Show UTAH MAY GE BIG BIGI BG I OIL mt SHALE PLANT I t s OL 4 t Robert M. M i Catin of t New York Tork a mba mba- engineer and a a. former associate of at John Hayes Hammond n In the South African goldfields and elsewhere b has 1 succeeded In refining gallons I i bt fuel oil 01 from the shale rocks near I Nev says Jays the Rocky Mountain tew e the largest trans Action cUon of or Its kind ever eYer connect connected ef with the refining of ot oil 01 from tho the great shale I de on the tho coast and both hero horo and In New York YoI Catlin's CatIn's ent Is doomed deemed tho the forerunner of ot the expenditure rf ef Ct thousands of ot d dollars lars forthe for forthe i the purpose of ot developing de a a great eat oil oi from the shale deposits in c Lvada da Utah and Colorado In this region it i Is eald said there are aro aroI I billions of ot barrels of or al oil or a n much I greater supply than has ever eYer been taken tak- tak en en out of ot or could be bo taken out of ot nfl all al the known oil wells In tho the United States The Wa Washington authorities tare ore particularly Interested In tho the Catkin Cat Cat- kin feat t. t because the tho demand for tor fuel Cuel 01 for tor all nU pUrro purposes e this year i Is estimated est est- estl- estl mated at nt barrels while th the C p In sIght is figured to run be between be- be tween and bar bar- f vrela rele l President ent Belford of ot the Standard Oil 01 and Mark I I. 1 Requa of ot San who aro are lending leading figures in the proper conservation of ot fuel tuel oil 01 as ns asA o. o war necessity have repeatedly set seti i forth that tha thore there must bo be groat great economy econ- econ amy omy In the use uso of ot oil 01 because the sup- sup ply In sight Is far tar below the tho actual These Thee men havo have been watch- watch Ting hag Catlin's Elko experiment absorbing ab- ab Interest and have havo wired him congratulations upon the thoroughness et f his test and Its Ita successful outcome r 1 and tho the syndicate behind outcome him 1 Arf credited with wih having spent some t 1 to mako make the tho successful tests which k-which which he has just finished This small expenditure la Is said zaid ld to be bee Ahe e forerunner forerun forerun- ner of ot the establishment of ot ot a plant that will wi coat cOt at least It I Is i un Belford Beford and also will wi recommend nd tho the establishment nt of ot two Bother similar plants In Colorado and andI I Utah 0 at A a total cost of ot about 10 K I |