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Show T , - Uintah Gilsonite IS ISVital is isVital . Vital War Material . On One * of Qf oS ttr the . rarest of or natural orc ores oresis oresIs U is found uid and mined In the south south- southern southem . - , ern em bythe part of the Ulntah Uintah county by bythe bythe the Barber Asphalt A3phalt Corporation at 4 < + Bonanza ' ! Ttr be The gt1sonne gllsomte cusonn * is believf bellev believedto 1 < a ato to be an oil oU residue which natur nature natures naturesnatural s snatural depocl-1 depocl 1 deposf1 natural distillery dist1llery plant left deposf- deposf - I 1 fed ted In a vein seven even and a half halt feet feetwide feetwide feetwide wide several miles mUes long Ions : and over overtwelve overtwelve overtwelve twelve feet teet deep It Is lB quite possibl4 pos- pos possibJ pos-&ln pos &ln ln - sibl4 sibJ & ) " that thousands and maybe maybemJlllons maybemlllions maybemil mJlllons mlllions Horn of ot year years aio ago the earth 1 ) 1cracked cracked open at this point releas- releas releasIng releasing releas-ini releas ini - - Ing ; oil oU from trom the lower depths to toflow toflow toflow flow throuth through the openlni opening Later Later'began Laterbegan 1 1 " ' began to come together again and andthe andthe andthe the oil oU captured In the ' opening had hadt t , so much heat and pressure on Itthat it itt itthat t that hat It distilled the U1e gasoline andkerosene and andkel"06ene andkerosene kel"06ene kel06ene kerosene " leavlne leaving the oil oU residuey residue residuewhich \ ' which I is * known a as gilsonlte SOnite gusonite gilsonlteThe g SOniteThe gusoniteThe The Bonanza mine ha has alxty sixty fivei five fiveemployees employees and could easily easUy use/ use useanother use useanother useanother / another twenty to increase thecapacity the theca.pacity thecapacity ca.pacity capacity . out put for the tilling mUng filling tillingt > t f back orders With man powershortage power powershortage .hortage hortage shortage . acute In this area the op operators op- op operators operators - - erators have been unable to meet the Increasing demand since the thewar thewar thewar war started Ollsonlte OUsonlte Oiisonite now plays a avery avery avery very Important part In the manuffacture manu manufacture ffacture < + facture fmture of synthetic rubber as aJ alubber a alubber J lubber ubber extender and tor for this rea reason rea/ rea reason { / son alone production Is pushed to tofull tofull tofull full capacityAt capacityAt capacity capacityAt At Bonanza gllsonlte gUsonIte gllsonite Is min- min min'd min4d min-Vnd min Vnd - \'d 'd d 4d \ " ' about three hundred and f1tty fifty fiftyVset het fiftyhet et below the surface In large largebarrel largebarrel largebarrel barrel like llke containers with theuse the theuse theuse use of a small gasoline hoist Here Herethe Herethe Herethe the ore Is dumped Into a rotaryscreen rotary rotaryscreen . -screen screen - "creen creen screen " where the rock . and other'foreign other otherforeign -foreign foreign 'foreign forelgn ' - material Is picked out The Thei There Theere i ( ere re Is then washed and turned In inc c , ' to a conveyor which takes It thru thruseveral thruseveral several .everal everal . hot air tunnels which dryt dry t before it Is put into sacks The 4 < . 4re re is I.s . then trucked to the railroad railroadat railroada at a t Cralg Craig Colorado Turcks haul/ haul haulc haul / , c ( ighleen Ighteen cghteen tons per load If the man manpower manpower manpower power were available the thL mine mineould mineould minecould could ( ould stand a 50 percent Increase to toell ill III ell the piesent present pI esent orders Before the thev v \ . ' , ar sixty percent of ot the company sK s slc 1 1ut lc ( ut put was exported to countries countriesoverseas countriesoverseas countriesoverseas overseas and now the whole amount produced la Is sold old In the Uni uni- United united Uni- Uni United - - ted States StatesAt S StatesAt ta . t.es tes . ! At the present time the company companyhas companyhas 1 h88 has an average payroll of ot twelve twelvethousand twelvethousand thousand dollars ana dno ano the property propertyh88 propertyhas propertyhas twelveI I h88 has an assessed amassed valuation of ot about aboutthree aboutthree aboutthree three hundred thousand dollars dollarsThe dollarsThe dollarsThe The taxes paid to Ulntah utnt.ah utntah Uintah . County Countyamounts Countyamounts Countyamounts amounts to about 10 per cent of o1 ofthe o1the ofthe the total amount of taxes paid CountyI in inthe inthe Inthe I the county'The countyThe county countyThe The 'The ' ore Is used in ma1&in ma1in malklni mak & n ! . bat battery battery battery tery boxes asphalt 88phalt base noor floor noorI noortUe floortile floortile I tUe tile a base bas for tor linoleum as a can con canstltuent constituent constituent stltuent stituent In water proof paIn paints ts andI andarnlshes andvarnishes and andvarnishes I varnishes \arnlshes arnlshes \ as Insulation on electile elec electIle electric tIle tric cables and other materialsthat materials materialsthat materialsthat that must be Insulated In materialsI some ofthe ot of otthe ofthe I the new plastics pla.stics . that have been de developed de- de developed developed - - veloped and In engraver engravor engra vor s ink Amore A Amore Amore more Important use made of Itnow it itnow itnow now is as a.s . a rubber extender In themanufacture the themanutacture themanufacture manutacture manufacture of ot synthetic rubber rubberAt rubberAt rubberAt At the present ttme time the Bonanzamine Bonanza Bonanzamine Bonanzamine mine consists of a vertical shaftto shaft shaftto shaftto to a depth of ot three hundred andfifty and andtiny andfifty tiny fifty feet teet with several entries runnine run runnlng running nlng ning along the vein In either direc direc- direction direction dlrec- dlrec dlrection - - tion The men go down in and out outot outof outof ot of the mine by means of ladders laddersI laddersextending laddersextending ) I extending down the shaft This is isto isto Isto to be remldlcd remldled remidied In the near future futurewith futurewith 'Ith Ith with < ' the Installation of a large largeelectric largeelectric largeelectric electric hoist that will wUl have a man mancage mancage mancage cage to lower and raise the men In Inthe Inthe Inthe the shaft It is the Intention ot o1 otcompany o1company ofcompany company to make this mine safe safeand safeand safeand and modem as It can be made with withpxpandlng withexpanding withexpanding pxpandlng expanding It to a larger unit with withmore withmore withmore more modern equipment and mach machInery machfinery machInery Inery finery Even the camp and homes homesare homesare homesare are being modernized to make it ita ita ita a more desirable place for the cmployees em emI employees I ployees to live The company Is Installing In InI installing I stalling ; a pumping plant and pipeline pipe pipeline pipeline line on ort the White River three anda and a half halt miles mUes away which with aone a aone aone one hundred and fifty thousandgallon thousand thousandgallon thousandgallon gallon storage tank will supply themine the themine themine mine and homes with all the water waternecessary waternecessary waterI I necessary Until this Is completed completed11 completeddl ill \11 11 dl \ water used In the camp mustbe must mustbe be mustjbe trucked in inGenerators inGenerators inGenerators mustj Generators with a two hundredhose hundrffi hundred hundrffihose hundredhose hose power diesel engine to poweri power powerthem I them arc are being Installed which will wUl insure both mine and the carpsufficient camp campsufnc1ent campsufficient sufnc1ent sufficient electricity The companyintends company companyinten companyintends inten intends 3 to kuild build twenty more fam fam- famIly family family - ily house housea houses * to take care ol of the mar mar- married married . - ' ried ned employees , and what Ihtereststhe Ibterests Ihterests Ibtereststhe intereststhe the workers is the new bath home house homewhich housewhich housewhich which is equipped with showers showersand showersand showersand and plenty of at locker apace space and at- at attacned attacned at-lacned at lacned - tacned 10 to the new heating unit unitwhich unitwhich unitwhich which will wm soon oon be completedThe completedThe completed completedThe The company and camp it to berf"mp beermp be bermp -rmp rmp rf"mp rfmp ermp < - " imented imenLed invented on the appealance appearance appeal ance ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the homes and grounds ( rounds of the theL theLU theute L . 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Jll- Jll Jlle ii 11 - ( . e a straight lows rows of homes homesare homesare homesare are neatly painted with all debrlB debris debrlBcleareu debriscleared debriscleared cleareu cleared Ii uway away way making the little littlecamp littlecamp littlecamp camp a pleasing sight to any visi visitor visi- visi visitor visitor - tor and a nice place to live Theschool The Theschool Theschool school house located In one cor corner cor- cor corner corner - - ner of ot the camp has ha.s . ample spacefor space spacetor spacefor tor for the children chlldren to romp and play playAbout playAbu.t playAbut About Abu.t Abut . tour four and one half milessoutheast mUes miles mUessoutheast milessoutheast southeast of the Bonanza campthe camp campthe campthe the company Is sinking anothershaft another anothershaft anothershaft shaft into a vein of gllsonlte gflsonite thatis that thatis thatis is sixteen feet wide over twice aswide as aswide aswide wide as a.c ac . ; the vein at the camp Already AI Al AIready Already ready this shaft Is producing haltof hall halt hallof haltof of the total out put of the Co Asthis As Asthis Asthis this shaft is developed only the thebu.t thebest bu.t but best t . tAi and modern equipment wUl will wUlbe willbe willbe be used thereby Increasing its em of emciency ofciency etQclency ciency In spite of the manpowE'r manpowEr manpowE'rshortage manpowershortage manpowershortage ' shortage |