Show REED-DOYLE REED PEOPLE OWN ACRES AGRES Vast Territory Oil Shale Land Close to tho Lino of ot the Uintah Uin b Rail Hall road First road First Patents Granted The first patents to be granted to claimants of oil shale land ha have va Is Issued Issued issued is- is sued to James Doyle and the Verner Vern- Vern er cr Z Reed estate on what are known as the La Paz claims consisting of ofa ofa ofa a total of 2240 acres In Garfield county Colorado near the town of or Grand Valley on the Denver Rio Grande Grando railroad This group of claims was filed upon by the Reed- Reed Doyle Interests over five years ago and assessment work to the amount of has been performed on each claim The government go has received ed an acre same being the regular fee required in patenting placer ground The Reed Doyle people own other claims In Colorado and a very large acreage in Utah close to the line of the Uintah railroad It is stated that the total holdings aggregate some acres Verner Z Reed who died something something something some some- thing over a year ago was one of the tho organizers of the Midwest Oil on company later the Midwest Refining company He left an estate of several several several sev sev- eral million dollars and was one of the pioneers in the oil shale busl- busl ness James Doyle Is a prominent Colorado mining man He was one of the discoverers discoverers' of the famous Portland mine No statement hIs hs been made as to the plans for the development de development de- de of this va vast t property but it to is assumed that shale retorts of ot largo large capacity will be erected erected possibly possibly possibly bly by some of or the tho larger oil inter inter- oats ests It is worthy of note that the first oil shale claims to be patented are arelo lo located ted within the boundaries 0 of ot the h United States Naval v i te i 1 a a protest I. I PD d p a A sp special representative was sent from Washington to the shale fields to m make mako ke investigations but the navy finally waived Its rights It is believed that the government government gov gov- ernIn nt took the position that the patenting of a limited area of this ground would b be advantageous al although although although al- al though the fee title to the property passed to private No applications for patent on shale lands oth other r than the La Paz claims have been sheen granted although several are pending Robert Magee of Denver Denyer Den Den- I tier ver has asked for patent on the In Index Index Index In- In dex group of claims in the Roan I Creek district totaling acres I Protests have been filed against the granting of or the Magee applications but same have not as yet been heard The Colorado Carbon company with very large holdings on Kimball creek in the tho DeBeque district made mt application on October 13 for a patent on 1920 acres The Plateau Shale company of Grand Junction has also asked for tor patent on acres The lands of the latter company company company com com- pany are aro In Mesa county on the southern slope of Plateau valley and andare andare andare are the only lands Involved in patent applications which 11 Ho lie o south of the Grand river o 0 o |