Show KING ASKS ASK I HELP IN PLAN I I IT T TO DEVELOP r I ml HAl I I I 4 jn- jn I i Mines Bureau Director i Warns Warns Warris That Game Is I I Untried One Requires i i Large Scale Operation I IA I ti of funds r f A p. p to investigate the ti ti s of oil shale and lignite in Utah tah is provided in a bill introduced intro intro- e in the United States senate b by e ator William Winiam IL King accord- accord Inc ang to information received by Governor Gov Gov- Simon Bamberger from Dr Van TH IL Manning director of the United States bureau of ot mines Senator C Charles Arles D. D Henderson of Nevada has Introduced a a. bill for the the- appropriation Win tion of ot to investigate the shale I deposits of Nevada Dr Ir Manning danning is touring the countr coun- coun tr on his annual inspection of ot I coun-I the Stations conducted by the federal government gov gov- The Tho bureau is Interested In development of th the vast oil shale I deposits of ot the tho situated for the art in Colorado Utah and Nevada Neva Ne- Ne i va vada a. a and will wm lend all possible aid Ins In's in s 's solving the problems connected with tho the placing of ot this industry on a a. commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial basis H HOW W ABOUT COSTS The all Important question in this connection Is how bow much is It it going to t cost st to mine these how much td retort them and how much to refine refino re- re fine fino the tho on oil oil Dr Manning declares T ere Is is' one outstanding fact at the present that we Know The shale indis indi's In Ind Industry In- In dis di's d ry Is essentially a a. large scale low grado and In all probability a a. small profit industry I do not mean by t that t that tho the industry may not be bevery bevery very profitable If It it is is It will be beby beby by means moans of ot large scale operation sImilar to the manner In which you youe h have e exploited the great low grade P copper mines of ot the West Vest While Whilo I do not wish to discourage the tho oil shale industry by what I say I I I think it Is my duty just at this time while the industry is ts so actively gett get get- t g under way to give the facts just justs s they ahoy come to me so that tha t we wo may flay ig tho pitfalls that usually attend a and handicap its development devel devel- The bureau of ot mines has the from the first been Interested in the oil shale industry because looking to tot t it is assuredly a fact that I. I sooner or later the country will have I to fan fall back upon the tho oil for forthe forthe the greater part of its oil supply and 1 this possibly within a a. very few years U U. U S S. S TO ASSISt ASSISI i To put the oil shale Industry on a aI aI aj I I j soun sound 1 commercial basis It is going to take tako a number of years rears before the best methods of mining retorting and refining are are determined In the meane mean- mean I 1 I e goti o omay may expect all the assistance j. I possible ri-possible from the bureau of mines which is now following the shale in industry in- in I lu try as actively as possible considering considering consid consid- ering its greatly restricted pria- pria What the thes bureau of mines r should do and what I am hoping it may do in the future is to establish an experimental station dealing exclusively exclusively ex ex- 1 elusively with oil I I understand that Senator Senator Henderson Hender- Hender son lEon has Introduced a bill for the apI appropriation ap ap- I Ij a of to investigate the shale deposits of Nevada Senator I King has introduced a bill providing i for tor or an appropriation to investigate the possibilities of shale and lignite in the elate of Utah |