Show MINES MIKES AND automobiles los angeles mining review it is not too much to say that had it not been for automobiles the nevada gold belt would have been explored and developed less swiftly would still be struggling fo for r that full recognition which has caused capital to pour in without stint it has been a remarkable feature of this nevada mining movement that many capitalists and some men of great wealth have been converted to it so that there is now in this country a better feeling toward the industry particularly among rich manufacturers and business men of the east than has before existed in this quick and comfortable transportation por tation by auto cars has played an almost determining part during former mining excitements excite ments capitalists ita lists have occasionally been induced to venture beyond railroad lines but their ability to see a profit in the mining venture proposed has usually been in inverse ratio to the length of the stage ride to be endured the american desert is endurable and even interesting if passed over at high speed with pneumatic tires padded seats and other comforts it is intolerable when a concord stage crawling over burning sands is the conveyance some of the most important deals ma made de in nevada during the past yeal would never have gone through save for the fact that capitalists have arrived fresh and in good humor at the prospect to be inspected spec ted it has come about that in nevada auto cars of the best grade and the highest power are not kept for amusement but as vehicles the swift conveyance of mine operators who must cover great distances and upon whose ability to reach a new strike first often hangs a fortune there has consequently developed in this country a demand for cars of higher efficiency and greater endurance ahan than are needed for ordinary uses cars for which men are willing to pay high prices if they may depend upon them in times of unusual strain the gold mines of nevada developed swiftly because auto cars have made them accessible are in turn causing the standard of automobile construction in america to be raised it is becoming quite evident that the southwestern mining reg region lon will be increasingly and for years to come a most important market for cars of unusual speed and strength therefore of high price |