Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18
AZ Claims Made for New Gas,
Developing Steam Engine
Are True.
no PROBE COAL o
biologists Viii Soon Begin Work u
Surveying tho Big Fields Of
the Rocky Mountain
Region.

Washington. ID. g., Special; IM
fuel problem of This country has been
solved beyond possibility OF uncertainty
for some centuries 10 come. IT tne
claims which are now advanced for the
gas d~cvelopink steam engine are not
overstated. The experts OF the
geological survey. after months of thor
ough tests. are convinced that his EN-
CINE is capable of producing three ana
UYe-half times az much power from 4
given weight ri coal as can he secured
under an ordinary steam boiler.
This is one OF the remarkable results
from the series of fuel tests that have
been conducted at ST. Louis the last two
or three wears under direction or Dr.
j. A.. Holme of the survey. The
Holmes tests have aimed TO determine
the fuel values OF different GOALS. ana
also To demonstrate the comparative
economies of various methods Of apply
ing coal To production Of power.
Given New interests.
'rhe greatest fuel deposit In America
is the immense area of Ignite which
underlles the western two-ffths .!
North Dakota, the eastern third OF
Montana and great areas Of eastern
Wyoming and northwe stern South Dar
a a".H; deli,ninated ( Sedause i has Gsym
Regarded as. Of small value. But the
Demonstration OF the possibilities of lg-
iI,i.e, When properly used, has suddenly
given il 4 nav and striking interest. DIP
Holmes has proved that. properly USED.
a ton of lignite wiz produce two sap9
a half times as much power as a ton OF
the best stearling coal represents when
used under an ordinary steam boiler.
The steam coal, used i'm the g~as-produc.
ing engine. is worth three and one-hall
times as much in units of W as
when used under "A boiler. E,
The gas roducer In simply n double @fs
gine which combines the steam engine ana
tho gas motor. The fuel Is used IN the or
dhnary way TO provide steam: hut the pro-
duct Of combustion Is afterward drawn on
as gas. and used In a gas motor where by
explosion produces a great deal more pow
or than in the frst phase. The apparatus
is pronounced entirely practical and sue
cessful commercially.
Study the Deposits.
Thirteen parties of biologists will begin
work IN the next few weeks, accurately
surveying and studying the coal deposits
Of the Rocky mountain region. Two OF
these will work on the great Ignite field
OF the northwest. ono in east central Wyl
oInin9. one in the Rock Springs field Of
Wyoming. one in the Rawlings, WyU..
field. one In the district just south Of the
Yellowstone National park. two In central
Montana. to the east OF Great Falls. ona
In northern Colorado and Utah. one in the
Trinidad region Of Colorado, one in north
western New Mexico. one southern Utah.
These parties are expected TO cover about
l,5D square miles of coal lands each. maxi
Ing a substantially complete scientific sur
vey: and when they are done the govern
ment will know for the first time what
the coal public domain is. where II Is. and
how II may be made commercially avail
able. Following this work the lands will
be appraised and steps taken tp assure
that they will not be sacrificed.