Show OIL BEARING OF UINTAH AH BASIN ASIN n im f f COMPREHENSIVE REPORT M MADE DE BY DY DJ DAVID VID T. T HEAD HEAD OF DAY U U. US S. S i SHALE I INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATIONS' l Made by David Dayi T. T Day Head of at U.S. U U. S. S Shale Investigations n What Wha t is considered the the most comprehensive comprehensive com corn and enlightening report yet issued d on on the prospective of oil oi sh industry of Utah is that o. o of David T. T Day Dar It is on the t property of the Crane Shale Oil all corporation at lit Watson V n in the U Uintah basin basin sec sec- tion Mr Da Day is s s. toda today at the leas head of ot the shale shalo investigations of the theo o and is considered thc t a authority thorit He says says- rs During he the past year the tile United rte tr te reduced barrels of crude petroleum During the thes same s roe time they used In other words word they drew from Crom stock The stock only amounts amount o io 0 half halt a years year's supply This condit conch condi t ton on is f particularly important because it t the same time a great effort was wag m made ie to increase production by offering offer offer- fag ing to fh the producer an average of 1 1 Tor or barrel more than he received the I year vear before be ore for the United States I That Chat Is 13 the producers of petroleum i raid more for their theft crude oil oil th than n th they y had paid the previous pre lre previous ious year The result showed snowed that It is ig not possible to stimulate tl the e production of petroleum from the ordinary ordinary ordinary or or- oil wells veils Ils to tD a sufficient l extent to o keep leep up up with the increasing de de- mand In other w words the situation is that we have reach reached d' d the peak in production with an inevitable table tible future decline unless very very great I Ion oil on fields fields are are discovered There Is no flood reason to expect these new fields For this tl Is reason reMan the gover govern government trent Tent has turned to the very large larg un l ly on Hof- Hof of oil oil- in United the the ch St estates ites tes In in the hope hone that the ng stud nd manufacturing interests in th the States may develop the needed extra oil supply from these Several years ago the geological survey found that very that very great supplies of oil exist in Colorado Utah tah and Nevada These hales average bout about out twice as rs rich as the oil of S Scotland which have been utilized or more than 8 sixty years In Scotland Scot land the industry has paid dividends of from 10 to 50 60 per cent and in spite of the growing scarcity of Scotch or the necessity of obtaining ob oh- dining these by mining from froma a much greater de depth tl than is common cornmon com corn mon in coal mining and aird from seams which are narrower than the usual oal seams scams the profits have kept up ind the industry has prospered in Scotland In France the industry is still older having been begun beg n about 1830 The Industry there is bed upon hales which are very much poorer In tn quality than even the Scottish In the United States the are not only richer in quality but greater great great- er In thickness and frequently arc are eo so O exposed above the surrounding country country as to be De easily handled by steam shovel A great amount of or hand d labor required in Scotland will tie e e thus overcome In the United States with correspondingly Increased profit Before Defore petroleum was produced In Inthe inthe the Hie United States fr from m o oil l wells it was waB produced from imported from Canada and from England from 1 1850 60 to 1860 This led to the di dis discover s- s o en cover of In jn Kentucky w western west western west west- stern st- st ern Pennsylvania etc but their use was discontinued by the advent of petroleum in S 8 Times Bigger nl ger Than OH on Feuds Feilds The government discovered severI sever- sever l 1 I years ago ago that very ery thick layers of sh les yielding from ten to ninety c aliens of oil per ton existed in Colorado Colo Colo- C Colorado lo rado northwest of the Denver Rio Grande railway to the Utah line At this tins time Cassius Fisher and others associated wi with h the Midwest Oil company had also independently found round some of these and had taken steps to obtain them Th Theological The geological survey sur survey ey described the location location loca loca- tion of these and gave aes es s of or their contents in oil olf in in a report by hy and Day known as United States g geological survey bulletin bul bul- b bulletin l. l letin leUn No A. A. A The geological stir sur survey ur vey followed up tip this thus work worl by hy acon corps of men who carries carried the work from thero there over Into Utah r F with th the result of showing conclusive conclusive- ry ly that at the Colorado and nd Utah field Known collectively as the U Uintah balin basin ba ba- sin aln contains in rich oil all at least eight times as much oil as all of the fields of at the States Staten St put together er cr Going southwest from Uintah basin ba ba- 3 slit sin I H ft t has been known for many Furs Furs' c rs' rs that rich oil e exist in a a canyon close to Levan Utah which i near ear the town of Juab I It It t has ha seemed evident id nt to those en en- I en-I ed In In the tIie oil all industry th that t sources of supply must be besought besought S sought once at-once at once and that the shale Is Istle t tl e l sol sole resource resource It would would seem therefore wise to obtain and develop devel Bevel op oil th the richest of t ales prompt 1 ly Concerning the profits which can cani canue ue i obtained you are a better judge than I on OIl account of your greater with the cost of mining II Many o of the which have beer been I Brought to my attention at Watson Vatson I Utah 0 h offer the great greatest st inducement nd ce ent I or All such occur occur oc oc- I c cur cur r. r rh h In iu ver very flat fiat seams of 01 alt alternating r oc-I oc and arid shale and occasional e rich Jell J poor j At t the surface these pp appear ear to change In character every j inch ch or or r. r two It has been the the experience experience experience ence that on on n tunneling in from the We face of the shale the become m more more re even in character and richer richer and and the fine laminations disappear Examples of this are given in th the eror ts to to which you have been re- re erred At Watson Vatson the section marked represents rep rep- resents the quality of shale on which you have definite option You will I note that the Veins described in this rc Yc as rich ort ort-as rich comprise such large a-large pr porton of the entire shale as to tc tomake tomake make you 1 0 in all an probability ity- ity decide to steam shovel a considerable portion por por- tion of this taking tal the various grades of shale as they come COlne come It It is reasonable reason reason- reasonable i able to suppose that by this means means you QU can get better than an average of thirty of oil per ton from large steam shovel operations operations' It should h uld be pointed out that out that t with slight sorting or by the selection of on one on bed or another in the vertical S clearly exp exposed sedon on y your ur pr property perty it will be just as easy to use yielding an average of fifty gallons per ton or mo more e. e This oil will wm yield as shown b by the government work from 5 to 15 per cent c nt of gasoline as obtained In addition the are ar unusually rich in paraffin wax which happens to be of exceptionally valuable valuable valuable able character because it is l harder arder and better suited for high-grade high uses uses uses' than the par paraffin mn wax obtained from rom petroleum m. m Taking out the paraffin was was- wax and ax and gasoline you will have from 60 to 85 per cent oil which can b be cracked by methods established bythe by bythe the government into gasoline e to the extent of ab about ut 80 per per cent The rhe re remaining re- re 20 per cent consists of permanent permanent per per- permanent manent gases suitable to furn furnish sh that rece necessary Sary for the cracking process It should be borne in mind also that these Uiese in addition to the I amount of oil obtained yield permanent permanent perma perma- perma-j perma nent gases sufficient when superheated super super- superheated super superheated heated steam is used I In th the retort to furnish furnis i all o of the fuel l necessary for conducting the retorting Ammonia Is also obtained from these in the form of am am- ammonium am- am sulphate in an amount I which will I largely p pay y the tire cost of mining and retorting the shale The Tha market for this tilts ammonium sulphate as a fertilizer must be re regarded as as practically unlimited I would call i I your attention to the fact that many persons starting into the business of at producing shale are advised b by chem chem- iss of the presence in the thc oils from these of various oils which serve erve as ns' ns the this bases for Jar explosives dyes dyea and arid arida anda a multiplicity of or other substances sub sub- stances of at very high value This is truo true but the possibility of utilizing these oils for these particular par cular purposes purposes pur pur- p poses s s is la a matter i tr r depending ng upon market conditions ns not I In the e control o o y your Ur comp company DY Therefore no acI account account ac ac- ac- ac count has been taken of these unusual unus onus ual values any of which may become I a additional assets lo o company at ab t any time time Only Only account t has bas been taken o of the materials materials- which you would produce at Watson for Cor an f 1 un- un un- un t I d Z ill l u t I limited marl market t which that point could supply r It t would be Diy my recommendation that mIn mining ng operations be started at Watson rather than at oher places for tor while many many other sha es occur close to trunk l lines nes of r railroads the conditions at Watson are more favorable favor able to tl the e technical problems and therefore this l locality c lity is s best suited for the first development work ana ann the skill and detailed knowledge of oC I the handling of or orthe the haies obtained at that point under g good od conditions I c can can l' l then be lie applied in other regions L Little tle has been said said concerning methods of retorting these beI because because be- be be be- I cause cause Jt t is safe and nod convenient nt to Legin begin begin be Le- gin the retorting w with th the well known Scotch methods methods or what may be known DS D.'S t r merican method consisting con con- In passing shale through heated tubes by y screw conveyors ory orby or orby by y any of the modifications of oC this general principle of which there are arc many many As Ls it stands stands- the Scotch method method meth meth- od is s a long established success success and can be made the basic point for tor the development of the Industry with such uch improvements as deve develop op The he screw conveyor process known as the Del Monte process will wm also alto b b. b available avail ann able and experiments experiment on the larce large scale caIe w with th this process are now being carried en on by the government of or the I United States It H must also alia bo born borno In mind that r i. i with a- a a you JOu you are equipped yourselves process s d developed by A. A G. G Crane and h Improved by hy your own engineers to toA toa A stag where hera It t t must b va be re upon a as a a. va valuable e asset assat It it I. i bo- bo I yond pond question that this vs proe-vs proe If iti hal rhal h U it It h. adaptable ble to many ny kinds of at the United States with elasticity not Dt t f- f L |