Show U bahs FAMO FAMOUS US GILSONITE MINES STEADILY MINING AND SHIPPING while the facts concerning it have been related many times in the past many people of utah do not know that I 1 the largest gilsonite deposit of the world is situated within n the confines of this statue stage but such is the case and the uintah basin is the site of the deposit L the gilsonite la lays ys in in a d dike ike formation striking southeast through the country its northwestern end starts approximately eight miles northeast of roosevelt then cuts through the country for some thirteen miles its width at the top averages fourteen inches and increases to forty two ii inches at a depth of feet it is estimated that the m mineral in persists to a depth of feet this deposit was the first gilsonite ever found and derives its ats name from its discoverer samuel gilson an early explorer of the inland empire it was first worked by the raven mining company compa ny of chicago later being leased to the lucas mining company of the same place the lucas peoples lease ran out last fall when the property was leased to fred ferron of duchesne and heber T hall of roosevelt these two men have taken over all the equipment 0 oi the lutas lucas mining company including compressors a diesel engine bunkhouses cook shacks and air hammers this industry is the largest single shipper in the uinta ustan basin shipping out ten tons daily the product is carried by trucks of the eastern utah utan transportation company to price except the pacific coast shipments which are sent vy by way of salt lake being salt trucked out by the sterling transportation COM company pany of ali lake the leasers leaders expect to be shipping a carload of t their heir product daily within the next two months the demand is is almost unlimited and this is the purest deposit known being per cent soluble the operators have shipped carload lots to all points island between los angeles california and Dar darling rhode asiano as well as to toronto canada and calgary ca canada nada around the i ford motor company and the tire manufacturers abou arou akron ohio are consistent buyers it is used in the inabu man facture of buttons combs roofing materials y P var ity ty bishes composition rubber insulation for both electric elecia j and heat battery boxes and only its cost due t to 0 its which aar it prohibits it from being used as a road material in iiii far surpasses any asphalt pet get the company is now operating three shifts of men meal and ting out the gilsonite mining is ac accomplished accomplish complis hd by pick pic air hammer work s |