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Show Dinosaur Bones Alfracl Thousands Of Tourisls Yearly VERNAL First discovered in dinosaur bones have become one of this areas finest tourist attractions, luring almost 71,000 persons to Dinosaur National Monument during 1954. And the National Park Service foresees an increase in visitors during 1955, due primarily to the development of an museum, whereby museum geologist Dr. Theodore E. White will create relief skeletons of dinosaurs amid the natural surroundings in which they lived. Original discoverer of the bones c of the monsters was Dr. Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, Pa. Carnegie operated the quarry from 1909 until 1922, when the National Museum and the University of Utah took over. Unfortunately, both institutions were only able to operate the site for two years. 1 rom 1924 until 1953, the quarry was dormant, but two years ago, following an upsurge of interest in the site due to controversy over the Upper Colorado River project, a federal appropriation enabled the Park Service once again to operate the quarry as a tourist 1909, center. Present Two More Companies Begin Plateau Work Uranium exploration activ ities hi the Colorado Plateau area and other mineralized regions of the western United States are being undertaken by the New Jersey Zme Co. and the Texas Co., the, two companies have announced. The exploration work w ill be con-- j ducted jointly by the two companies at present. Should ar.y uranium discovery be made with sufficient deposits to justify mining, a separate company may be formed later, the joint statement said. Small Frye Shop Vernal, Utah Alice H. Murray R. W. JONES (Consignee) work of exposing skeleTHE TEXAS CO. tons to view has been followed by repeat tourists, who have access to the site over five miles of newly Vernal Utah blacktopped road. Exposition and relief of the Skeletons will be a continuing project at the first supposed to be coal but upon museum, with funds for the purburning it gave off dense clouds pose being appropriated by Conof smoke, a characteristic asphalt gress to the National Park Service. odor and instead of reducing to ashes, it melted and ran in a stream like heavy molasses. Upon Might Help, At That cooling it appeared to regain its You dont have to VERNAL Vernal, Utah original form and, if anything, be- be tyrannosaurus to eat the steaks came even more glossy and black. being put out by the Hotel Vernal, The bank of Vernal was The vein was later traced for nor must you be brontosaurus to some three miles running north- enjoy the vegetables, but if you built in 1916 of Salt Lake west and southeast to the east- want to assume an identity conthat were City ward of Fort Duchesne, and with- sistent with the dining rooms new in the Uintah Indian reservation. name, grab off one or tother. in of 50 crates packed The country was swarming with Why? The hotels recently reand too each none shipped friendly Indians resenting modeled eatery now enjoys tie pounds the presence of these white pros- title of the Dinosaur Room. post. parcel by and no in was there pectors way which a title could be secured. The unique story behind FRED'S EASTSIDE Several years later a piece of was the building of this bank ground called the strip MARKET withdrawn from the reservation finds its sequel in the unand the St. Louis Gilsonite comFriendly Neighborhood Grocery pany commenced operations at the usual service which we Old St. Louis nine. Afterwards the Meats Vegetables Notions render Prof. community. was country investigated by East On U.S. 40 Phone 362-W. P. Blake and the name Umtah-it- e will like You the Vernal friendly Utah W'as given the substance but by this time it was locally called Gilof our officers and spirit sonite for Samuel H. Gilson, its employees who are imdiscoverer, and has been ever since. bued with the spirit of The gilsonite was first hauled THIRST PARLOR constructive service to the to Price over poor by teams mountain roads. Mr. Baxter, when community. Main Street Bar searching for a shorter and better road himself discovered the vein Where Old Friends Meet q Current Rate which now bears his name and is O on Savings. m south of Myton. The Bariette mine was opened on this vein and VERNAL, UTAH reached a depth of 990 feet when $10,000 FDIC Insurance an explosion m 1906 stopped work. Other veins were discovered but phenomenal finds were reported to the east and south of White River on the Uncompahgre reservation. WARREN TELEPHONE Mining has often been done in DAISY 384W and veins as narrow as 18 inches but at Bonanza the vein reached a width of eight feet, the Big BonSEVEN-ELEVE- N anza 14 feet and the Cowboy 18 Vs feet. One of these veins extended -VERNALS BEST-VERNA- L, across the state line into Rio Blanco county, Colorado. UTAH The Bonanza and Colorado districts became the center of much mining activity but output was re y. FUTURE FARMERS of America proudly display results of their years work. These boys and girls are only five of the thousands of youthful Americans participating in the FFA program so that they may become better farmers, stockgrowers and housewives. Panguitch rural areas also has its FFA groups, as active and successful as any in any other district. Gilsonite May Be Major Insulation Material of '55 Gilsonite, with the worlds major commercial deposits in Uintah Basin, plays a big part in the economic welfare of Vernal and Uintah County. The largets operations of this hydro-carboare just 55 miles southeast of Vernal in Uintah county at Bonanza, where the American Gilsonite Co. employs around 10 men. G. S. Ziegler Co. at a nearby camp also 0 has a substantial payroll. Over tons of the material are shipped out annually. Although gilsonite has been used n 90,-00- ANDERSON UPHOLSTERY SERVICE Clde R. Anderson Manager Phone Vernal 745W Utah in the past principally lor paints; varnishes, batteries, etc., it is now becoming a vital product for the manufacture of insulation. Tests have also been under way at Bonanza for the use of gilsonite for coking. The coking tests are proving very satisfactory, it is understood, and from all indications Uintah county may receive another major industry in the processing of gilsonite for high grade coke. Estimates say that 500 men will be required for a new process. A 1,000 ton plant per day would cost from six to ten million dollars, with coking towers 60 feet high For development work alone it would require a million dollars, it is estimated. , Batches from the pilot plant have been shipped to a number of aluminum plants and have proved very desirable as high grade coke. With the use of the gilsonite coke the aluminum plants are able to make a higher grade of product. The gilsonite coke is free from sulphur, present in other types of coke. UINTAH PLUMBING & HEATING CO. Licensed Plumbers Installation & Repairs Ted and Jerry T. Hatch Vernal, Utah Phone 740 of the process is which is easily converted 69 into octane gasoline. This gasoline could be put through the nearby Salt Lake pipe line. About the year 1885 it is reported some cattlemen in the vicinity of Fort Duchesne noticed some black glistening particles in an ant hill and further investigation led to finding large amounts imhnediately beneath the grass roots. This was A gas-o- il ASHTOII BROTHERS EASTERN I k I COMPANY THE BANK OF VERNAL bricks the Aj 2 CAFE UTAH'S LARGEST AND FINEST developed on an extensive scale. DEPARTMENT STORE 1 VERNAL UTAH the Uintah Railway. Bonanza. THORNE STUDIOS Portrait and Commercial Photographers West Main Phone 133W 18 Vernal ij WINGS Swain Building Roosevelt Utah DEPARTMENT STORE Outstanding Lines Of Ready-to-WeMens Furnishings Dry Goods & Shoes ar VERNAL UTAH |
