Show DE BEQUE OIL SHALE OPERATORS BANK ON SUCCESS OF NEW RETORT A ton of oil shale from the debeque district is to be shipped to alhambra california where it will be treated by milton J in his newly patented retort and in the P presence cresence of a number of high officials of leading oil producing companies of southern california says the debeque news of the alth it will not cost anything to have the test run made by mr but freig freight fit charges on the shale will amount to 45 and there may be another 5 expense to get the shipment ready which will be provided for by cash contributions by business men and others who are interested in getting more publicity for the greatest natural resource of debeque process declared successful grant bales who has been in southern california for some time writes that he has witnessed tests made with the retort invented by milton J and that he supplied mr with some shale from the debeque district pie he witnessed the test which was the first made by the process orf on shale from debeque and states it proved very successful A ten pound sample was run from which about half a 9 gallon allon of oil was obtained while the weight of the spent shale after the test was six pounds he now is is anxious to secure a full ton of shale from debeque which mr has promised to test in his larger retort by his super heated steam process also mr promises that he will secure the attendance of high officials of leading oil companies to witness the test as he states that many of them are be beginning annin 1 to show more interest in the possibilities t 11 1 1 of producing oil from shale such an event would be good publicity for debeque it is believed and plans now are being made to have the ton of shale sent out to the plant which is at alhambra california I 1 I 1 chicago operator orders plant mr bale states that J C heims a chicago man of wealth who owns a large amount of oil shale lands near green river wyoming has placed an order with mr for a plant capacity of handling tons a day tests made on samples of shale from his hia holdings are said to have shown only 35 gallons of oil from one ton of shale or considerably I less ies es s than estimated possible production from average debeque shale mr who is is in in close touch with some of the most important oil producing companies declares that the managements of the companies are on the anxious sea seat t wondering where they will be able to secure oil to supply demands and says that they are beginning to turn to shale because they realize it is the source upon which they will have to rely in the future |