Vernal Express | 1955-02-17 | Page 33 | Rock Springs Coal Field 15 Miles from Green River

rock springs coal field 15 miles from green river besides having plenty of water and gas plus transcontinental transportation tran por tation green river wyoming is within a very short distance of the bests greatest supply 0 of coal the rock springs coal co field is only 15 mile away with an adequate supply plus of this basic fuel available for industrial use at this point in some quarters tt it is pointed out that the proposed ion of rock springs coal could be carried out at this pout point because of the water supply available from the green river I 1 according to the U S geological survey report of 1950 the green river coal held field in the rock springs green river area contains 59 million tons of 41 bituminous and million tons of bituminous sub coal 34 million tons of bituminous and bituminous sub coal is reported I 1 in n the Hams fork fields of the kemmerer area in the southern and southeastern wyoming areas it is estimated that some five billion tons of coal coa are within 30 miles of the union un 0 in pacific P cefic railroad some coals from the lincoln county area are regarded as coking coals coals of the area have a high BTU value with low ashing and d a low sulphur content mines in in the general area now can produce a total of tons per day ay reports say that coal is satisfactory for bri and its quality such that it is good value for industrial use of pulverized coal coal from the rock springs field in tests at the federal pilot plant at loufana Lou Loul hana sana mo was found t to y yield eld the highest liquid fuel product in hydrogenation of any coal in the country