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Show fWls t le tle ; sinci sincimii mii : . , ( posits positsi i . . < na } , ISastern vealISastern veal r , ' 'Ji Ji Oolorado . OU , Sftale and cosrn Olorado ani anirah rah acfl in ththe future Indus ffi Oir thls interkVequently . % ? th & 141&A 141A & why the-'elopnient the 'elopnient elopnient - ' of the ; .wtne wtne . ; present wi Kreposlts of west westBtB BtB conttaied largel : , Mcsa . Oarfleli OarfleliwUb wUb ' the larges ) aiter nained coun Ji ree In botiand eastern UtalUioday being considerfcrfriBale ' as B posslbl ine ineand -and and - all petrplefi.lWth petrplefilWth . futurefe 8th.V4Ml 8thV4Ml . , a hear hearm.j m.j mj . outces was liW awator OMahone ; In i&onnectlon ionnectlon & witlpotential resources 'ot ot ' f m&tertoto mtertoto & In ihitissue of September ? Big and Contracting ffe-teed ffe teed , - in Salt Lake City City.jiFoUowlnr .jiFoUowlnr jiFoUowlnr . review of ttuatort < ewto C Karrtck ; aitbfcfOfte Senator 0'Ma 0Ma ' . Ert 4 [ 'presenting presenting ' herein a sumg'the sumgthe & ' Investigations of thi1 . States bureau of mines amIllogical survey of mine mineperatlon peratlon with the state o . ln which I held supervisor.i supervisori . BervIce positions of the oles and other oU yielding mafeterlato | of the public lands large-T large T - ly In the states of Utah Wyomingand Colorado Our Investigationsalso Included like studies in In Indiana diana Kentucky Oklahoma andPennsylvania where rich oilshales bituminous and cannelcoal exists which were thought tobe early sources of crude oil andrefined products for the nationThe large bodies of oil sandscalled rock asphalts were alsestudied and found to be econom.leal economleal . sources of motor fuels axuother petroleum products partlcu larly In eastern Utah This t > um ( Continued on pagp tour ) . j . i . J , ' ; ' . . t- t - tton . { 4 ton 11 ShiOa Sha.1o Sha1o . and andI aad'Ooal aadOoal I ' Coal t . , . r rf f \ Deposita 2) 2 ) po it9 of Region KtgionAre " 1 ' 1Are Are Aco Ace in Hole fr r f r r < / ( ( O Oantlcued Dtsnue4 tfm from pap pag * 01\ 01 01mlU'1 on \ & ) , ' inary mlU'1 mlU1 ' also al40 inbracea emb1'a emb1a 1a ' < the th datircb-4 datircb 4 datrcb1 datrcb- datrcb - - 1 talQCd Od\ Od OdJ \ J In .tUdtf tUdtf . atud { # < m mad . o * undeftthJ rr h * ! . ' direction d1.t'tcUon d1.ttcUon d1ttcUon " of the the apeat peakua at athi ! \hi hi \ th * .t t . ' ' ' School ql ot-lAlnca ot lAlnca - ea andrEniMees1n an , < t fBnKUiMatny . , . i i < iV&V V&V VV irntv & 1ijt rtltirfoJprfh to Jn lnUSdtOLWTincluslv 1 .3U 3U . ( a < . . 1J fSnclus1vo Snclus1vo { ot ofjtha . , the oll-ylcldln oll ylcldln o.Q.lIed1nlr oQ.lIed1nlr oQlIed1nlr . - ! car . f boL boLous bolac ( ous ou fdeposits a podt fti n . ) Utah , . imdc d th thi , * data'1are data1are adtt ' Tt mcldde4 included .J J . Jd/ Jd Jdlpht / i4ght lpht ; . atudenta .tttdento tttdento ' . then these in ui t1\e t1 e th \ m mechanicalcivil ti Ulcat . , e1V , . chemical cbemJcal and economic economJc : de de-partmantf de partmantf - . Jl&l'tments Jlltments & ' . . These TbeJe : extfjnalve xt4nslv end enli ' . . neertng neerlnr and economic econcmlc studies tlldl ' 'fire fire " ' werebegun besun In ; Itll 1818 and extended to tolf37i t 1937 , . . a total of over r 18 yeara years The Th ' - - enUre ntlr * Invstigatlona tnveatlpt1o $ cost approxi approxi- approximately approximately - mately 400.000 400000 $400,000 $ , . ot of federal federa ) and state statetax statetax tax monies moniea . , and all aU the work wu wueanUd wascarried eanUd out cooperatively OOperaUvety with theabOvt tha the abOvt bOT * atatea states through theirstate their state stateunlve.ra1tlea tataunlv unlve.ra1tlea unlvera1tlea . nltle . . The Th ' oil aU shalis shales of ilf Utah cover coverobout coveraliout obout obout8,000 4,000 4000 -8,000 8,000 8000 - , , cquar square * nulftt m11e . $ , . in Colo 0010- 0010 0010rado Colorado - rado 6,000 6000 , > 000 and in Wyoming 12000t 12000 { } aquare ouar mUeI mUe , , which Vlhlch amounts toap to t ' ap appTOxImately te1y SO 30000000000 000 000 000 barrela barrelsl } of on which wb1cb : Is avallabia a'ValIable aValIable ' In the reaources re- re reaourcaa - ( < ' aourcaa aources : in m Utah or enough to IIUp- IIUp IIUpply sup supply - ply tho th * United Vnlted States Btatea tor for 30 years < TheM 'l'heaf lheaf ' ) ahale.l ahalel ahkle . * will wUl averag average * a . . barrel . . of crude erude oil oU per ton of oil on ahale ahaleOur Otu ' KOTTnoient 80vemment studies atudlea couped coupledwith } with recant fteent advances advancea In petroleum petroleumrefmtna petroleumrefminc refmtna technology techl1ololf Insure that all allpcesent t"pko1ewn tpko1ewn , " p trol uin product prqduota * cim can be beproduCed produced frou from aha1e < bal oils oUa and a aJielc1 ayield Jielc1 Of gasoline paollne amounting amounttng "to to " to 50 O ( ' per er " , cent el\t el t \ , ot of the e crJ1de crJ1del cruda.QH crudaQH , + l . " . Th Thea BUt > ( oUn U i ! 1 equivalent equlvatent of we ttr pre pretnt tnt ent etb11 thyl fanllnwi , 'I I , ' Uany \ ' , IOvemmfl1 government ; pubJtcatlonl publlcatlonicoycr . covet covetj Urpur -j j . - ! urt * ncicncs science lI studies ucttea that1'te that . w 1'te 1te ' CWI ' carried ed . out out . , dso abo 0U1 ' ou aettat- aettat aettatC011UQerclal aeo4-y aeo4 y , - commercial C011UQerclal and commerclal-acala commerclal acala commercla1- commercla1 commercla1a.1e - - a.1e a1e . ? 1J flant \ operaU op r tlona . W We nftoed ref1ned . tha the \ ' eht.1e'oUs eht.1eoUs eht1eoUs hal . ' 'oils oils ' Into all au petroleum pet.ro1eum petro1eum . pro-i pro i pro- products proiluct - , - ducts < luct and sent large quantities quanUUea tosk a . n numbwr ber of tha the larcect Iarge&t Iarget & oil 011 com- com comPU1Ie corn'p cornp ' - PU1Ie ues of the United States , , aU aUof allof of which wh1ch data are ar published One Onecommercial.cale Oncommercial-seal Oncommercial seal * commercial-.cale commercial.cale commercial .cale cale - . * single-unit single unit smale-unit smale - - plant . W s s hipped sh1pped to the United States Statesfrem Statefrom * frem Scotland ScoUand and was w * operated operatedfor oparatedfor for two year yean In western weatern COlq- COlq COlqrado Colo Colorado - rado Alongside of this plant we reeled erected an American type of processing pro processing - cessing plant of ot larger laraer Jze jU , and andoperated operated . It tor over o\'tr o 'tr tr \ ' one year 'e.r e.r er ) ' . Tbe Tbei Tbelater Thelater later process prooeas had bad been used by bythe bythe the speaker to process a . 2000 ton tonshipment tonshipment i shipment of oil oU ahale ( hale to the Unit Unit- United United - ed States State $ from Csthonia mstbonla Anum A num number . ber of shipment abipmenta * of oil oU shales and andthe andthe the shate shale oils OUs wer were sent to us from fromfore fromforeign fore countries untrtes when where shale oU oUIndusme'J oilIndustries ' Indusme'J IndusmeJ : ' wen were In operation and andthe andthe the technical and economic data datawere datawer were studied In their bearing on onthe ontha the feasibility feasibUlty of producing oils oUa oilsi ) i from the shalas shales and coals throughOQt through- through throughoat - oat OQt the United StatesDuring States StatesDuring During all of ot the foregoing foregoingwork foregoingwork work we . simultaneously s.1multaneously s1multaneously carried on onstudies onstudies studies of the best oil 011 yielding yieldingcoals yieldingcoals coals of the United States It Wft'l Wftl Wft'lfound wasfound . ' found that the coals on the pub pub- publI public - lI lic lands in Utah Wyoming and andColorado andColorado Colorado in the Mesa Verde for- for formatton for formation - mation matton are the nation s largest largestpresent largestpresent present known upply supply * of crude 011 011and oiland and its products Th These e coals coalsparticularly coalsparticularly particularly in Utah but also In Inthe inthe the Rock Springs Spr1Jlg8 and Kemmerer Kemmererareas Kemmererareas areas otVyoming of ot \ Wyoming \Vyoming Vyoming |