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Show Ray Davis Is Utah Builder Among the prominent men who are helping to build Utah is Ray Davis operator of a Gilsonite mine in Duchesne county and a large processing plant in Provo. Mr. Davis started his business with a small beginning and at a time when the commercial value of Gilsonite Gil-sonite was not fully recognized. He has forged ahead since commencing com-mencing operations and is today bringing much favorable publicity to this section through the huge shipments of processed Gilsonite throughout the world. A comparatively new element and one that is still little known, Gilsonite has its chief uses in the manufacture of paints, plastics, ink and foundry sand as well as in asphalt tiles, linoleum and rubber tires. With continued experiment and study a whole world of uses is daily opening doors to this useful use-ful mineral mined in Utah and processed in Utah bv a Utah man. Thorugh the operation of his business Ray Davis is playing a vital role in the progress of our area and is ranked among those men who are willing to give of their time and money so that Utah may be rightfully called the Beehive Bee-hive state that it is. It is to men of this type that we owe our heritage her-itage and it is with much pleasure pleas-ure that we pay this public tribute trib-ute to Ray Davis of Provo, Utah. |