Show I Shale ale Industry Discussed Possibilities Are re G Great It eat I Big Beds in Utah and Col o ot t j- j 1 I IN N NE VIEW VIE of the tic tact fact that the shale deposits of Utah are equal if I 1 not greater in n ill extent than those of Colorado and the tile close closer r C proximity of some of the Utah beds to the lie big d deposits posits in western 1 Colorado the following selections from an article by Captain James Jamesr JamesE r E T. T Smith will be of interest to residents of Utah I In n presenting to the he public the oil shale l I proposition of oC we western Colorado the most difficult element In In- Inthe the tile task is isto to o clearly clear clear- I ly 1 convey an Idea of oC Us enormous pro pro- portions In Iii dealing with this subject the i word billion occurs occur as S frequently nn and with withas as aM q much apparent 1 p recklessness as In the tile appropriation acts of oC a wartime con congress re s. s The Tile oil shale Industry belongs primarily In the chemical manufacturing class I Having laying dl disclosed the lie nature and extent of oC the formations the geologist the thc reader of oC the earths earth's surface la Is legitimately legitimately matel out of the picture With the thc cardinal factors In tho lie main problem such ns fiR mining reduction and ancl refining the geologist Jia lUll hag little to do o. o Having said to tho the Inventor Here Is your material ma mn- in iii place gentlemen the geologist can c'an ask to be lIc excused no matter how deeply Interested he hc ma may bo ho In iii the fu future tu- tu ture tire of oC his offspring It Is now nov the province of the skilled miner the mechanical mechanical me me- engineer and ind the manufacturing In big ing chemist to carry carryon on the task theone tho the one being leIng careful reful to respect the th Jurisdiction Jurisdiction Jurisdiction tion and special J knowledge of oC the others U U. 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U COMPLIMENTED That a special class dass of oC mining Is de demanded tIe tIe- becomes obvious to any one who intelligently Inspects the zebra streaked mines domes and conical elevations which cHaracterize characterize characterize char cHar- the Grand valley alley and De Dc Beque mining districts where the richest strata of oil In iii the known world are arc placed at from Crom 00 to 2000 fe feet t above the surface of oC Parachute an and Conn creeks and where some has already been heen expended in prospecting making locations under the placer llacer claim law an and In preliminary naT nary experimental work much of oC the tile lator latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter or having ha been heen performed as ns tar far East Kast as Baltimore Philadelphia New York Bo ton lon and Niagara ra Falls Fall an and as ns far Car West cst as Cleveland Cle Indianapolis n Tulsa Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas Ras City CHy Chicago 0 Golden Denver and anti Salt Lake Indeed the testing plant of oC the University er ity of oC Utah working In con con- conJunctIon on- on junction unction with th lie tho federal bureau of oC mines ml may fairly be lie cre credited with more than Its share of constructive c work thanks to the special fitness of oC Dr Otto Stahlman for this his line of or chemical res research MINING ABOVE SUR SURFACE CE In both the Grand valley and the De Dc Beque mining districts which adjoin the lie United States naval reserve of oC acres the exposed strata of oil and gas gas- bearing oline-bearing shale are located ted in horizontal horizontal hori horl- lines with a dip of oC only onto 2 degrees toward oward the north at el elevations ons at of oC from Crom 00 to 2000 feet with layers bers of useless I material in between These conical shaped mountains are arc almost perpendicular so o much ranch so o that negotiating the trails is a aask task ask for Cor a man with two lungs The rho overBurden over over- tIle the Burden the valueless soil must soil must be he dealt with as well as ns tho the shale Hence the tho rota- rota In Ing ng engineer Is as liable to find difficulties attached to mining above the surface of oC the ho earth as ho he has round roun 1 difficulty In removing ores from Crom 2000 feet Ceet below When hen the miner has solved his by lJ no means menns simple problem and Is la rea ready to break down shale at the rate of or from 00 to 1000 tons each elch twenty four bourn hourn bournand and antI also take care of or the valueless then soil-then oil then the tho mechanical en engineer should be asked to step tep In nn and perform two tasks asks The first t Involves olves the safe aCe removal removal re- re moval noval of the shale from the seam on the mountain sl side e to tho the site of oC tho the mill at ator ator or r near the creek creel level lc The second task tasks Is s to pr prepare pale the shale hale for Cor tho tim chemist On both hoth propositions opinions are arc divergent divergent diver er gent and nd will doubtless remain so until one or more of tho the mechanical experts expErt demonstrate plans In moving 1 the shale from seam scam to plant different forms of oC ore orp chute sortie some ma made e of oC shale Itself Itsel and anti different aerial tram lines tines are arc discussed with the consensus of oC opinion favoring fa the bucket lucket tram The American American Ameri Amen can Oil Shale Refining company compan an and the tho Mount Logan Oil Shalo Shale Mining and Refining Refining Refining Re Re- fining company operating In the tho DC Do district have ha trams on the ground s ready to orect reet the tho length th lJ feet for fot the American and 2500 feet for tho time Mount Logan PLANTS TO BE BUILT As yet et no reduction plants are arc In commission com corn ml mission slon in the tho Grand valley De Beque field Tho The American Mount Logan Los and other companies have machinery within four to twelve miles of oC the sites selected I for th time the plants plant but as spring weather at nt atan atan an elevation alion of 1937 feet teel has softened tho the dirt roads FoalS delay im In moving the heavy machinery ma ma- chinery Is Inevitable The Time distance from Crom the railroad tracks to the plant locations is four to twelve miles allies In e each ch district with a gradual ascent of oC 8 feet at tho the I position chosen for the tIle American Oil I Shale Refining company's piara I with capacity for handling tons each twenty four hours This Denver Den process can easily bo he Increased In size If ii It meets meet exp expectations as tho the company's company acres contains an almost fabulous amount of oC rich material In seams measuring from thirty to ninety feet feel in ma thickness ss and running back h from Crom the face of oC the mountain moun moun- tam tain at least one and one four miles I Taking the acres s of the time Grand valley alley mining district as an Illustration tho the values contained in tills this limited area a a mere spot on the general field may field may maybe be jud Judged ed by tho the following extract from froma a report prepared b by J J. J B. B Jones Joncs a 11 distinguished dis dis- l ns cn engineer of Tulsa and Kansas City This report was written after aCter three different vl visits to tho the Grand valley sec see tion It Il is dated January Januar 18 1918 an and Is Isad ad addressed to a group of oC capitalists who are arc at home In Indianapolis The They are arenow arenow arenow now in Salt Lake City and Saturday last ordered the thc of three units of oC the Stahlman process for or use In connection connection tion tiomi with the Grand valley Here is the extract from the tho Jones report HUGE RETURNS INDICATED Considering now only tho the thirty foot ledge and that three fourths of oC It can be bemine mined mine leaving tho the balance In place for Cor supports and waste the tho cru crude e oil produced pro pro- per aero acre would be worth nearly and royalty at t one eighth or 2 23 25 cents cents' per barrel would woul reach the astoundIng astounding astound astound- ing sum of oC per acre A plant on this Je ledge Jee e reducing tons a 1 day for Cor a day da year would require over years of oC continuous operation oper to mine out the single le thirty foot ledge or acres and such a plant would produce over GOO COO barrels barrels harrt bar har- rt of oC oil per da day an and earn net over o 54 a year The estimated cardinal values in 55 jj acres of the Grand valley C field as 38 calculated b by Joseph and ln other ex experts ex- ex run about as follows Barrel of oC oil of or gasoline O- O Barrels n of fuel oil Barrels of lubricants OO Barrels of wax i Tons of ot ammonia sulphate O |