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Show I'F- SHALE AS A SOURCE 1 " OF OIL, ,' ? For years the Scotch have been cx- ' f P trading oil from shale, and the ques- , ' J jj' tion often has been asked why the pro- ( 'J, f cess employed thero could not be ap- !? 1 k plied to the great oil bearing shales J. of the western part of the United j i", I States.' ' f : One reason the shales in this part i " of tho country have not been devel- I ' oped has been the cheapness of pctrol- i'i ifi eum, Including gasoline, but during I J the high prices of war, a shale body, ' 1 J" : i unprofitable in peaco times, might bo 1 r made to yield rich returns. ft At present the oil shales of Elko, i ' i Nevada, arc being exploited, and much V ( Utah money Is going into the building I j j. Z of a plant at Elko for the extraction of '', , the oil. t j 1 It is generally recognized that if the ' ' 4 L Nevada oil shales prove profitable, j 'If- there is a vast field in Utah for this U 'l " i new industry, as tho oil-bearing shales II j :h . i nf eastern and southeastern Utah are II ' i t classed by the government as un- 'T'j , equaled in oil content ! j The progress made at Elko will be ' watched with interest. If laboratory 1 1 ' ! tests are confirmed, and, if in practice, . - the retorts give off the same results ''Ijij 1 obtained in an experimental way, jj j J. I there will be a new field opened in the M V ' Ititermountain country to investors, i j , j But, as wiUi all new enterprises, cau- ' i I tion is necessary. |