| Show I UTAH STANDS FIRST IN RElATION TO TO SHALE LANDS LANDSI I I Deposits in This State tate D Declared De Dc- dared Most Extensive and nd Richest In many reports on shale lands of the United States Utah Is given the worst of it It yesterday declared Andrew H. H N Northrop of ot the Utah Shale company As a rule Colorado deposits s r er oa JP are declared e to be the richest 1 and most extensive Wyoming Is placed second and Utah Is given third place As a a. matter of fact tact the deposits of oil shale In Utah are ate far more extensive and as a a. whole much richer than In any any other state Colorado undoubtedly stands second but the Inference inference inference infer Infer- ence so often found in Colorado papers and In many reports that It is first and Utah third is ridiculous as well as Unjust unjust un Un- just to this state Speaking on the general shale situation and anc the possibilities of ot the industry Mr I Northrop said Bald Since the tIle Investigations examinations examinations examinations examina examina- and experimentations made mad by Iy the United States government which were wera commenced ed In 1913 relative to oil facts and conditions exist that are Indisputable indisputable indis Indis- because they have been checked and rechecked by the tho government as well wen wenas as by Individuals with repeated Investigations Investigations examinations and experimentations and the results are there as facts as actual determinations and conclusions lons These facts demonstrate and prove that oil all of ot Utah contain sufficient oil gas and ammonia as crude products which are obtained by the treatment of ot distillation to make the Industry a a. payIng paying pay pay- ing ins one It it is also aso proven provert that by refining oil taken from shale there are obtained many byproducts such as gas gasoline sulphate of ammonia naphtha motor spirits or petrol gas oil burning oil N No 1 1 burning oil No 2 light oil blue B. B lc lf tp oil oil heavy a oil lubricating t oil wax tar and coke and by washing the spent shale with a a. solution of acid potash potash pot pot- ash is recovered or pure acid added to sulphuric acid makes males ammonia ammo ammo- nia pia fe sulphate I a It Is also determined that the quantity and quality of oil and its byproducts In I Utah tah in conjunction with the large and extensive tonnage available is sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- I to pay large dividends for almost an indefinite period The Scotch have been paying substantial dividends for more than fifty years Is from m l The twenty three n average i e of oio to t the twenty five e Scotch Ct gallons gal gal- Ions lons of oil On per ton ron on and their are mined below the surface surface surface-as as deep as feet of ot Utah are deposited above surface meaning that they are so lo located located lo- lo that the shale can be transported from their place of deposit by gravity therefore there is la no hoisting expense and the mining expense Is very much re reduced re- re Some of these carry as ashl hl high h as sixty and seventy gallons of ot oil to the ton You can measure up and estimate your tonn tonnage ge you can test your shale and determine its oil contents and you can test the oil and determine the byproducts The demand for tor oil has Increased and andIs andIs andis Is still increasing the most reliable publicationS publications pub- pub as well as government bulletins bulletins bulle bulle- tins give t these e facts and reference e Is constantly ry and p persistently fie made to oll oil as a source of ot supply almost in inexhaustible inexhaustible In in- exhaustible the government has withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn with with- drawn many thousands of acres of oil shale lands aSs asa source of oil supply l f for forthe forthe 11 eCo the navy reserves reserves reference r c Is made e to these oil as a reserve to which we can look with every assurance of supplying oil and Its byproducts almost indefinitely |
