Show COLUMBIA MINING PROFESSOR HAS NEW OIL SHALE RETORT A recent issue of the denver post stated that during the last few days two sales of large acreage in the oil shale dist districts rids of garfield county have been reported one to a syndicate which included dr ralph H mckee of columbia university nev york and one to a syndicate of independent oil refiners refinery re finers of 0 oklahoma Rumi Run lors ors of the discovery of a new form of retort with avith a lead jacket by which it is possible to obtain high grade gas a ra soline ollIle direct from Colo ardo are said to have stimulated the activity and the demand for colorado oil bearing one of the groups purchased by dr mckee and associates associate is that owned by the shale oil company on upper brush cra cree about 26 miles from debeque the company is owned in in grand orana junction by R E and L 0 marshall dr arc C A dawdy a resident on brush creek is one of bf the stockholder ioe and confirms the report of the sale chudej j A number of other groups are understood to be ir inc in the deal giving the new owners control of both sides alo along guht creek for a distance of three miles ad j ae no jno one person perhaps has done Is as much for the van cement of knowledge concerning oil and the n oil fracture of oil from them as dr mckee he has in made ade serach re work a leading study at columbia fectea the new retort referred to is one that has been per pe put at the carnegie institute of technology and it promises to tIshea all other of the finely cr c styles retorts in the scrap heap I 1 shale passes theoti through h small tubes that are surrounded by lead the highest the lead kept at highest possible temperature ace pumped continuously around the tubes from the heating I 1 7 d in closed circuit one an a the process is a continuous results are said to be remarkable i funds for the carrying on of the experiments with wl oil retort were contributed by standard oil and by the unon uni and Vent ventura lira consolidated companies of california |