Show ia american ert can gilsonite to ITO use construction to start at bonanza when weather breaks amer iahn gilsonite co will spend between and this year for tor construction a of gilsonite dissolving plant at bonanza with all but a small portion of the sum cum to be spent lo coily locally company 0 officials dis dl closed in vernal friday en r route to salt lake city from the bonanza mine holdings of the firm were E 11 owen secretory secretary treasurer and R E nelson assistant to the executive vice president I 1 they announced that construction of the plant which place dissolved gilsonite into the salt lake rangely langely oil pipe line will get underway as soon as weather permits operation of the new plant which Is expected to crease increase he mines output by 25 percent it planed for late summer the 10 loinch inch oil pipe line ime which was finished late last year runs through the f firms property although the dissolving opera tion on will be somewhat seasonal because of the many ments of the common carrier pipe line the new use of the gil is expected to stabilize tho the mine mines s operation by nug aug the present use of the th material in such commodities as battery boxes some additional men will be needed for the dissolving plant operation but greater efficiency in mining operations may re ease lease casc sufficient men to fill the tho need the officials said correct reports j reports that the company will I 1 give nive up P some of its direct gil sonita trade in favor of placing dissolved gilsonite into the pipe line were corrected by the firms firm s officials rather than giving up any of its business the company is striving to gain additional markets by improving its facilities mr owen said the spokesman said the firm is spending a great deal of money in craig colo at the present i time to improve haull hauling ng I 1 ties the firm is trucking the gilsonite from bonanza to craig and sacking it in craig for shipment by rail to other part of the country previous operations included bagging the material in bonanza bufore trucking it to craig I 1 i it G goodner executive vice president in a recent conversation said the operation Is expect cd ed to save the company money by eliminating wear wean on sacks in it the ic bucking rucking ruc king operation reporting that tho the company Is aware of the importance of the glis operation to the uintah basin the off officials explained that every bit of construction material ma aerial ond and labor po possible isible will be used from local sources only a few items such as boilers will bo be brought in from the outside mr nelson explained |