Show Aso Am Gilsonite Top Bidder on acre 40 Tract Utah State Land Board re- re reported re- re reported ported Friday that American Gilsonite Co of Salt Lake City was successful bidder for rights to mine 40 acres of gil- gil gilsonite gilsonite on the Uintah vein in Section 29 Township 9 South and Range 24 East in Uintah County BID or 2251 opined an acre Observers that the bid was unusually high because of the company's need to control the 4 acre 40 tract in relation to mining other property Other bidders on the small tr tract ct w were re Standard id Gilson G lson ite Co and Ziegler Chemical and Mineral Corp another gilsonite producer in Uintah County STANDARD WAS the only bidder on five tracts totaling acres in the Ouray area Here the bids ranged from 65 cents to per acre Abe Hatch of Vernal bid 25 an acre for 40 acres more than Standard Gilsonite The only bid that Ziegler made was an acre on the acre 40 tract that want want- wanted wanted ed |