Show J 7 t OIL J Convincing Exhibition of Distillation of Sanpete Rock Rock Th The officers of the tho Bald Mountain Moun Moun- C. C taro tain Oil company gave a public publics tt s cx exhibition 0 of t their ei experiment r reW retorting re re- W th 6 of of oil Monday l nd y after after- after after- Y noon oo h It It was s. s c certainly An an n eye eye- opener for opener for tho do doubters who have laughed at the atthe the company's nys ny's project sufficient sufficient- sufficiently all summer but were not sufficient sufficiently i n l int interested rested to mil miles miles- to to ly to-go to go two s' s t 1 examine the property The experimental retort t lt w was s s set setup setup t. t f up on H. H P. P Larsen's lot on Main Alain street tre for the c exhibition The Ther retort re re- tort is a an an i tight air-tight pot about two I feet high and about sixteen inches in diameter A two two-in two inch h pipe f I connects the retort with the condensed con con- apparatus where h re rethe the gas I thrown thrown off the shale is condensed 1 I into pure o oil l. l r For these experiments t the retort re- re re 1 e. e tort is placed in a small brick fire brick fireplace fire fire- pl place ce built especially for it it- A About fifteen or twenty p pounds pounds- of cracked cracked crack crack- I L ed pieces of shale were wera place in the tho pot and a fire was Vas built under i it lt In Ip about t fifteen 1 Ii minutes aft after fJ the fire was was started under the tho ref retort retort re re- tort the moisture f from rom t the h e t shale shale began begaIi to tj to flow out of the pipe This was followed in a few o v min minutes tes by a flow of gas gns which i was WIlS accompanied by a steady teady flow V Vj The fire j jj 4 of heavy pil J. oJ o. o 1 was was kept ept up f for r about h two hours I j. j at the tho end of which time over oer one w I quart q of oil had been bee t taken f. f from the shale 14 The e experiment pe h nt demonstrated beio beyond ci question that that Yit tb the ir im improved L proved apparatus which the tho com com- company com company f pany has has' has in in n view for working working the Q i g the e shale on n a commercial bas basis s an im im- J menco mence ence oil industry is going to be beThe built built up up in this city y The i t-j t t r I 1 L A- A 4 t for distilling the gas gas that is conn connected connected with tho the present en ex experimental ex- ex retort tort is js not of f s sufficient capacity to handle handl tho the great grea volume that that thatis is thrown off sh shale shale le Not mor more than t ten percent per cent of it i and when a match is is applied to the gas flowing from the pipe after hav having haying hay hay- lD ing passe passed through the the condenser it would throw fl a- a aflame flame two tor 01 three feet from the m mouth mouth- uth of the pipe Since this experience everyone is positive we are going to have an anoil anoil anoil oil boom Some of of I those who were the most skeptical about t the e proposition purchased ha k in the company company before the retort r or got cold |