Show l' l i. i J E Experiment Sh Shale a I e. e PI Plant nt An experiment pl plant rit for to the he ex cx- extraction x- x traction of oil and gas from shale 1 may may be pe established on n val De Deserve reserve re- re serve lan lands land in Colorado that cont contain in inive extensive ive shalo shale d deposits pC Senator Phipps 1 of Or that that state is sponsoring the project rand and nd recently arranged for a a demonstration of of the oil extraction OX- OX ox- ox tra traction tion process for Secret Secretary ry of the Navy Wilbur other cabin cabinet t members and nd members rs of c congress process process has s been developed through a a long series of f. f experiments i ments le its at at th the tte I Colorado School of or and it it was w s Dr Dr Victor C C. C Alderson Al- Al son derson s 1 president j ot of f that I institution who had cl ch charge arg o of of the the demonstration tion Pi Production od attic of oil from frein shale and gasoline fr from m t the le leoU oil oU thus h lS pro produced I is regarded by as 5 the 1 Vilon b the treat great re t. t f p problem o blem of ot 1 the tle world Oil from yetis Is decidedly decidedly edI edly limited in supply and h it will be but a a. a matter of comparatively few years ears until there is a a serious shortage even even though new lew fields t are aTe are being lacing constantly developed But there is an nce of or oil oU sh shale in almost l every ry country in in th J world 0 rIll and its development on a commercial commercial- mercial basis is is tl the e next big step In III supplying fuel uel for transport transportation t tation and industry Indus The Tha big obstacle ob ob- stacle to be overcome Is the Investment investment investment Invest invest- ment required required S Shale ale oil ail production production tio tion Is no is-no business for lor 01 pile r rs or for poor ll men nien en E Expensive plants must mut t be Installed and big biS scale operations operations op op operations carried t on before there there- can can be the slightest returns on the capital Invested capital invested and as long as there Is the slightest doubt that shale oil can be he pro produced uce in l large rge quantities at r 11 yi t cost cost th that i makes n akes it it possible for Cor it Jt t th be marketed in competition with well oil capital will be tI timid Id Hence it Js is that the ne new Industry has not progressed beyond the experimental experimental tage stage in this country al although although although al- al though scientists have known ro for I Imore more than half a a. century that it its Is practicable and that sooner or latet latel I it Is certain to attain attain- mammoth proportions Just now as Dr Alderson Al- Al I AI-I derson says there Is too much of or a I disposition to regard it as the tho artificial artificial artificial ar ar- Ice Industry was looked upon when It was started People were finally convinced that hat it was possible to make malce artificial Ice ce said Dr Alderson but they insisted that It would never ne compete compete compete com com- pete with natures nature's process Now itis It itis is B the rare thing to find a ton of ot natural Ice used anywhere The process o of ot f s getting of oU and and gas gas out of of shale is is' is compared b br by Y Dr Alderson t to to r bread A cook mixes flour water yeast and other Ingredients and produces producer dough but the dough is not bread breud until it is b baked led In Iii the case of oil shale th there re is no oil as such in Jn true true- oil shale but the chemical ingredients of oil n nand and gas gas carbon carbon and hydrogen g nare n- n are are In the shale in tIle the form of plant and tind animal remains ls If 11 the the oil oU shale share is placed in inan jan an tight air retort re retort retort re- re tort and nd 11 heated sufficiently the carbon and hydrogen break away from th their fr con condition as a plant and vegetable m- m matter a mitt And n I rearrange rearrange- e ethe the themselves themselves in t the e term form of aF gas gas Thus when ti thie the a. a shale shafe lii id Ie cooked as dough ds de s Booked to to create bread bread 1 gas bas and gil res result t. t Dr Alderson Ald and his asS as- as set set up up their heir r retorts ana er Py i hen e Ill t-Ill t all l on d on f a a I f b scale scale- scale e- e in tl th auditorium a iV- iV it of of pt the llie l p e. e department dep and produced oil i-hala i constantly during per od od of their demonstration 1 The records of o o tire well ve t ani oil f lion tion on 3 said said Id Dr l o show shoe tm t t the United Sta State States es is th the greatest oil producer in ill h he Ile p ld i 1 nave nav t made madea cle a careful study o a the oil shale deposits deposits de de- posits In all ot other oler or oO co and can state without without- any rillY qualifying reserves whatever that the United States has lias the Hie the 1 most most extensive the tho- richest and the moat loat a accessible c oil shale deposits In ill the w world As our supply of oC well oil diminishes we can turn to our oil as a ary source so well donned dennec so o easily estimated and so certain of production production U tion n that we can rest reat assured of o o a a- supply of or oil oi to to la last t almost I s I Drill holes in Kent ck show shows shale feet in iu thickness according according according accord accord- ing to engineers and from her de deposits deposits deposits de- de posits this one state could produce produce- four times as much oil as ts is 5 s estimated ed to ren remain in now in all POO pools Sf of tho tho- tho United States In the Grand valley c district of or Colorado there are twelve beds of oil shale of from 55 to 49 feet Ceet ouch with an aggregate of feet The main rich bed known as the mahogany ledge e extends ends through a large part of ot the oil shale shala Delt Is 49 feet Ceet thick and carries over an extensive area 35 gallons of f oil per ton A 25 foot section of t the 49 feet will average 45 gallons gallons gallons gal gal- lons per PCT ton and an 8 La 3 streak sneak within with with- in Ul the feet will average 60 gallons gallons gallons gal gal- lons per ton On Last Page j 1 y E r w T l I It i From rom Page Page One u. u 41 So SQ extensive are aro the Colorado deposits de de- deposits depositS posits it is f V estimated that If f plants plant each treating 2000 tons daily were in continuous operation they would not exhaust the easily available supply In years What What is known as the Great Western field field fields that IS ts Colorado Wyoming and Utah can it is claimed claim claim- ed produce twenty seven twenty seven times Umes the total past and probable future oil oU production from the wells of the entire United States Near Watson Vatson huge deposits of oil oU shale shalo are are to be found round that will yield up to seventy gallons a ton Outside this tIlls field local deposits are f found und in California California Cali Call fornia Oregon Nevada and Montana and at Elko Nov Nev there is the I first oil shale reduction plant in the United States to operate upon a commercial scale The eastern shale field includes Indiana and Ohio in addition to Kentucky The oil hale liale beds in the Hoosier state are arc are r I estimated estimated at 45 45 billion tons tOllS I The first question that is usually usually usual usual- usually ly asked of at th the shale oil oi oil 1 ts exper is isas as to what it C costs Sl per ner barrel to to produce oil They answer answer nSw r 11 by c coming mIng bac th the question stI n What d does does s it it it cost ost to build a ahouse h house I j V t Their exp explanation ai is is' is that co costs ts vary so greatly a according to ItO condit condi t o P the chemical chemical content conten fth liale and aud so for forth forth h th that that tit it is iS i impossible event even ft e Ui p o make alce e en an an int intelligent est est e except 4 ip it I the case o 01 a a given and a aspe a t cHic shale deposit rt zt t has lias b been el said h however Wever that h t shale oi oil will y will come into into- th well Hell t I. J oil is fr m to W 1 barrel r. per c i 4 Noe j of or f the big big on companies has as' as asset r jet t taken n up j jae e shale Jo oil or IF manufacture manufacture- evidently they havo havo have not been been- convinced that than it it is entire entirely I l ly feasible as s Won tron or else they have decided that the time is not ot ripe ipe for the new en en- On One California corporation is reported r to 1 have ave expended large sums acquiring share lands rands but has Ihas done clone nothing in tae way or- or orde T deT development de- de t- t V. V r- r Should Should the r government the proposed proposed experimental 1 Colorado a decided decided impetus woUld undoubtedly b b be g given mc business for font at it is not not tb to be s say y the experts tha that that oil i fr from m shale forms forms' the permanent dependable source of supply and private capital capital will wilI not be so timid I once ine the government ha has s set t the seal of its Us approval upon po-n po industry t t y |