Show I WEALTH IN UTAH HYDROCARBONS i. i Value of Deposits in iii Uintah Country is Realized by Few t MANY USES FOR PRODUCT t Large Operations Under Wair Way Wai r C and Others to tor r F Follow i t. t F C While 1 lat hat portion of o known as ts tho Uintah reservation P has hns mines of DC gold old C copper l silver and an Iron iA Its vast st deposits of ur hydrocarbons havo have at attracted nl- nl anti and I et these mo most t. t attention a I yet thle not the tho attention otto atten doubtless o hn cIel Ion tion the they deserve Lark Lack of all adequate fuat facilities Is the thc conn- conn transportation lr tr try try's drawback Vernal the thc r 4 h ln 12 R metropolis of tie the tle section being hoing r t. t C miles from zon either of the tho I tal tol Jines of or railroad Tho 1110 railroad rail rail- I ril ral- ral iI I road now being built from Denver to Salt Jal Lake 1 e City will viii wH pass piss directly I h t that thai ha t ri rich rih cli Coil country ii try I. I rie Vernal Vornal In Inin an in attractive C- C holiday number just I issued gives a n comprehensive rl review ew of or lh the llio hydrocarbon hydro hydra r i carbon anti and ml other oilier ruining mining Interests Of dt f hn t r region lon showing tw tin that t more moie devol- devol Ile cl Is using done inie than is IN generally j t IC hlf with vItI Indications that there theio C 1 I to lu be ho 1 greatly Inc a activity the C coming coining year oar That fiat part of the tue review rc if relating 1 to tie the h hydrocarbon roon tolO deposits I cc for fOI wh which IJ ich ti the II distinguishing In terms 1 and are arc tho those most f I. I used Is of or special Interest on I account of oC Iii being so Sf rare ho he only oily other deposits IR of or ut Importance p C olt of oC Utah h ln those of or the C. C Trinidad Islands On li this i subject n tho the I sS s'S says says- I C P roll Ply Yield C Thin Tho total hydrocarbon area has been f i 1 estimated nl nt about miles milos s square flout lY jf 1 J C ami aUth mil the thc probable yield at It I. I j tons exclusive of nf the thc veins f I 4 t i tho uie tons bituminous limestone out and the sand santI C I Es C. C c 10 deposits C The Tho deposits begin beg at the tho thoa t I I a Into line In of Utah anti and Colorado and I extend tend into Indian Luke I-ake and ini sm ins Sams canyons Iun on CO no miles southwest of Port Fort The value alu of the tho C i 1 10 10 i per ton anti and the tho G per ton tori it Il c can n h bo 14 readily seen seon that the tho of this vast Yost count country together r Wi with wih tt the tho riches of or the agricultural a ami Si 1 lal stock raising in industries will wi one tn lay day Startle lh the world mn may be he ht described a as the thc C purest form of crude crudo bitumen onto I is al also o o spoken o ot of aM at it mineral rub rub- rubI I her ber tho the name 1 by which c 1 the product of or Indian canyon district t Is generally 1 n. Jn In that same amr rH district other othor S ns of or this mineral It love bavo recently n found 11 0 which arc called callet calel cl erlte I t lie known aa ni kw wiLI JI nl 4 r. r m m n I. I ll-l' ll t fl-t i w H 01 i- i ui lin tH the hJ hills which divide lv le lc Ashley valley aler 3 from front the alc valley f I The chief hydrocarbon n fields fells l j are aro In what is II known as the tho Uintah b basin 7 to hounded bounded on the north h by the great lct C rII range l. l with wil a length of 4 miles micH a 3 width of 60 mic miles and ana iris whoso oso r peaks ris rise to altitudes 8 of or more mor than i- i 13 n feet feH above tho the level 1001 of oC th the na sea lr the by hy the asa On nn west thc 1 range avd tAI on nn the south fouth h by the Book nook cliffs lers which l C for more tItan than O miles mils mil's on the tho lw south th sO faco present nt a n line lino of almost unbroken JC cliffS two thousand feet feel In average i C i q above their b base boso o and ami n on the 1 h by Yampa plateau and tho the ht hills fo forming ming a basin 17 z miles in m len length th and anti miles in I width th C no hundred and twenty miles mies to tho the south JK Is II th the tho Denver Dener and antl Rio TUo Grande Crande Granle railroad and atul about the tho same distance to tp the north is the Union Pacific rail rall- ral- ral 2 j road road At the present tune time all freight freight- i lug log or at leapt most all all al I is done dom byC by h. C 1 wagons lh Tim Uintah railroad running J from Dra Dragon ol Utah to Mack Colorado C a p distance of or 51 I miles Is 11 taxed to Its I. I fo utmost capacity ll n adequate transportation trans trans- o facilities tho the mineral output C of 0 This basin hosin Would be e enormous I ISCH Arc tre ArC I j i The uses to which the hydrocarbons s n be arc aro so varied that It is IN al almost oh- oh most beyond leyn belief It has lately I been 1 Co t that mt 52 bl hi can n be 10 m mado lo from them Including 13 different nt of o oil nil These include cement lot for paving streets proof water paint lo for foe 1 guns hll varnishes coating for barbed I t C- C Jr 1 jre fences coating coaling sea 80 walls wals of or brick briel rind and masonry coating paving pa brick proof acid proof lining for chemical tonics tanks pitch insulating electric wire C o stack paint coating poses poles posts post and lies lubricant for or heavy len mn 01 torpedo proof f pile coo coating tn cover cover- Or 11 Ing wood block paving pl blot binder pitch ti for fot culm In making ant and quette coal rubber betting belting of or all al dc- dc rubber f for y l' boot hoot and shoe I C heels rubber for hoots boots ansi and ant and I in fact indo for all ol 1 kin IB of ruh rubber er goods Pipe coatings rot reservoir coatings floorings floor floor- Hool- Hool logs ings R and railroad coatings Afler nil all nl the above and man many other things 8 ha lave have beets been cn mado from rein thin isis wonderful won won- mineral it I has haM been said snit that enough h colors are ale left to make malce the theis te 1 is sI quality of or ink and that oven even on onUte tift titter Ute r that there lucre will wi b be bc plenty left for load lead fol leat pencils i The manufacture of these hydrocarbons hydro hydra carbons Into Inlo rubber will wil cheapen the thc eo cost 1 t el very materially A fact ry has hashe haslee he lee been n established In Salt SaI Lake City Cly by hy the tho Salt I Jakc Pittsburg Oh Oil 01 company which is to turn out oL millions of nr dollars dollars' Worth of or lul rubber goods varnishes and auth paints Inn annually These varnishes hs rind anil paints resist the tho attacks of acids CUmA and alkali On Oui 01 Ironwork rk th they prevent nt corrosion an anti and 1 on woodwork wood wood- work worl thc they absorption and prevent defy tIu oilmen is 1 I lH nf of ff res Ai-res IC Thousand of ot acres of nr mining loud lain C have ha c boon been patented and thousands haver haeL have ha e r L boon loe located lell in lila lids section of or th the ll 3 Il 11 Is II wild staid that the lie tle most valuable of the he and insl it el claims il aro atC owne-l owne IC h by th ii Gilson Asphaltum company th the I American Asphalt a association n and lie tho haven Havon tn Hn Mining companies but bul there hero are I I tl companies and Individuals aluik acquiring alu ik ing much of sf h the land at nt t pie present The he TheL Haven Mining company owns the h bent wL L of ot it mo 10 lands In the ulm Indian canyon nn and lake U can n district This company cum com pany pan obtained permission from Crom the iho gov gor n eminent lo to locate claims prior to th the nhu of the tho thC t ri rt n In In 1003 11 th the tho company s r a leaK through Major thru Indian a agent elt ti tn work vork certain Int rite It claim Almu the tho same time timo a n per permit a was i f th li company lo to prospect an and 10 local cat I claims In and the HaUl was wa 0 b ban ban ban an act of congress The Raven rom corn pany pan has Iw dunn donn a n great grent deal el of or d development work wok mu and the thc report is ii that future operations will b ie le more cx ex Last year th lucre thoro rl was a n ton tonof of oC nearly three thousand ton shIpped from this thi comp company's nH property the value of or whIch n Wf was in th lie tho hood of o h The Tho tonnage this yeal will wi doubtless ec exceed that thol though h oni onlan an estimate can en bo be 10 mall male The Tho Rover Raver Ra Mining company compan was incorporated d in Jr l liOS Il under r tho ho laws Jaws of or Illinois Tin Phi capital stock tock of or the tho company n Is rs fluid and ald the thc par pie value of the stock is jq lO Io per sharp share har The Tho property properly of the tho company com corn pany Is 15 11 shout about abolt twenty miles south BOlth of or Fort For Duchesne Tho rho On liner vein oln owned b by this company can he be traced across CIt S th the plain piais for about n c miles In tn which distance ills Ib dis- dis tance It varies I In ip width from a 0 knife blade to Ul thirty I I Inches a a. 3 common width being from rein ten to 10 sixteen Inches am anti nl there man many other laterals or branches The course of or the Ule lie vein eln I Is north t thirty thirty- live Jive degrees west st The Tho vein and lateral ha have havo hal l been en prospected ct at aL intervals fo for their tur h ir entire length th and nud the turin fissure about midway a has haR 1 boon 11 mined to of t n about HOO 2 feet et with slopes one nc hun hun- drel and fifty feet foet each oh way from the tho shaft Near lh the iho surface the thein vein oln in has hag Icen removed with wih Interruptions to of from three to fort forty Inches ii In I those surface workings rite Tho I company compan shipped last year about ahou 2100 jM tons tosia to Price This hl year lar the Is I tip up to t the tho h n average ilson A nun flu mI I Th The G Gison hison A Asphaltum in company form erl NI o a as tho the St Si rOI Louis Asphaltum company which is probably identical with wih the tue Runway company a asfar ns as far as us ownership Is Is 11 o the lar largest cst acreage of patented claims I lm Iii Jit fo t that hat lint company compan owns more moro claims than har all al oIlier companies or r Individuals is I The holdings of at patented nod and ground will nil wIl exceed 30 acres At t the tho pJ nt time Hmo thu o most active c t c opera operations t o 1 of this rom rom- pan pany are aro all heln being carried nn on at nl tho tue the tho Back Dragon vein ln at al Dragon the terminus of or the tho railroad This I t vein ein In I Is t traceable rau hlo for fot ro four Cou r and wI er a overage average e six fl foot feet In width for two I miles It I h has two or throe three pa r 11 1 te veins from two to feet I apart lie llo average n width of which I Is about aboUl two lOOt feet CN In width Tho The available available avail avail- I able Alle tonnage of ot th the tho Black Dragon lion has laN boon estimated at 70 j tons which at 10 1 tl per ton would have bave h c a n gross rI value rIo of o I lt v Ve will wl only mol menion mention men mn- t ion tion of or a few tew of the iho mot most mOt important of t th the he Iho Y veins ln of this company the most v valuable of or which is perhaps the Cowboy Cow Cow- I boy ho George II H. I ildridge rp In hl lila his report I lo I t the tIP United States gc geological SU surrey survoy 1 l has fa ion the tho ln folo following to RR say of this vein rein The Thc Cowboy is lh the tho largest of three Y Veins ins In lh the White river rier region rc a maximum maxi mum width of eighteen 11 foot feet having ha hor been n oh observed r at aL the tho c crest crost re t of th the ridge two miles north of the Il river 1 In either direction direction brechan brec- brec tion han from noun this point ft thins c on b but ut maintains a n width of oC from from cl eight ht to toen t ten en feel fuet for three or four milts miles JUH and I a bout about four feet reet et for fo noarl nearly six Mix It t total otal length is L. between seven cn and eight miles I The rho Wont West e t vein or Of as ns it Is Is' Is s sometimes called the thc I Bonanza 1 c cnn can an be he traced for seven Cn miles mileR and shows I on the average five feet foet In width for three miles and and amI four fu feet foet in in width foj fo g the ogI i ia a J I h n rou r l h al vein In average cras ten t feet I t hi tt w al n Its course There are man many other veins in the region of tho lie Cowboy and an lion Uon- m arza za one ono of which three hf miles mj southwest south south- I west vest of the Bonanza Is la traceable on un cause the the- surface for ono one mile with a width of from t two to lo three and one half fool feet Work urk ull In Open lieu The Tho vein ein is about two an 1 one half miles ca east t of or the fort font and the tho thomine mine there thoro was equipped rl with a hoarding hoard hoard- lug ing house and The mine is worked or rather has lx been cn worked W wo we believe It Is 11 idle now by m an Dp open n trench tl half hair a mile l n and ninety feet deep that I is the tho vein rein hn has teen been underhand storied sloped for this thin Working underground underground under under- ground round with naked J lights was wa tried rich but butan an n 1 explosion of or dust In lon Ion In the air all 1 killed two mon mn anti and blew it a hole to the Jut surface p. p py the present pl method thc they have ha daylight ht to lo sino mino by hy The Tho is 18 simply brokers broken with a miners miner's pick aol ant sent to tho surface h b ha by bya I a horse whim when It Is sacked ant and th then n sent to market marlet The vein as us shown in the workings averaged three feet in iii width of ot pure vet very little country country country coun coun- try rock or 01 foreign matter being mixed with Ith It The walls rails of the vein are sandstone sandstone sand sand- I stone and the vein is vertical its strike being north fort forty degrees s west When hen mined near nar the surface the was divided Into first nn and 1 second grade but a ax as d dc was gained the tho second class disappeared c. and anti now only onh tho the first t qu quality Is produced This property lion has worked for 01 or the lie past twelve c or fifteen years yearn earl and anti when n In operation the output was waR about SOO X I tons per month The Tho price r realized d at that timo limo wa was I I pur per ton on In St. St Louis The total co cost t oi ot of production and transportation amounted II I to I about 21 per pel ton This Thin company compan rind and I the tho Railway Hallway company havo have accomplished ac no- much touch towards the advancement advance an e- e ment and development of this section section- 01 of oC The American Asphalt association lion I owns the lie Bandana claim Bandana claim which I Is lo located Jo- Jo rated six Ix miles north of or the tho White rivet river TIlt The vein Is 17 feet reet In width of or pure The Tho American Amer l lean ican ean Asphaltum association is iK also a It conjoint owner with the Gilson on turn tum company of or the Sorrel Norvel claim This company owns some somo oilier property making a a. total including that Ju JuM jub 1 mentioned of If if about 00 IC acres Tim flu shipments of the company probably amounts to TOO 00 tons lonK per month Max x SmIths Smith is IH tho the Utah elah representative oCth of oC the tho m Asphaltum association S. S I P. of or St Rt t Louis is l' the tilO general l mona mana manager get Cl The existence of lh the of ur this IsIs country countr was wa- known fo o or years yearn ears before people hail had ran tiny any Idea n as to their values valises II 11 S. S Mocks I R J C. C rc Jets Jess 1 I. I 1 11 Woodard Woolard th he lie boys hoys and oilier othor r men of or the earlier r days dujo whon riding after alter cattle cattI 11 and nIl camping I in n the hurl bad lan lands thought ho tie was coal coat in some Mome 1 kind of or furm forni orm but bill when the they thoy attempted to |