Show ACRES OIL SHALE NEAR MEEKER Largo Large Tract Designated ns ne Being Valuable for tor Tho The Nitrogen and Oil Content Operations Content Operations at Creek For the first time in the history of the oil shale industry in the United States a continuous retort retort retort re re- re- re tort of commercial size has been erected reeled at Creek on one o othe of the largest shale properties in western western western west west- ern Colorado The operations at Creek have attracted nationwide Interest following declarations by engineers that the use of the continuous retort is a long step toward the rapid development of the shale in industry industry In- In In this country Because Colorado shale differs considerably from the shale in the Scotland fields the Scotch process of oC generating oil from shale has not been commercially successful in experiments experiments ex ex- ex- ex made in western Colo Colo- rado The Scotch process provides for the feeding of the shale in batches and intermittently while the new mechanism in operation at Creek will permit of continuous continuous continuous con con- operation While secretary of the Interior Lane has taken cognizance of the potential value of shale as a basis for the future development of a tremendous oil production reports are arc reaching this region that many wildcat concerns are being organized organIzed organized organ organ- In Denver Kansas City Chicago Chica Chica- go Detroit and other cities dealing In oil shale securities that hat at present have little or no worth Between and acres of land In what is known as the Grand Hogback between Meeker Meek Meek- er and Newcastle Colo have been designated by the United States geological geological geological geo geo- logical survey as being valuable for their nitrogen and oil on content and much of this acreage has been filed upon The Interior department however however however how how- ever has no noro not passed any my of it to patents and as yet not a bucket of commercial oil has been produced I fro from the o 0 o |