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Show s t:pr r M fri "?w Vol. 28; No. 21 I S , , t i 'V, Y ft 9$ iKeJt Significance iit The Oil and WctU" Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday. July 19. 1957 V r 10 i Z Cents V Solons To Study i j Industry Plight petition of foreign producers in this strategic and vital industry is graphically portrayed by the fact that in Utah the number of mines has dropped from 21 in 1947 to nine by 1955 and there has been a drop in the number of lead-zinminers employed minerals in Utah from 9,000 in 1947 to 1,732 ministrations program. by last year, and of course the recent closing have caused even Sen. Arthur V. Watkins had more of a drop. advised been he announced Flood Chairman Byrd by Harry that his finance committee will hold hearings Monday tariff morning on the All members mgressional delegation pied Tuesday with the the domestic lead-zin- c indusi. Among results were the Senates Finance Committee scheduling hearings for next week on the tariff provision of the adTON i lead-zin- c ( c long-rang- e (R-Ut- .) (D-Va- .) t 9 lead-zin- c legislation. This means that within the next two weeks both Senate and House committee members will actively study this legislative program,' said Sen. Watkins. Action minerals on this vital long-rang- e legislation now appears to be possible this fall. It is our job to make sure that members of the committee fully realize the seriousness of this i problem in our minerals producing states and the paramount need for quick action if we are to save these peoples and firms that are experiencing such extreme difficulties. Fortunately Sens. Wallace F. Bennett and George H. f (R-Ut- .) Malone two of the are members' of the (R-Nev- .), -- . The White River near Bonanza, Utah, site of the Gilsonite mines. The pipeline suspension bridge, 700 feet long, crosses the river in the bridges crosses background. A similar 600-foEvacuation Wash Canyon about a mile away. ot (R-Ut.- ) 72 Mile Pipeline Transports Gilsonite From Bonanza Mines To Refinery The first pipeline ever built to transport solid . materials over mountainous country is now In operation. This 72 mile pipeline transports Gilsonite (trademark registered) ore from mines at Bonanza, Utah, over two suspension bridges, across an 8,500-f-t. mountain pass, and into the plant at Gilsonite, .Colorado, near. Grand Junction. All this traverses some of the most ruggid, uninhabited mountain terrain in the country. The first obstacle met by the pipeline is the .White River in Utah. This is Bonanza country, the river has cut a wide, deep gorge and surveys of alternate routes showed that the best way to span the river was with a suspension bridge. A . 700-foover the White was built bridge River Canyon. The pipeline then traverses some exceptionally r,u g g i d country known as Evacuation Wash tolts headwarters near Baxter Pass. The path is all downhill to the refinery site at Gilsonite. The line is a 6 pipe, hurried ot beneath the frostline, and carries a slurry of crushed Gilsonite and water. The concentration of the Gilsonits slurry runs about 35 with the water content 65. Discharge rate of the pipeline Sis 350 gallons a minute. Since precedents for this type of line are rare, many unusual questions arose during its design and construction. For example, would solid material settle out as it goes through the line? Not if the velocity is high enough, and the slurry is kept moving through the line at relatively high velocities. Then, what happens if the line is shut down? Will the solid material slide to the low places and plug the line? The grade on the line is kept to a flat slope to Sundance Names Group Officials Directors of Sundance Oil Co., Salt Lake City, Wednesday named new officers and directors and dividend payable to stockholders of record Aug. 15. President is Caswell Silver, Albuquerque, N.M. geologist; vice president, M. J. Florance, Duran- go, Colo.; Douglas E. Florance, Albuquerque, secretary; Bernard F. Musser, Salt Lake City, assistant secretary. They serve as directors with K. H. Searle, Salt Lake City. Stockholders were advised the firm had doubled its current rate of income as result of increased oil and gas production in the San Juan Basin, with further increases pending on completion of pipelines. Current acquisition of properties in Four Corners area and Permian Basin is continuing. eliminate tthe possibility of plugging. And the line is so designed that it will be very difficult to shut it down accidentally. At the Bonanza pump station there are three pumps. Two pumps are operating and one is a standby ready to go at a moments notice. All are electric motor driven. 'In the event of power failure, the pump that supplies the water will be used to mining jet. into the pipeline. In water push addition, there is a water reservoir at the top of Baxter Pass that will be used to flush the line should the flow stop for some diesel-engine-driv- en un-forse- fi- nance committee. On the other side of Capitol Hill, a meeting was held of 12 representatives from lead-zin- c states, including Reps. William A. Dawson and Henry A. Dixon (RUt.). Chairman Charles E. Schwab of Kellogg, Idaho, of the emergency lead-zincommittee also attended the session. It was decided to have a delegation of two Senators and two Representatives confer with the Interior Department and U. S. Tariff Commission regarding possible amendments to the administration bill. Those named were Sens. Clinton P. Anderson and Watkins and Reps. John and Dawson. J. Dempsey Meanwhile Sen. Bennett made public a letter he had sent to Sen. Byrd which pointed up the serious situation confronting the industry and thanked the Virginian for scheduling early hearings on the tariff legislation. The reason our domestic mining industry needs this type of help is easily understood when we examine the difference in wages paid to miners in America and wages paid abroad, said Sen. Bennett. The effect of the com c (D-N- (D-N- Mineral Law Institute To ( Open In Mont Prominent jurists from Colo- rado, Wyoming, and Montana will sessions of preside at the half-da- y the Rocky Mountain Law Institute at Montana State University, Missoula, August 1, 2, and 3, Robert P. Davidson of Billings, institute chairman, announced. A. T. Smith, attorney for Continental Oil Co., Denver, Colorado, will preside at the opening session on Thursday, August 1. He is past president of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, which sponsors the annual institute on oil and gas and mining law. A. F. Barrett, vice president of Mobil Producing Co., Mont., will preside at the Thursday afternoon session. He is president of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn., a member organization of the foundation. Chief Justice James T. Harrison of the Montana Supreme Court, Helena, will wield the gavel at the morning session on Friday, August 2. Kendrick Smith of Buttte, Mont., president of the Montana Bar Assn., a foundation member, will be in charge of the Friday afternoon meeting. R. Lauren Moran, Riverton, Wyo., attorney, who is president of the Wyoming Mining Assn., will preside on Saturday morning, August 3. The W. M. A. belongs to the foundation. Dean Robert E. Sullivan of the MSU Law School, director of the institute, will preside at the final session, Saturday afternoon, Aug. 3. The University Law School is a charter member of the foundation. At least three authorities on mineral law will be featured session, speakers at each half-da- y to Patterson. according Bil-ling- s, en season. Several factors entered into pipeline. The ideal refinery location, considering the availability of market for the 'gasoline, rail facilities for shipping the coke, labor, housing, etc., was the Grand Valley of Colorado. Trucking the ore from the mine, the method presently being used for the companys other products, would be very costly for the large quantities of ore required by the refinery. A railroad had run at one time from the mines to Mack, Colorado, but this had long been abandoned and would be to costly to reinstate. The present pipeline, however, does follow the route of this abandoned Uintah Railroad. water is available at Adequate See PIPELINE page 3 Standard oi California Schedules Two Ventures in Paradox Basin Standard Oil Company of California Friday scheduled two important locations for wildcat ventures in widely separated areas of Utahs Paradox Basin. The firm announced its big Johnson Creek No. 1 wildcat near Blanding, San Juan County, will be drilled 1,980 feet from the south line and 1,880 feet from the east line, Section 33, Town-si- te 35 South and Range 22 East. It will go to 6,200 feet. Under a farmout with. Four Corners Uranium Corp. and that firms affiliated Outwest Uranium Corp., these two Den ver companies will receive 46.1 per cent and 3.9 per cent interest, respectively, in the venture. Some 42,700 acreas are involved in the tract to be drilled. Standard also announced location of its Lookout Point No. 1 wildcat which will seek Paradox production at 5,000 feet on a acre tract east of the San Rafael Swell in Emery County, Utah. This wildcat is pegged at 660 feet from the south line and 1,980 feet from the west line of Section 29, Township 25 South and Range 16 East.. 50,-0- 00 J |