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Show SHALE CDU DflllG IT Work Started by Which Extensive Ex-tensive Beds Will Be Developed De-veloped in Novel Way. I "I'Olim w.iry v o;--: o con : l io :i of TH...I. will p"jl.;i;.y , v. o;i,r. :.(-., u II-; of t iio I;i ro-sr - J i ;i N": nt.M in ,'wtn.T-t ,'wtn.T-t u Wiis r.Miai.-i.'-.-J by t A :u.--ri-;i.i Si, Mo ;i i). I i 't-l.r: M-n i N i -on i j hi ti.v rf Siti i )'arhl:-.'(, oil i!M jM-np.-i-l y ;tu;il- li-ar '"'! l:iV.T, 'o. ' I " : r i H U ..,- 'A u; k Ol 'irivin;; ;m u.'.ii. tnnm-.h wni.-h siiul.-V.iil siiul.-V.iil m- ("Mivt-yr.,1 to fi-t! u!r,t. Vits fjc-iin, JM'-'OnJili , J. H. J.-irwjfi, VV i IHd-yS 1m ji in.stii.l.-tJ l,y ln-: .-oinpnny. l: . .J'liif. I th.- fiivt, m.-ii:i unit. i' wluit. will win-it -oui'l'l.'rt ;i plan: of -J... hi) -ton 'L):i( 1 1 V ShuUiil lit; I'i'Uijy f.jT 0 1 Hi. i, 1 - : I, 11. is v:itl. A f. t :tt -am-- tli-f-. a r-'-ff i.r-ry In livn t tMn TH'i: I , i 'i ; j M 1 ;i ' ' I lift;) froUl til-: liiiaif will -r- -'(i'. 'i'lilH f'-fili'TV V-i-l nL f Ir.'iL rn;t u!j fad u ro only Mi.-sMi n. , all i-'i:iJ,-H of ItiM-isviHt Jii-l t'nv.; r;t.U'-f; of lat.rP'aHim oil. When ti.c .-lial-i c-d.n:-lion pla.nl lias a i" " i ianaa t-'l ton apa'-nv I'M ?i tiiiiajaltim .Mii.iiaU: itn u. wax paml , V-'lll In: ,-,M:it raat.-'l. A no-. 'l inaiin.T r . f h toping l.!,o fOtMe v.'ill h., u.v'.), H-'-oj-tliTi lo Mi-. J.Mi--on. Tli-.i a. If!, iiMt. Hiar'.-'l. will i.5 drivm la tin-. ;;anil:il on-.- jn.-.t U-hnv h.: low i-r of two cMi'iiMwi uf oil sl.aa-. f :y working in Hit jnJwtonrj laMt:u.l of In t'.io tihaltj, ao'i'':iH will bo i;rr-at!y i ;(!. A "mm 'ha-'' system nl iiLopin?: will rmpioyi-.l ; tlial In, an upi'My; will Ivi madi! f l-t fi-orn tb portal and tlu-ii at in'rrM:i or" ;-;'ti fani, Thono ra !N"s will br- il riven to iilorco t'r.i. , flint bod of Klialo, ti.! fret averaf.;-tn;,' averaf.;-tn;,' ..i (aUon.s of oil to tho ton, tiion through a h.d of andHtono Into the kc.l-"nd kc.l-"nd anil to pu'.isL shaK) bed, fort v-.ix foet thick, avcM-ai;lritf -12 ua lions of oil t o t h"; (on. T ive-U o or f I f I eon ehnt r-s to i i fr'jrtn L ph:t.s of t.'a fjropo will reah fill from tbt ufiralso. In this lnaiuior t'no ehabi can be eeonomirally bi'i'ken down and convoyed to the plant. It Is estimate! esti-mate! Unit over Juan tons of slialo can bo .stored In tiio Htopo.s and up raise. A KHMoIlno en sine. and. mac hi no drills have been Installed fur carrying on the mini mr work. Uy the tlmo t ho mill is re;idy for oia ratiun tlie company believes that from loo to fjiii) tons j.er dav can bo mined. The eimiue. huslalled by t In-con In-con i pa uy tri f urnlnh power for mining operatl'ins is so contrived that when oil is being manufactured. If the supply of hum is not sufficient for other than running run-ning the eduction plant, a low grade fii'd oil or distillate can bo used. The 'deposit of shale upon tho company's com-pany's property, according to Mr. Jen-hoii. Jen-hoii. is pracf.irally i ne v haust Ible. The beds, totaling over 1-itl feet in Udckne.--s, under which the a dit is to be driven, outcrop in a canyon two miles distant. An Hilequuto water supply exists and transportation facilities arc excellent, it ts said. O. A. Pulton is superintendent of tho mines. Schermer, who recentlv completed the erection of a. shnle retort of the J'umpherston or Scotch process ft TCIko. Nev., iecently arrived at Green llfver to take charge of the erection of tho educt ion plant. Tho Southern Pacific Pa-cific pla.nt is operating satisfactorily, according ac-cording to Information brought to Mr. Jonson by Mr. Sehennor. On the average tho r:lko shale will run about to 30 gallons per ton, it is said. The ledge Is approximately twenty feet thick. Toward the end of the week Mr. Jen-pon Jen-pon plans to leave for PflVMiie, Colo., to make an examination of the property of the Sterling oil Products company of Poslon, Macs. Pjon this company's estate a shnle bed tieO feet thick, 2fio l'eet of which Is high, yrade shale, outcrops out-crops boldly. At present tho company is confinintr Its opera I Ions to the drilling of a woi for oil. A depth of I'JOO feet has alreadv heeu attained. In the spring the company com-pany plans to erect a jenson eduction tdiulo plant, it is said. |