Show w The wheels of energy developments seem to be turning very slowly We are referring to the development of the vast coal oil shale and tar sands deposits in the Uinta Basin One of these resources lies within two or three miles of Vernal's city limits in n Asphalt Ridge Bitumen literally oozes from Crom the oil oil impregnated rock Co found nd in Asphalt Ridge and it is estimated to contain over a billion barrels of oC oil Asphalt Ridge has been the center of oC tar sands activity il inthe in inthe the country but things are moving very slowly there Getting the oil from Crom thousand thousand- stone doesn't seem to be the problem Sun Oil C Company has been doing it since 1967 at Athabasca in Canada where open pit mining is employed Petroleum Company is developing a acre mine near the south end of oC the ridge where tar sand averages 65 feet and ranges up to feet in thickness Arizona Fuels Fuels' Corporation started to mine the tar sands from land but the shutdown of the refinery in Roosevelt hindered this development The U. U S. S Bureau of oC Mines is experimenting with a method of oC tar sand extraction on the north end of oC Asphalt Ridge This process involves injecting heat into a series of wells to create a flow of oil into another set of wells from which it can be extracted There are other larger deposits of t tar r sands sands' in the state probably not as rich as Asphalt Ridge but some contain contain contain con con- tain more overall oil potential The largest deposit in the state is the Tar Sand Triangle located between the the Dirty Devil and Green Rivers The P P. P R R R. Springs Springs' deposit in Southern Uintah County is estimated to contain over four million barrels of oil in places s and covers over square miles Senator Frank E. E Moss has persistently worked to get favorable leasing considerations con considerations side rations for federal tar sands lands ln s. s comparable to that h t considered as oil and gas lands We hope the tar taI sands commercial oil extraction development ca can get underway soo soo and fill the void prior to oil shale production The tar sands production of about 1000 barrels a day would get us ready for the and barrels a day oil shale production and help th the country move in the direction of supplying supplying supplying sup sup- plying its petroleum needs from other sources than crude oil The increasing price of oil is certainly making the economics of tar sands oil more attractive than it has ever been before The Utah Division of the American Cancer Society is asking physicians and dentists to help clean the air The Cancer Society points out that secondary smoking is a health hazard and for this reason it is asking doctors and dentists to take a strong stand against smoking by placing Thank you for Cor not smoking signs in their office waiting rooms With health care costs rising we will all be paying more for Cor tobacco costs whether we smoke or not a Cancer spokesman stated The President of Utah's Ca Cancer Society remarked The society's support of laws against smoking in public places is designed to protect smokers non from Crom the harmful effects of oC other peoples people's smoke We do not presume to suggest that anyone does not have the right to smoke Rather we discourage smoking for Cor purely medical reasons and support restrictions on smoking in public places to protect the clean air of oC smokers non-smokers the cancer president concluded A storm is coming our direction this week according to weather reports Anyone want to guess how we will fare this time Winter ice and snow is sure to come but it is sure r nice ce to delay its coming as long as possible This makes the visions of spring all the closer But what about the moisture Let the snow fall In the mountains and the rain come to the valleys Even if we could manipulate the weather we wouldn't dare for fear of disturbing the balance of nature and we dont don't think we could do du better than we have had so far this year anyway |