Show ernal banker tells of the wealth of inland empire at state gathering 0 J Hl 11 AN OF ASTOUNDS H T VIE RINK kItS IN conat convention AT A WITH ITH OF HAS N is resources I 1 hare hairs been aked ked to tell you tom something ething ot of the ulith basin 4 the basin lies he within hit that rim armed formed by the uintah mOun aim Atul on avo north the only range in the cocky mountain region which run runs flon wean bajt and west the wasatch range tn the ike wet west the book cliff on the and the main divide ol 01 the on the cast east tae the bottom ot of i the B m th Is level with an average t altitude alti altitude e ot at 6 feet above aea sea j clevel level the sides loping sloping to the rim io ur burnill urn nill lii range for moat most ot of the live lock tock owned it in the datin da tin so that f is varying altitudes attitudes furnish ideal to for or livestock here airet valte ih until within fifty years ago no white hite settlement existed within wubin the uintah basin an area ot at 8 square miles or on tenth OC othe ize ze of at the entire enting state from the ate resting diary of ot rather father lwe l we e learn that he and his hi party were the first whites to explore within iti its during which time perhaps perhaps an na occasional trapper a a y have wandered over its fram 1 I in we ne know that to the coming of father rather escalante over tabe years ago W he indians lived here it waa was a wonderful country a ant antiope lope deer and elk were tul ful and va we yet occasionally find lionis horus ot at buffalo which we know also existed gere o 0 years ago and m must at have continued to a much later da e this was a happy hunting bunting ground for or the indian 1111 jh il settlement set I 1 lenient 4 within the 70 a little settle kroenk was established in this valley bithe the trials of these pioneers plon eera need not nut be recounted as we are all yet j in avery a very young portion ot of the state and know knew by contact it not by per bonal experience the difficulty ot of pioneering these settlers came 9 edth hopes hope i but ith little n nore ore athan than enough to advance the tile first ipa i pa ment to uncle sam on their ithe s homes ead ad choice then the J gle began and having the right to the use ot of the lind land they learned how bov u ni n other things were needed 1 beam m harness and wagon long hrire ato i to the mountain tor for logs to build a cabin implements to till the soil glitches ditches to divert the be water to the otheir land need to pl int fences to protect crops thres threshing bing machines and stock to consume tre tle pro ducts of the foil eoll the homesteader t as like the young man who took ja wife A ife before getting married he ta felt he had everyle ng on earth but deeded la a wife after he married be he knew he eveith eve thing ing but a wife how ever from the endeavors ot of th the homesteader Somes teader e now produce in the thi basin an excess of food products tor for an and beast within its confines e have soil as productive as Is any in the knost et A kansas man told me that alich acre here can produce as enuch uch as any two acres in kansas man who moved from here to call lornia ornia told me that one acre at 0 ash o 0 ley valley soil could produce as 98 bluch ai ten acres where he A tod P ed land at over 2 per acre brodwi ot of hit basin lo 10 we ship from here annually nearly to t o million pounds of wool over b mif if ot at which belong to people I 1 in n uintah county alone we ship near ly jy dollars worth of 0 live at eeoc 0 c annually our alfalfa seed production has developed so rapid ly and our possibilities tor for that pro are so great that it la is as fumed that within three more yeara we will be the greatest alfalfa seed producers in the united states the present average crop Is about eight pounds which Is prod produced iced from a small proportion ot of the area now under cultivation there Is not abne i hird ot of ou on farming land into cultivation yet and with the possible greased lar Ir eased area and more intensive farming you may estimate what the pro production ton may rech we ne ship carloads car tar loads of honey as pure as an on earth and an immense tonnage ot at bolce poultry it is worthy to note bere rere here that all of the enterprises ot of the ibe basin were initiated and financed by the people ot of the basin our tores banks mills power plants ione one of which has an investment ot at over and the great arri nation systems of the basin exist without an investment ot of capital made direct from any source out tide of f the basin true it Is that from outside sources ex ht list wit it the bulk ot of the money monay to complete all the enterprises which we de delie dethe the you to see or learn of bas has been made from the soli soil in the bas tn in this give gives you an idea ot of the wealth that Is possible to produce in the uintah basin by the efforts ot of man 1 our sll soll and lye with inith excellent soli soil such as its we have our existence and progress depena peni a much upon our water supply at il I 1 to hs resource I 1 give great con C aeration we have in the moun bains i above stove uhe the the state giat of tt itah hover h over chartered ered lak 8 our enow snow tall fall in these moun balna Is heavy and our water sheds are the most extensive and the best prot protected eced in the state from the these mountains through the strawberry duchesne nock rock creek C currant arrant creek reek lake fork ulilah wh whimp it ie rocks ashley brush creek and green river sufficient utti clent water do pours tor for our every ue no forage storage la 18 yet employed here but can we fm aging that so much ot at this great grest birce source ot at wealth will forever be per malted to flow by ayt pow power possibilities these theme great streams increase in and bound down these great m mountain 0 antala tides sides affording vender wonder ill t op for or power develop au the harnessing of these ra bould uld furnish tarnish enough electric el energy tor for every possible enterprise in the basin and supply adequately twenty cl ies lea the size ot of salt lake cly it Is estimated that on the rivers I 1 have named above horsepower can be generated l teu of timber we hare have in the ashley national forest lying east of nock rock creek about one millina acres of at chieh acres are heavily timbered with a like area on the uinta national forest comprising part of the uintah basin on the west northwest and southwest here we have the largest bodies of 0 umber timber in uie we state mostly inaccessible until roads are extended only trees ot of mature growth are taken from the forest and as an endless re production reproduction la guarded by the forest s arvice 80 that we need have no concern for our future umber timber supply it all of the people of the seste of utah had to depend on the national forests surrounding fur the uintah bielia tor for its tamber supply there would be sufficient with adequate protection from tire fire and otter other destructive tor for cps to last them endlessly end lemly of coal the mountains to the north of uj within six to ten miles from hee hete furnish us coal coal beds extend from a line about twenty miles nest of us practically continuous continuo usi to the great beds of ak western astern colorado it has been stated that we have more coal than all of the state of pennsylvania has produced and will produce aduce it Is not uncommon to find coal veins over thirty feet tn in thickness in the great routt county fields in western colorado which are within the confines ot the bat basin batin in our 11 dro 1 cm bons W atle we have nu nerous forms of hydro carbona in the basin more numerous and greater bed ot of them I 1 than found any place in the let only la Is mined to any extent this occurs in floure veins I 1 I 1 all running practically parallel norwest to ast gilsonite and kindred hydrocarbons were re served from lo location callon many years ao ISO that only a lew few claim val idly located prior to the withdrawal have produced tonnage sufficient to pay royal divi dividends dents on stock of big corporations one of which Is capi for thirty seven million dot dof lars but little of at the Is ship the estimated worth of whish held outside ot of government owner Is seven billions of dollars kind uni you may notice a black seam in the low hills surrounding this valley on the left this Is but a small traction ot at fa n seam of sand asphaltum that extends from lake fork about fifty miles west of us to powder springs on an our southeast a of about 75 ralles its thickness Is about sixty feet and its depth we know not our halt half mile of pavement that you came over into vernal is s made of this product too rich to lay jay don without proper mixture ot of gravel and and to the west of us in la canyon a tunnel has been made from the roof root of which a heavy theary oil constantly drips there is sufficient mate mat ettal ilal in this bed to build such a road as we have here in vernal thirty feet wide vilde from ban ean francisco to new york we cannot estimate its IN value of oil 01 we have tor for cars ears been cing our own oil ti irom rangely langely colorado where local people produce s shallow ballow oil and refine it three ot of the tile biggest com in tle are now drilling for deep oil there toe the texas production co the midwest and ana the Amoc associated of 0 call ornia wl wi hin eleven mile southeast vernal a well was drilled a couple of years ago by the uth oil refining company the log of at this well cor ree responds ponds so closely to that of a well recently brought in on the lies iles dome west of craig colo and within the uintah basin that the she midwest has entered into a contract to begin operations again on this dome before september first of 0 this year geologists say bar that here Is the best beat oil bet in utah the present oil production ot of the great uintah basin is as follows tow creek between hayden and steamboat springs texas production co eight wells prancing barrels dally daily from fractured shale between the frontier and dakota lands sands modal moffat field hamilton IS 18 miles oath bouth of 0 craig texas production co nine wells pro ducting 1600 barrels dally daily from fractured shale near the dakota sands another well la 13 now being drilled to the sun dance sand ties fiell fell about four miles soth I 1 ol 01 hamilton field midwest three wells wella reducing producing 50 barrels dall from fractured shale near dakota jends one guiher with a dally production ot barrels but beane d down now to produce only 4 40 6 barrels dil il d dally on an account of shortage ot at tor stor age the back pressure to hold he the production ard eoln back ta Is 25 pounds per er quare square loch inch this well ie Is in tho bli sundance iun 11 dance ce sand at a apa of at 32 feet and completed april 11 1927 the texas company are BOW now drill int nc two deep welli wells to the sundance sand and the midwest company are drilling four new well wells with the ame same objective this gives a total production ot at 31 barfeld dally daily about 4 SO tons lons or 10 standard carloads all 0 at the above lands sands are con sinuous and extend entirely across ashley ralley valley oil deposit Dc the oil hale shale deposits ot of t the taa aa uintah bagin basin ruu ruit from the state line on the east to beyond summit on the west the area ij Is approximately 40 milea miles wide and miles lone long and comprise comprises about three million acres et of land the V hagany vein being the largest lar geat will be the first to be worked this vein will average not lose lee than 10 gallons ot of oil to the ton of shale and over the area of tb tt 3 acres Us its thickness thIck neBi will ti average not leas than 25 feet ibis oil shale will run about 15 cubic teet feet to the ton of shale assuming suming Ae a thickness of only 25 feet and an oil all con conent tat of 30 gallons to the ton an acre would contain more than 54 of oil in the mahogany vein 1 alone or more than billion barrels of oil n the uintah basin A naval oil shale reserve Is I 1 located in utah and comprise comprises 87 acrea acres of 1 I oil hale shale and I 1 Is in uintah county about acres ot of the utah oil hale shale were located as mining claims prior 0 0 the tie oil hale shale leasing act ol 01 1920 and part of 0 these mining claims have been patented with the ot of the mining claims that are and will be patented and the naval oil shale reserve the balance oc at this L e million acres can be leased from the cown meat on a small royalty bails bestir oil Is in krown kt own to in six states colorado wyoming nead indiana and kentucky but the deposits in utah are greater in area bained than the other five ave stales tta te com through the cou courtesy couve ey of 0 mr ur ilat rat one ot of the owners ot at one ot of the greatest beds ot of phosphate in the U 3 the following information was acquired phosphate IH pik the vitali birin large deposit deposits of phosphate are found in the uintah basin Ws does not mean much in itself tor for chore there are immense deposits else where in the west but when we learn that the uintah basin deposits are surface beds and can be mined by the dearest known mining electris electric operated bf br power adall 11 able at the mines and then ince into at t no othar plate pla la in the west can aa ore re be mined this way it becomes apparent that the uintah deposits are worth something there are now 2080 acre sere ot at these landa lands patented and which taxes are re being add there are acres read ready r for pa teat and ill be he paying tare taxes a year trum now there ere fare million tons immediately mod lately available with light overburden er and about million tonj tons besides be aldee which are available as an great reserves when the first units are gone there la ig enough ore in eight night developed to supply the united state for centuries enough tonnage la in guht to supply the en lire tire world orld tor for A century or more and all right here LS 15 miles north kt lit vernal but alakl au like our other valuable resources these great ore reser reserves are locked away and un available for revenue became because this product mut be hipped shipped by railroads and no akber way our dinosaur quarries the northern portion of th tha basin from tb baba to the crek ut of the aint L range haa has been aa so greatly that t rf 0 no o erO erosion Stolk occurred these mountains would be at att least 35 feet above sea level this auth side of f the lh 1 range Is os as a book leaves one ant ca ri the er not lying flat but at an gle el ot of go 90 degroes or more from the horizon reclining to the north 1 tato great edge edges of tlene leaves bare have been worn down eo so that layer layers ot at the earths cruet crust which being deposited flat without eruption would be thousands of feet below the present deposit on the earth eartha crust here dul but these cs of he edge edges exposed to those who can read earths pages shafir their thick what these layers are aro formed of and what they continued on pago 8 taita 1 OF tilt u u op OF III 11 continued from page 1 contain in one 0 of these page pages ard in a very email small area ot of the lie ame have been teen exhumed more numerous nume roue and more corn skeletons of great fossils than have been fourd elsewhere elie where in th ibe e world this Is biown s dino quarry of 0 jenen jensen about 20 miles eat 0 of here which hag has been ben set aside an a na tonal monument sl on n lagrill in the basin me e hv hovy the great ee went lale for or the ue ot of man the oll the me water ant an climate to yield lant cihat he destael for body bill and anti I 1 dale ani ant stream excellent schools land other meang means ot of education the tile biln 1 in the mountains sur ur rounding ui us there Is solitude art land and mule iverts 1 one cant mv satisfy ills every wood |