Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-20 | Page 26 | Rich Oil Shale Beds Reported

HIGH C H 0 OIl IL SHAlE S H ALE i BEDS REPORTED ATm West Somerset London Says Holds Area LONDON Jan lan 19 What n-What What Is believed to b be one ot of the oil bearing shale hale bed ever vr discovered ha hoe ball been ben found in West WeaL Somerset et according to LO tIme the Evening Star today The bed co a II large area Is eald said to have JULve IL surface of ot COO o 0 TOO feet fet which ho 1 Ir experts here Iere say cay Is unprecedented The beds bed i It Is declared contained the highest qualities of ot oils comparable only with the Oreen Green river formation In Colorado hitherto an unparalleled example of ot oil shale The newspaper quotes Larrett Parkin an aa English engineer as representing that It 1 is 18 sate to ba bane bace e the commercial production production pro pro- du of the beds bed at tonof tons ton of oil shale haie with an oil content of ot more mole than tons tone valued at pounds pound lIe He estimated th the shale siaLe can be quarried for three shillings per perIt ton It ol aio l o quotes Dr V- V W. W Fol fortes el Leslie geologist m at saying the beds are a h i ml mighty bt source of ot heat and and 1 power ower from which we can draw dra drator tot for our Industries without spending money on foreign oiLI oiL oik I I The magnitude of ot this discovery means that tha t we can supply all our nee needs for fur cheap power light an and 1 heat for tor cen een tunes tures He lie claims the beds will wilt make I England Englan 1 In Independent of ot foreign supplies In tn time of war Yar I COTTO COTTON CLOSE NEW SEW YORK YORt Jan 19 The The general I cotton market closed steady net unchanged un on changed to 23 points higher DRIED saw NEW EW YORI TOniC Jan lal 19 ap- ap Good Good export Prunes Prunes Firm Firm but quiet v Apricots and ant peaches peaches Firm Firm raisins I tea 1