whim has ceased to fulfill all requirements and its use becomes so expensive as to prohibit its further employment the owner of the mine of the prospect no matter how enuch means he may be able to command is at a standstill and a problem is presented that must be solved before he can continue operations and before he can maintain the development of his property successfully and pro profitably fl bably tably A few years ago before the invention and application of the gasoline engine when the mining man of desert camps had reached the limit of the windlass the limit of his horse whim in nine cases out of ten he had reached a point that meant that he must suspend operations oppia eions entirely unless his time and energies were to be devoted to surface exploration but when the gasoline engine came a different phase was given to tile situation and light began to glimmer in the distance where heretofore all had been gloom and disappointment tor for it was easy to haul in a gasoline plant easy to secure a regular supply of gasoline finding that this engine answered every purpose for power that gasoline as a fuel was cheaper and more economical al than wood or coal and so easy to handle this motive power began to be used for other purposes and it was not long before the gasoline engine was utilized for the generation of compressed air for drilling purposes before it was used as a motive power for milling purposes and before with a dynamo attachment it was employed in combination with electric drills and in furnishing the electric fluid for both power and lighting purposes like the telephone the automobile and other useful and wonderful inventions of late years the gasoline engine has come to stay and in localities where fuel and water are scarce it is now successfully used in any ally and every capacity to which steam and electricity can be applied and it is now widely recognized as the power of the desert |