| Show Shale Industry to Be Onet One t 6 4 of Utah's Big ig Enterprises t- t Uintah Basin Said to Hold j for Quantity and Quality of Deposits products By-products May Be 0 Used Use sed i for Many Commercial Purposes 1 j Salt L Lake ke Tribune I J. J That the oil shale Industry Is s des- des tuned to become one of ot th tha big commercial com coin 1 mercial enterprises of ot Utah and the thi n region is the of ot D. D DIL IL II Gustaveson a petro- petro Ileum engineer of Salt SaIt Lake who has from tho the basin where T-where he made a comprehensive e ex- ex lamination o of ot the oil oft shale deposits ln n eastern Utah and western Colorado i Mr Gustaveson was accompanied on Cs the trip by J. J D B. B Jones general manager of the Western Plains OH Oil company of Oklahoma and both were acting in n the capacity of consulting engineers for the Ute Oil on company which is operating extensively ely in the The Ute has drilled a number o of validating wells and is now pro pro- to put standard rigs into op- op Mr Gustaveson reports that e and Mr Air Jones selected more than thana a dozen places to be drilled by eastern Interests Before Defore leaving the basin Mr Gus aveson procured a large number o of shale and sand samples for testing purposes He lie has been giving considerable con con- attention to this phase of oC be oil oU industry for or some time and ana In connection with hs us research work as devised a 3 laboratory apparatus OT the extraction of gas oil on and other products from oil and fOIl eoll sands Ope One not familiar with the situation situa tion can have but a- a slight conception c of f the enormous values stored away Thi the shale deposits of Utah said tr lr Gustaveson Gustave on yesterday Valuable Vain I able rable oil and sands are found Un many places in fa n the state but in- in Ves o far tar indicate that the UIntah basin i is entitled to the blue both with reference to iy ty and nd quality of the shale deposits Immense Yield Under government supervision Dr Davd T. T Day Dean E. E Winchester E E. G. G Woodruff and others otheN have been making mak ng careful surveys of the oil shale hale deposits since 1913 and it I ib estimated that in this basin alone there are shale deposits ts feet or more thick to yield 45 k barrels of crude oil all rom which barrels of gasoline may be extracted b by ordin orda- ary methods of ot refining And it is s 6 afe to a assume sume that by recently developed de do- eloped methods of oC cracking the oils oUs In 1 the the- process of refining the gaso- gaso ine yield w will U be nearly double Besides this it is estimated that the same shale w will U produce with but tUe additional cost coot about noo 1000 tons toos of am ammonium sulphate a a. I Compound especially valuable as a la 0 Scotland where oil oU shale mines have been worked for athe he past years year th the the- follow following ing products t are manufactured from hales Permanent gas used use prin- prin for fuel uel in the retorts naphtha naphtha naph naph- tha gasoline and motor spirits burnIng burn- burn lag Ing or lamp oil oil oft intermediate oil used for gas making lubricating oil oil solid eU etU grease still coke to of ammonia and liquid fuel Th The Utah Utan and Colorado probably wilt will yield all al these products t J many others of equal or great er r r value in n as much as our methods of Cf handling have been greatly improved r tests have been boon made ado on similar to those lourid in tho the basin by such auch well ell known firms as the Chemical Products company of or Ch Ch- Ch eago ago tho the National Meter Meier company andi he c Thomas Thomaa Hardware Cutlery Cutlery Cut Cut- lery cry company ot oC Chicago the Tabor L corporation of oC Delaware Delaware Dela- Dela ware ware and lu Uio UlO American Chemical Manufacturing company of Norfolk Va Va- J IiA j In connection w with th these tests a ai and other research work there has wo been leen developed 1 a 8 lI line e ot or products by d startling in scope and value A bituminous distillation from the shale when applied to the surface ot JC f wood iron steel concrete leath- leath r cr canvas and other substances absolutely ab ab- ab- ab prevents rust ruet and decay from the thc elements It protects the hulls lulIs of and concrete train from rom the de- de tr effects ot or salt water it renders ren ren- ren- ren ders substances waterproof and to aVery a a. avery avory very vory largo large extent It elm elm- il In all metals can cane 9 be e mao mado into various kinds of or J ca cast castings t ings p PW JI and bearings which will withstand tIle lie lio hardest t usage and will require no lubrication It is elf it ft is a 8 nonconductor of f and ot of heat beat and cold and andis Js is bong being used extensively for electrical cat cal installations storage battery work and mechanical articles of oC an almost infinite variety Has fins Many Uso For years past efforts have havo been boon nado to develop a Ii material from Crom t which a heat proof water-meter water piston platon pla pis- r ton Lou could bo be manufactured to be bo at nt least equal to vulcanized rubber which was universally used but which was subject to distortion from hot water A cortan certain grade of or ol oil shale has solved the problem Discs Disco and aud pistons made from this material and subjected to the most rigorous usage have havo shown no signs of ot wear or alteration Used as bearings for speed high spindles after a a. teat test run of oC practically practical practical- ly Iy two years ears continuously without oil all or lubricants no wear whatever could be detected on the material nor noron on ha the metal shafting or axis Its tensile strength and proof acid-proof quail qualities lies ties render it lt t the last word in battery batter box hox construction for automobiles It has successfully withstood tests for fora a l. l period of more than thirty days sulphuric nitric phosphoric ric nc hydrochloric sludge acids Syracuse red ol 01 oleic acid aed salt brine alcohol and both in solution solution solution so so- lution and fun full strength It has has withstood withstood withstood with with- stood nitric and sulphuric acids combined com corn so great are its resisting quail quail- ties tics These b impregnated bitumen alter atter pulverization ann and proper treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment with synthetic resin form a 3 dark-brown dark compound which hardens by drying and for I Isome some purposes is s subjected to hydraulic lic pressure before It is worked into almost numberless articles of ot value to mankind It also is announced by one of ot the leading chemical concerns that an antiseptic and alterative now worth about 30 30 a a. pound is fe s found in III certain classes of Uintah It is needless to say that this discovery is of the utmost importance since heretofore used in n America has been imported from Austria Until recently the oil all shale Industry Industry Indus Indus- try has not appealed to the business businessmen men as an attractive proposition in n view of the large supply of oil all obtained ob ob- ob tamed from wells But modern machinery ma chinery and modern improvements are a demand for oil which is vastly in excess of oC the supply This has caused fina financial cial interests ts to t turn rn attention to shale deposits as the natural solution to the problem In 1908 according ng to authentic reports all the oil shale Industry of ot Scotland employed some men about half o ot of whom where miners The average yield of ot crude oil all to theton tho the ton of or shale in Scotland was 46 gallons The cost of mining the shale win was reported to be 1 1 a ton distillation 40 cents a ton and and the cost of making ammonium sulphate 46 cents a tou ton All mining In Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land la Is underground and In many of the mines the tho shale dips at al angles of from froat 30 to 60 degrees and numer- numer erous faults occur thus greatly in increasing in- in creasing ng the cost of production The basin mainly are above aboveground aboveground aboveground ground with but slight overburden o and can be mined with steam shovels and their yield in oil all reaches as high as gallons a ton Extracting The pro process oss of extracting g oil from shale ahab Is generally simple and economical Experiments are now bong being conducted by Professor Otto Stahlman on on a simple retort arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment moat and the use ot or superheated steam and recent reports indicate that good results arc are being obtain obtaIn- ed A process recently discovered by A. A G O. O Crane of Nevada and which is to be used in fn n an extracting plant soon to be erected at Watson Utah Is 15 backed by some very vory strong clams claims Also there Is what Is known as the Scott process which Is being tried tred ou out ou extensively In n the eail With all aU these processes for extractor tho the non gases may be ue used as fuel Cuel tItus thus tho the raw material to a a. large degree furnishes Its own fuel for refining Oil Is rap rapidly taking the place ot of f coal as a fuel Our war vessels as well as those of or the allied navies are being equipped with v oil burners Ra Railroads are arc rapidly y increasing thu number of oil burning engines Th The fact that a ton of oC ol oil will pull a train about 50 hO per cent farther than a ton tonof tonof of or coal and at loss cost renders readers this change an economic necessity The automobile Industry will turn out about new cars during the coming year These with the tho now v In use tho the farm tractors airplanes stationary engines and other other othor oth oth- er or machines are increasing enormously enormously enormously enor enor- tho the demand for tor fuel ol oil as aswell aswell well as lubricating oils and it is s only natural that other sources sources of supply should be sought nought and Developed On the tho strength ot or the steadily and heavily Increasing demand for oils of or all grades and tho thio lIm od production of or oil wells I am basing the prediction that the shale industry Is destined to become ono one of ot the leading lead lead- lug ing ng enterprises In Utah and the Intermountain intermountain inter Inter- mountain region Mr 1 Gustaveson is s consulting engineer engineer engineer engi engi- neer for the C C. I. I Pierce Interests of Chicago which have havo extensive holdings holdings hold hold- ings of oC oil lands In the Uintah basin He lIe announces that it is the intention of oC the concern to begin de- de work in fa n the tho section during the tho coming season |
