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Show OIL HIIAI.i: DKPOHtTrl Altl. I'Olt.ND OVI.Il M-.AU HAI.INA An extensive deposit of oil shale, similar to the shale deposit of the Ulntnh llasln cnuntr), Is reported near Sellni At the request or the lice Hive sjndlrntc, A I. Bundherg, development de-velopment engineer, rcccntl) completed complet-ed nn Inspection or the deposit and ha ghen the opinion that 11 will )lcld approximately fort)flvo gallons of crude oil tn the ton or shale The deposit Is known around Snllna a the big twist," nnd He between Sillnn Creek and Mo) field It rims through the eountr) for n distance of about seven miles, nccordlng tn the report of Hundocrg, and ror the greater great-er pnrt or the distance show a thickness thick-ness ot fort) reet between the beddings. bed-dings. It I exposed In the form of reef for n considerable part of the wn) The shnle exposed compiles fav-oinblv fav-oinblv with the shales of the Uintah llasln eountr), with which I nm familiar,' fa-miliar,' na) SumUicrg, "nnd while thorough lest have not been made the prcllmlnar) test Indicate that the shale will )leld about fort) -five gal-bin gal-bin of elude oil to the ton of shale ' |