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Show EXPERTS INVESTIGATE SHALE POSSIBILITIES Much, has been said of what the possibilities possi-bilities of tho oil shale deposits mean to 151 ko. and the public lias been led to believe that its value lies only in the oil and the. by-products, says the Elko Free Press. Hut during the past few weeks a di fferent. side of tlie case has been presenied Ural means considerable more than the oil values, and that is tbe heat units contained in tho shale. Experts have been here investigating the possibilities along this line with a view of buildinc immense power plants for the production of electric power and , the utilization of the natural gas that , can be extracted for smelter purposes. I Coal is Kottins' to be an expensive product and must be shipped long distances dis-tances to points suitable for the location of a smeller, and the strike of the coal miners has shut down many of the industrials. in-dustrials. It is claimed thai the oil shale can be used for heating purposes and for the generation of electric power at a much less cost than coal, and that the oil shalfl is Inexhaustible. The electric power would be taken over lines to all the principal mining camps in tho state, and would he used in elect ri l ying rail-: rail-: roads, especially tlie branch lines. |