Show gasoline from coal the U S bureau of mines mmes is ey ing mighty coal deposits as a possible source for the prodoc tion of synthetic oil and gasoline the bureau has proposed spending to construct 75 plants throughout the nation in any of the 20 coal producing states utah is one of the states prominently men tinned utah s coal resources cover 13 square miles and constitute approximately tons of coal the bureau is also interested in producing oil from utah oil shale f deposits the production of oil from shale it was pointed out will be limited to four states utah colo rado wyoming and nevada the bureau points out that the pro posed synthetic program would tre increase domestic mm min tog ing of coal and arid oil oil shale outcrops cover approximately acres which show a yield of from practically no oil up to 60 or 70 gal ions per ton the richest oil are found in the area west of green river and eastward to the colorado line in the uintah basin immediately north of the book cliffs it is estimated by the bureau of mines that 75 bar aels of recoverable oil are present in the oil of utah |