Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-11
OIL ExPER|ME NTS
ARE NOW BEING
CARRIED ON
Fuel Oil Promises to Revolu-
tionize Mogollon Industry !;
System Being Tried in Sew.
eral Projects.

silver ely. y. ~, Arru li--Fuel
oil promises to revolution th, min
ing Industry of the Mogolluu mining
district so rcmarkabl' hat, b,,n
the savings effected BY thr DpBJNuuI
mill Wnich Installed u crude uU en-
CINE OF tAc l.5 horse power Frtnch't.
To type. that other large opcrHii <
companies are figuring Goa putting IN
tho new fuel and one company. The
SuCurru Mines, Is seriously consider
ing installing one OF more engines.
Wood 10 need hardly Ice said to those
lag al acquainted with this section 10
On, country. II hard To- 81 ANA the
difficulty ls growing greater zach y.ir
ThD dIstIlct rs on the forest ros,rye
aud tu, luvornment regulate. th, cut
Ting 1i timber so that each vHr To"
wood uitug zone IL extended far
thrr and farther from camp, until
nov tEc patient little burros and
their masters have t. tramp four
tCon and fifteen miles up ia the
mountains TO obtain the wood supply
TIA amount of wood required for
Mugulluu plants H. enormous aud the
c"si is propurtionaic. Consequently
when cleveland Il Woathorhcud put
az ih"ir min on the D. atwood they
set 10 wurh To- devise some means OF
overcoming the fuel problem. Crude
oh presented Itself Immediately ow-
ing To- H. low cost. but to- successfully
put u e. practical use any number
OF obstacles had To first be- overcome.
To reduce friction to the minimum,
ID" ~haiiing aud "a great part of the
machinery WIS made ballhraring at
great additional cNpcusc out al
ready this feature has paid for Itself
In reduced tuol expense - easy
be- the unn.ng gear In the Deadwood
mill That 90 silver city man who Wit
h"s-.d i'- smooth operation after
wards sdid that he could start the
lulc blamed outiit with one push Of
hl- arm However thai may be. the
byadWuod ~ making successful
'muusiration OF the use OF crude oil
for fuel purposes. II is understood
ono large operator after scanning the
figures on the fuel eos, of this m.ll.
estimated by changing his machnor,
&c ball-boaring, that he could effect
a saving OF $4,000 month by the
MS" OF crude oil
Cleveland n Wcathcrh,ud have had
q number of oil wagons ON the road
for several months one of the
l"lg' companies estimates that in
case II transferred from wood To- oil.
II would take ten 10 horse teams con-
sianuN on TIE road hRuling fuel This
would Ia - measure offset H. loss
"cgasion,d LN the dismissal OF s,N b.
crnl hundred Mexican wood cutters
ana wood haul, RS but II is a safe
bet TIA" innovation viii be welcomed
by hcc-hcNs OF ioy from the faithful
lltilc burros.
The oil experiments now being car
fiod on In the Mpsolions IT, beng
with intense interest oy mia
ing men all ovrr the country. for
there are a number of rich mining
diStrir, similarly situated In which
the fuel cost has proved prohibltlIc
to the Succ,asfu operation of rs
mines. Thu fuel cost in the Mogul-
l"ns has not proved pTohibiiiVc to
ih' successful operation OF lts mln,..
but It has taken 70 big slice out oi
dividcnds and IL has prevented Tn,
working of - be gr number Of low
kriu' properties which. It t. believed,
can nov be- successfully operated
Th"s" who have investigated the
proposition. say that by The use Of oil
engines ANA crude oil. the cost Der
morse p""'r q year can be reduced
irom S3oo to 100, or saving of
GO 20 pc cent The initial cos, oi
installation g. much greater than
Team. crud" ufl engine of taJ
morse power costing In th. ncighbor.
hood of slo.ono. bat 1t pays Tor itsoli
h reduced fu'l cost thu first wear.
\, prcscn, cleveland A Weather.
h'ad are only running their mill with
we "| engine. usIng a gasoline hoist
on ilclr mine. n BE- understood they
generate about 90 horse power on
Ices thdn i've gallons OF oil an hou.
winch with OH 100 ~ cents "a gallon
makr~ a total cost ~ Si3.ND prr d.,,
which "ost other companioS about
500 per day. fur the same amount %,
power generated los steam The new
OIL tnginc rs usurcd ont on a min.
ING man Wi aruuaintcd with IN,
M"golion district means loppinl
OF az lonst So" pcr ton OF tac pres
cni ton cost This means that an
the average cor, of the Mogullon dis.
rict Ni2 per tom using oil cu..r,
power as much money can be mad,
on in-rcnt silver as Il being mad,
from lo-cent silver where stoau
power Is usod This makes Mogol
Ion am The stronger IN regard e. fu
turr SILVER prices. for wc~. silver {,
go down &" 80 cents an ohnco. Mngol
Ion mines could still be- operated on
fl2 ore ana handsome profit mad,
BEWNRE on o,>TMENTs ron CA,