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' X"- - - - " f :” L y " j & g 41 ' “ -- v' - XJEW methods of mining and lx new uses for - the product mark the progress of Utah’s gilsonite industry which Is producing at the'rate of 70000 tons and is doirg in excess of $1500-00- 0 worth of business annually With a new development in chemical engineering gilsonite from Bonanza will be transported via oil pipeline and refined in the same manner as crude oil The American Gilsonite Co will build a new plant costing between $200000 and $300000 in the spring which will reduce the ore to a talcum powder fineness and render it soluble It then will go through Lake pipelire the Rangely-Sal- t £i rZi £52 I li - : - - 71$:" r New Mine Method New Uses for Utah Gilsonite - ‘ l ' 7 - ’Wui' f - t TT l -" :"'fu7U:C zr SS?¥ 'I vuff — J" -- 5- -- 5887 ' r ? y - f r y ' x yt k - j - y ? t v-- f t-- rr I J Co into and into gasoline HE new' plant will employ between 40 and 50 workers and its output will be the equivalent of 100 to 600 barrels of crude oil daily It also will mark the first time gilsonite will have been converted into hydrocarbon oils and their byproducts This unique hydro-carbo- n is found principally in the state of Utah in the Uinta basin with some smaller deposits over the line in Colorado The American Gilsonite Co largest producer A 5SKU7Gwi3 last year launched an open pit mining operation which is proving highly successful A surface vein which extends approximately two miles and averages between 7 to 8 feet in thickness is being worked by blasting the ore and draglimng it out Operations already have penetrated 100 feet below the surface This method is proving faster than the ordinary shaft operation and other conventional mining methods where blasting is not feasible Gilsonite is put to many other uses one of the newest being for automobile underseal It also is widely used as protective coatings such as electrical insulating varnish roof paints baking and enamels it goes into molded products like battery boxes electrical parts and ornamental pieces it is used in building materials wax compounds barrel linings printing inks air-dryi- rubber compounds mastic floors and pipe coatings 1 ECHNOLOGISTS designate gilsonite as asphaltite It occurs in vertical fissures unlike bitumens or asphalt which are found m pools beds or lakes Some of the Uinta basin veins have been mined to a depth of 500 feet without reaching the bottom Gilsonite is naturally pure and uniform It is waterproof resists acids and alkalis and has a high insulating value currents of any against electric the effects of the kind It resists sun’s rays contains no “fugitive” wax or greasy substances and can be combined readily with asphalts and bitumens in all proportions The American gilsonite plant at Bonanza Utah includes a cleaning grading and sorting process with approximately 50 wmrkers being employed in the various operations at that poiqt It then is trucked to the terminal at Craig Colo where it is sacked and shipped throughout the country Some 15000 tons of gilsonite annually goes into export trade the remainder being utilized by American manufacturers GREAT LAKE TIMBER COMPANY m PARK CITY UTAH Mining Timber Ties and Lumber Treated Poles Piling Mine Caps and Mine Wedges - f ¥ New open-pi- t mining methods are being em-ployed by American Gilsonite Co in its oper- - to the Salt Lake Refining plaht which will convert it heating fuel heavy oils asphalt and probably later N"k Part 2 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday January 16 1949 12 E ¥- -$ '“' ' ations art Bonanza Utah Ore is snaked out by dragline trucked to cleaning plant near-b- y HUNT FOR NEW ORE West Yields Uranium Utah’s THROUGH south astern a d&r'ation dert p cf propoctcr is truog-ir- p rt t Hs appoarare is rvicn the earr as it was ha’f a century ago— a couple cf patcrt burros with packs bigger tvan themscHes ard --prbaps a deg P- -t h s e'j' p e 1 is d fferert Instead of th° mners picx ard pan be carries a small case strapped to hs back and wears arpi ores n n the cf San J southern Utah lease to Yanadi Ccrp krd of cheks bv America's preg-re- s deselopmert of atomic& energy and stimulated by bonus offer of SlOlXO for the first 20 tors of 20' iranum ore taken from a rjw depoit the minerals search fer radct!ve la as m rg rajor preport ors In 4Ke Te wet an cunt d its locatcn I asas u-- n in ness cf the blanket and disclose whether the hole is barren or t- feme out cf toe earphones the pitches cairp and propectrr ’arts to d g for bs Ge ger murtcr has told hi'n radicactne ore les somewhere betirar neath the surface Spurred The A EC wnll :m a 'orrrnls- - stimulation is seen in the projected flan to replace the White Canjon pilot plant with a larger plant in the near future The Morticello receiwrg sta- on cf the ACE eKpedted its operation in 39t8 through installation cf an automatic samaail-abl- e pler which makes on ores within two weeks after delivery The Montioello mIl aNois undergoing modification so that it can handle reduction of the irar urn content of carnotite ores The most active uranium prospecting field today stretches sirae 150 mles m a great circle from Moab Utah takirg in sec-toof the Navajo reservation m Arizona and New Mexico Ore from this area have been treated for a rumber cf vears at tne Montmelo plant being operated for the atomic energy con mi'son bv the American Co Pmetirg and which has beenRefining receiving ores combining vanadium and uranium Vanadium Corp also op- r-- Wheo the rnght their fnd of uranium might be The core wdl show the thick- aradium - uranium at Durango Colo Further -owred mi in te Canvon d nn county ns enered and is a co'elc guarded secret wth th stnrtic energy commission keepsrg its "top drawer securely locked and trrjfr wraps The A EC discloses th’s much: It is negotiating with the Vaiadun Corporation of America to buy uranium from two plants whch are to be brought Into operation by the ccrporaori dr-i-- g nt erates a u r a n i u m-- v anadum plant at Naturida Colo Uranium ore presonts a pararature The larger the depcst the lower the grade A brown rotten rock surface is a s gn that uranium is underneath The Gf iger counter will confirm t us The ore lavs like a blanket m the rock usually about 15 to 21 feet wide and from one eighth of an inch to C6 feet thick The higrmst grade ore is found m tlarets fourwh’ h run thickness approxifett in mately It also shows up in pockets which mav suddenly disappear When this happens the prospector mav spend weeks before he again encounters a continuation cf the ore blarket 1&19 dox of 0 XK of theiiebv plants is he rg tie Vanadium constructed 'lines Mills nrtustrial Punt fZ rZi jimf and I cd OTOBS Tran formfrt National CgiW fcpctalire in Cla H frabnc lnsnU-to- r Motors aterproof and H Ollrf(Mf PiRT MOTOR RhUDIG Experienced prospectors up a d amend core drij Sehraga Llcctrif Co Tit SOtTH 1ST WIST - ur pg-ii- brirg to fund out just how valuable If fertile farther drill-lr- g the deposit and determine if it is rich enough to fertile will outline Some prospectors have mine gone m as deep as 100 feet in order to take out vital uranium ore and have cleared as much as S200 in a single day Their tire’ess search for this element undoubtedly will bring the desired result — will uncover deposits m America that will make the present sources of uranium in Canada and the Belgian Corgo available to processors In countries allied with the United States irr the development of atomic energy Already reports of new deposits of ths element have come from Idaho the first indication that uranium might be found A there ven traceable for 360 feet on the surface is claimedby G Elmo Shoup and his brother R M Shoup operating along Agency creek from Lemhi pass to the Lemhi river Samples sent to Denver Colo assayed as high S3 2 51r'c of uranium three oxide eight ore This find is near the rim of the Idaho batholith where concentrations of lead and other minerals are extensively mined Also from Idaho shipments of monazite sand from which thorium is obtained have been reported Thorium is another element used in production of atomic energy Deposits of monazite from which sizable tonnages have reportedly been contracted by a Chicago chemiL cal firm are located near six-fo- rb-- — ot u Mc-Cal- The search for uranium also has developed a satelLte industry in Utah — the manufacture of Geiger counters Gordon Bab-b'- e of Moab buvs the Geiger-Milltubes the heart of the device and constructs the counters His model is housed in a case about the size of two cigar boxes and is plenty sturdy lor lorg prospecting trips The Moab sign reading "Get Tour Geiger Counter Here” is er w i 5? 1 jk j f3T 5fiL "THE EIGHT STAR CITY" -- X- Most centrally located city in Salt Lake Valley location library Excellent Industrial sites served by Playgrounds recreation ball park tennis courts swimming pool and children's playground equipment Property protected by zoning ordi nance Planning Commission for greater three railroads national and state highways Member Jordan School District Utah's outstanding educational center Six new subdivisions for residences 1VISDVALE lnvit$ r — Nii tslVuaffataiB of Salt lake I County tan® development and beautification Utah's Eight-Sta- r Your Inspection for Industrial end Homo Building Sites City e qj)u a (c f£)iz&di? m |