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Show j Uintah Gilsonite FJlining Expected To increase j Ten million dollars will be used I j jo speed up mining of gilsonite in ' Uintah County, American Gilsonite has announced. Ernest F. oodner, president of the affiliate company 0f Standard Oil Co. of lifornia and Barber Oil Corp., made the announcement. An increase of 1,000 tons daily gilsonite in the county is P'?nned through new methods of ning. A new method of mining ! tn'r tremen(lous water pressure 0 dislodge rock is being planned, j e,.e.use 01 water is expected to I h'm'nate many dangers that have attSSed 8ilsonite mining, such th d exP'osin that occurred in i iq Bnanza Mine near Vernal in due to dust collection, in r,e.?ent production of gilsonite dailv ?mnty is 500 tons mis figure is expected to double when work is started on the huge Cowboy vein, the largest gilsonite vein in the world. A pipeline to carry the gilsonite from the mines to a high octane gasoline plant in western Colorado is also being planned. The line will contain water -that will carry the gilsonite. A large new market for the Utah mineral has been created by the development of a metallurgical grade coke for use in the aluminum alumi-num industry as an electrode. Also the separation of oils and gasses from the gilsonite has developed into another industry. The American Ameri-can Gilsonite Company is expected to continue expanding its sales of the valuable material for use as insulating materials, paint, protective protec-tive coatings and battery box manufacture. |