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Show . Highway 40 40Paved 40Paved Paved With WithAsphalt Asphalt : Mined MinedNear Near Vernal VernalWhat What is generally generaIIy supposed to be a anew anew anew new Industry , but one which actually actuallyexhJsted actuallyexhisted actuallyexhisted exhJsted exhisted in the days of Nebuchadnez Nebuchadnez- Nebuchadnezzar - - zar almost 8000 8 000 years ago , came to Ver- Ver Vernal Verital Ver Vernal - - nal ital with the construction con.strucUc construcUc . > n of rock as- as asphalt asphalt as asphalt - phalt roadsExperiments roadsExperiments roads roadsExperiments Experiments made In Salt SaIt Lake City Cityas Cityas Cityas as early aa as 1891 with aaphalt asphalt shipped shippedfrom shippedfrom shippedfrom from Santa . Cruz , California proved the thevalue thevalue thevalue value of the material tor for road buUding building buUdingpurposes buildingpurposes buildingpurposes purposes , and Vernal , with an unlimit unlimit- unlimited unlimited unlimited - ed supply on her own doorstep , kept keptpace keptpane keptpace pace pane with thetraU.blazers the the- - trail-blazers trail blazers traU.blazers traUblazers - . of the industry in- in industry In Industry - - dustry by using the material for side- side sidewalks sidewalks side sidewalks - walks along the streets almost almcst almct $ fifty fiftyyears fiftyyears fiftyyears years ago , long before the automobile automobilemade automobilemade automobilemade made Its bid for paved highways highway highwaysIn highwaysIre & In Ih Ire 1935 Vemal's Vemals Vernal's Vernals ' state-owned state owned - rock asphalt as- as asphalt as asphalt - phalt plant , . located seven miles mUes west westof westof westof of the city , produced over 7,000 7000 , tons of ofthe ofthe ofthe the surfacing material to pave the ntne nine ntnemUes ninemiles ninemiles mUes miles of highway Immediately west of ofVernal ofVernal ofVernal Vernal on U 8 S 40 , and since that time timeas timeas timeas as well as prior to . , the city hqs has h , s used usedlocal usedlocal usedlocal local asphalt asphnlt to pave many blocks of ofcity ofcity ofcity city streetsConstructed streetsConstructed streets streetsConstructed Constructed on the side of a hill hillknown hillknown hillknown known as Asphalt Ridge the $20,000 20000 $20,000plant $20,000plant $20,000plant 20000plant $ , , plant Is situated so that material materialcan materialcan materialcan can be taken directly from the de- de deposit deposit de deposit - - posit , conveyed to a large pug mill , J m NQ ' 4 I y p a # ! * R Rp Ra R4t4 4t4 4t4i 4t4iii i -iii iii - i t fw Y s sY sof of S S Sg Sn g -n n - nk k _ _ _ 1 ' w ' A } , S S4'Z 4'Z 4Z 4'Zn 4'ZV ' n E V . STATE ASPDAL'r ASPDALr ASPHALT ' PLANT-Seven PLANT Seven - MUm M fieo west 01 o ? Ve Venial 'J1al J1al ' on A.5.phalt A5.phalt A5phalt Asphalt . . Ridge Photo by Thorne where it is broken down , then blend blend- blended blended blended - ed ed with proper proportions of sand sandthe sandthe sandthe ( the asphalt is 1s too tOD rich at some points pointsIn in the vein ) > , and then dumped into intotrucks intotrucks intotrucks trucks for delivery or storage . As- As Asphal Asphalt As Asphalt - phal phalt t Ridge has been estimated to tocontain tocontain tocontain contain enough asphalt to tD pave a ahighway ahighway ahighway highway from New York to San Fran Pran- Pran Fran- Prancisco Francisco Francisco - cisco ciscoDuring During 1935 the siate state plant employ emplov- emplov emplcvv- emplcvv employed emplovcd emplcvved - ed cd approximately 120 men and made madeVernal madeVernal madeVernal Vernal s largest payroll pa.yroll pa.yrollSince payrollSince payrollSince . Since the erection of the th * state 95- 95 as- as 95phalt asphalt as asphalt - phalt plant nearly 25,000 25000 , tons of ma- ma material material ma material - terial have been bren mined and treated treatedfor treatedfor treatedfor for the 33 miles mUes of road between Ver Ver- Vernal Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal - - nal and My Myton ton , . claimed to be one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the finest and most permanent roads in the WestAnd WestAnd West WestAnd And rock a asphalt phalt Is only one of the thevaluable thevaluable thevaluable valuable hydrocarbons which occurs occursin occursin occursin in abundance In the Ulntah Uintah Basin BasinNaturdal BasinNaturdal BasinNaturdal Naturdal resources with respect to tomtne tomine tomtne mtne mine als al'3 al3 ' need Psronomical es * ronomlcal rO'nomical rOnomical ' figures to topicture topicture topicture picture them accurately , , for Mother MotherNature MotherNature MotherNature Nature was h lavish hIsh \Ish Ish \ in her bestowal b bestow sto\\:1.1 sto1.1 sto :1.1 11 \ : . nl of valuable products in the region E- E Es- Es Etlmates Estimates Es & Estimates - - timates tlmates Indicate that no less than thanfcrty thanfcrty thanforty fcrty million barrels of shale oil oU lie liein liein liein in the Uintah Basin waiting to be beclaimed beclaimed beclaimed claimed , along with Wltl wltii ) 500,000 500000 , tons of ofammonium ofammonium ofammonium ammonium sulphate ' 700,000,000 700000000 , , tons Mons tonsof Monsof tonsof of bituminous coal and 30,000,000 30000000 30,000,000tons 30,000,000tons 30,000,000tons 30000000tons , , tons of gilsonite gil.sonite . . |
