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Show I OIL SHALE WORKS" 1 PLANNED LOCALLY Ropy ' Klt. , Men Behind the John D, Scott Process Patents K r ' For Utah Figure On Refinery For Pro-IB: Pro-IB: periies East of Coiton. BB aKf s Hy Jrrenio II, li-chuul Ju Suit l.nk-Mining- Itcv leva, Mnn Ii .1(L inln- RH Little linn been piin.llieil nhout the H poMlhllllbii of the oil nhnle nf Die IjH, Western t'nlted rXntps. In fait, lie Iflfl yon, the mere knowledge Hint such KHl fllinltn cxlnt. people hnvc nut nit it gen- DB ernl rule glvsn the nnbjcct much H thought. Hut now. with the know I- H edge (hat tin prlre nf nil kind nml Hr9 grade of nil In rtidlly ndvnnclng HI n mutter which U lircmght homo liy HSH the fart thnt the price of gnnollne linn HjH practically doubled nlnre Innt sum- SM mrr nml promise to swore further HSW ndvnncc In thr ncnr future, nml the W further fnet. which In nut generally known, thnt tho went nil cnmpnnlc j nro drawing n their rpnprve supplies HSV fir the first time In )pnr. the Inter HJHV rot In method for working thn oil jj nhnle fur commercial purposes In HSh mplilly Inerenslng. jl Itcllnhlc nnthorltlm Mate thnt con- HS numptbm or nil product In now Si greater Ihnn production, despite the Q fact thnt the well of the United SSj Htnten nre tlppl)lng entile nil nt (he j rnte of more than two hundred nml HSSf fifty million barret per eor. The il iimntlly thus produced ha been stir- SB; If .V flclent In the pnnl to supply nil de- VBl 9 mnndn, nml for thnt rennnn little nt- j. tcntlcm hnn hern palil to the nhnlen, the nil from which Ik vpry slmllnr to thnt from the well. The nhnle nil, J when refined hy ordinary mpthodn, 4 ylpldn nn average nf 36 per cent kern- pp He up, in prr rent gasoline nml n large HHH nmount of pnruffln. The percentage j of RniHitltie extracted undoubtedly Mill B i he Imtrcnned by the tine of methodn of HHJ -' refining especially dcnlgiicd for the Ipurponc. Minlc In Xurlliciinlcrii I i.iii. .The Mlinte In found In numerous lo- eulltlcn In I'lnh nml much of It tin HJI been flleil upon liy I mill eonipnnle not he surprising If n slmllnr tendency develops nfter cnmpnnlc nml lndli dual time fipetit their tln nml aioae. In liulldlnK up n grent Indtntn in connei'tlon with the nhnle tnmtx. The Imliioln In SK-otfiimt. It In InterentlnK to note thnt i? Heollnml the oil iifinle Indimtry hn heen nn Importnnt nml profltnhlc one for more thnn fifty yenrn, nn htxh n? rlRht thoiunml men lielnR thim em-lieil. em-lieil. Yrt, It Id ntnteil thnt the nv-rrnRe nv-rrnRe lrld of oil from the minle there mm li lenn per Inn Ihnn the proven leld from n like nmount here. The HeottlKh method or treatment Ik to ptnie the nhnle. In nil nlen nn broken In mlnliiR, In nn uprlRht retort. In w lil h the heat Ik npplleiW from the otiUltle. It In newnnry to nppl) ex-wli" ex-wli" henl to the nurfnre of the re tort In order to Ret n nufflclenlly IiIrIi temperature- to the nhnle In the een ter. which munt le nei'ompllnheil hy radiation. Thin Rrent hent niunm the xolntlle portion nf the uinnn to pnrn off In the form of Rnnen, which nre reRnrdeil nn Inromlelinuhle hy the tnethodn In line there, nml, nn the liyprodui'tn nre ne cured from the condemnnhle Rnnen, thin renuttn In eotmldernlile lonn. It In Ktnted thnt the forelRii plantn tone nhoiit thirteen thounnml feel nf there Rnnen to rneh Inn of nhnle trenleil, nml thnt the nvernRe nnUiiK In only twenty. twen-ty. three Rnllonn of oil from ent'h ton. lenn thnn half the nmount nnxeil hy lent experiment In thin country. t'o-t lln lhii lllsh. Ill the pant, the IiIrIi cont or (Until. IIiir oil from nhnle In thin country, nn compared with the low cont of pIphiR n nlmllur product from the widln, hnn proven prohibitive to the development of the bcdn. Vnrloun procennen nre lieltiR worked out now. uml with more thnn n fulr deRree of imcienn. ue of the heller known U what In called the John I). Hcott procenn. It In nlutcd h the munufuctiirern of theno muchlnen, or retortn, that In comparative lenln between them uml the Hoittlnh procenn, proc-enn, the latter nnveil tweut) -three Rnllonn Rnl-lonn of oil to the ton nml the former fifty Rillloun, lliu nhule helllR the Kit me Krade and from the mime ImmU. I'ur-ther, I'ur-ther, II In tlalmed thnt the iiunllt) of oil, wnx uml nmmonlu nnveil by the John l Hcott protenn wun of u much better Rmde thnn that miveil b) the other method. The exctiulve rlKhln to thin procenn In I'luh nre held by the t'tuh ll Willie IMuctlou fompuii). The re-celitl re-celitl orRiililieil I'tnh OH Hhule Trod-uctn Trod-uctn coinpunv. owiiIiik nix hundred nml fort ntren of nhnte land nenr rolton, hnn niH-iired from the ir poliitlou the rlRht to line the proien In the development of Itn holdlllRn, uml one of the officer of the cum-pun) cum-pun) hnn nupplled the follow InR do-ncrlptlou do-ncrlptlou of the methodn elilploxil 'Hie lohii II. Sciilt I'iihim. Thin prtHfen provide for conllnu-oim conllnu-oim upemtlon, for the noimmtlon of the material trentetl, for the ue of Inert RAe. fur the eontlllllolM hent nclliiR In iNinium Hon with hwitml vu-Mirn vu-Mirn ilruwn down thntiiRh the urn-tellul urn-tellul trented The loiutrm tlnn of the retort U In three neiwrule chain-hem, chain-hem, entlrvl) Imllvlduul nml envh mdf-foiituliiiHl The flmt V k pie-henUr, pie-henUr, where the mnterlMl Irentml l preiwred for n iaeatv heut, which oit-urn when K 1 panned to the necoud j chamber. The necoml In uu eduitlon ciiumlier. where the etluitluu taken place under the maximum limit applied, ap-plied, und from which the Riin are draw i ff null punneil Into the ni-I ni-I deuncr. The third In u cooling chum-( chum-( bur. where the .auterlal ufter treat-mnnt treat-mnnt U cooled nti that coailillntlou Vlll ot ociiir when rtie materlul In re-I re-I aioved from the retort and brought j In contact with the open ulr. 1 Hurh chnmker contulns ten tno)" I with pvrforutcd bottoms, one above I the other and nix luohen apart, upon vvhluh the material In placed. The loadliiR und movliiK of the trava from one ihnmlier to the other In all done by machinery. The treatment re-nulren re-nulren altout four and one-half hours. The eduction ntartn at atout three hundred degree Fahrenheit, and final eduction taken place at about fix hun dred dPRreen The temperature ma) vary, depending upon the material treated. The heat In contlRiinun and with the heated Inert vnporn the entire en-tire material receive the name degree of temperature, nnd the material n each trny In completely and etpinllv educed lll(fli Qunlllr of HjpriMliict, Ileeaure the Rnnen from the material ma-terial nre brmiRkt off nt n contrnlled Wive temparnture, the qunllt of the h product In very IiIrIi. Reenune of IW low heat Ute parnfflu In not crnekej, nnd tharrfnre n higher nunll-ty nunll-ty of oj In nccurpd. The low temper-iture temper-iture alnn extludt mind of the tnrr matter nnd lenven file oil In H i leaner anrt purer condition, which Verv much reduce Hie tint of reflfllllR. The lon-ntrurtlon lon-ntrurtlon o( Uie retort enable n control con-trol at tap hent, nnd nllow It to ho drnvvn dow'n rtitoiiRh the material ,trefltca nnd tliua in cme In contnet with all prt of It. 'thin nectiri n uniform degree of hent to Junt the exteiu necenmtry for proper eilm lion, nnd nllow the necurlnR of the Rnen In ii 5ondpnnnble form nnd the mvliiR of the b) product by condennntlon iel nf the Trentinett. The power for the mnehlnerv uwd In the procenn In nupplled b rh engine, en-gine, which In turn nre furnMied with gn for fuel from the retort. On account nf the lomplete mmhlnery eipilpment little mnniinl labor I re-ipilred re-ipilred The t'tnh Oil Klmle Kdilitlon company claim Hint the emt of treatment treat-ment will not exceed it dollar n ton, nnd Hint engineer report the toot nt nrnund nevent) -five cent. On vnrloun vnrl-oun tenia mndc (if nhnle. value of from five to eleven nnd n half dollar per ton have been nhown. nnd with the economic treatment thnt eemn ponnlble with the Hcott proper the Indimtry In-dimtry nhnuld noon develop Into nn Importnnt one. It In even claimed thnt the commerilnllilnR of the oil nhnle will menu more to I'lah than the conl Indimtry, when the extent of the bed nre taken Into cotmldernllon. I J . n E jv a'-' -A iiBfJ ' H- " l.l llalaaal III llill iwi JF I f ' ' J . -"si. I fm .7. a. a. L a - . a a a a- ' aa . '. a. a- L a. a. . It r """ u" T t ' in ' aaaHrt I M " r"" B;i ,1 ' (JIN'IIUAIi 1'I.AN Ol 'IIU'. JOHN l, M-OIT hll.M.i: Oil. I'HOflS. H'lj J l'rolmbly the moat extennlve bed In B ,1 the country In located In Northeantern Kjrifv Utah, Houthern VomliiR nnd .North- aaHiirJn raatern Colorado, nml It In hern thnt aataVllfllS Interentlmc developmentn or the In- aaaW PtMal duntry nre to he carried out. It ha aaHiflS '''" entlmuted that lit each of thn H ' j ntnten mentioned there In enough K ' B known nhnle to leld twenty billion W 1 barrel of crude oil. from which more V li than two billion hurrela of Runollne f J f niay be exlructrd, benldea the othel H' 4 product. The entlmnle of ponnlblll- J Ilea of the new Indimtry I bnned upon " J3 the ordinary reflnlnR methodn, which H ' . JJ have been tented before, uml not upon H i ! theorellcul experiment, In n dlncun- t "A J alon tif the bed mentioned, nn nil- H ftg thorlty recelitl) tuted ' JMJj 'lleldea RHnollue, keronelie uu I HLlij paraffin, there nre other arodutta of aaaf i laR ""' "h'1'' "" l'11'11 ur' orth of eviu- m, jX' nldemtlim. I'ur limtiime. the gun HBfi n very Rood Illuminating Run, l the Hi 4jnj way will probnbl) be miff blent to H1'' ,mi ' furnlnh nil the hent iiHiulred to dlnllll aaB 4a K "'' vrutlc "H 'roni lm- nhule. The IaaH ' a W ammonia, ulno. In n ver valuable h- bbbbI li JM product or the dlntlllutlou, nnd ma bbB rl lv ufil I" ,l"' muiiufiicluie of mill- bH " w9Ba merulul firtlllxer or other nltniKen TINfl coiiipouudn. u the market demuudn. 'J JB The t'nlted Btnte geobiRlitil iirve j g , J hnn examined lurRe uren of the nhule 0 H In Coba-Hilo. I'lah nnd WvomliiR uml " H ha made man) dl.tlllatbui lent. 1 " Ainir befln .if nhule that nre nevernl , iy . feat thick will leld more than a Uvr- Jj I rel of oil to the ton of ahale uml one i J 'J bed Mix Inchen thlik will J It lit better i-SU' Ulna two hutreln of itude oil to the iLsjwl naaiild tiierefore yield nenrly tan ruI- aafl QvS toua ivT Ruwillue ht the pienent linn- aaWI ii ,9 merclul iiMthiMln of Ranollne extrat- "jtafl.yjl Clou, and Itrce jteldn mu be made Half m (vraalkle by new methoda." M J 7m (fcncriiiiicnt Wnli IiIiik shuhv. BujItX 8eritary uf the linrrlor iVuuklin BTarCvi lc' ""' Bal'1 receutl). In repl) to a IfStKl netiate resolution rtKurdlntf Ruillne, U i IW nml rcferrliiR to the ahale bed of the hMS C 'i ruunfT) "rih development of till M- 'v - euorninaN rerve nlmpl) await tne , ' " ,, lime when the price f Kuollne or mV , , the demand for other dUtlllallon m 1 4 product wurrant the utUlxatlou of mL ,' thl MUbntltute lource. Till may hup- HE jiH pen in the future. At all event thene 1 '1 nhale are likely to be drawn upon B!' j lontr before thn oxhauMlon of the pe- Hi! 'S!l3 a truleum field." In thl connection, It IJK Ifefl munt he admitted that the govern- BaYiS IM ment na ,,own R tendency to ride Ki' q rt'UKhaliod over Hie right of owner i j, cf oil landi In the West, and It win bbbIbBkIVmbbbbbbb, HMBt8vr'aBBBBaBk9BBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBB TaSaTTlTall iTIaaalaMaaaaalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalaaalaialalalalalaB |