Show gilsonite MINING among the important minerals of this great inland empire is gilsonite there are a number of mines in the eastern castern part of utah county and several good mines are arc being operated near ft duchesne and the famous castle peak mine which has been working steady since last august and they have been getting out high grade stuff regarding this mineral the salt lake mining review says the production of gilson gilsonite during the year has kept up fairly well the loss of some foreign customers has not affected the trade as much as was anticipated the supply during 1915 has come almost entirely from the region around watson at the terminus of the uintah railway in uintah county the principal shippers being the gilson asphaltum company and the american asphalt company the interesting news of the year for owners of f gilsonite properties in ili the uintah basin is the assurance of a railway into that district distri cL the gilsonite in the western part of cf the basin is of a higher grade than the material produced in the eastern part and with the advent of the railroad way will find a ready market the tha tonnage during 1915 amounted to between thirty five and forty thousand tons the price averaging about 2250 per I 1 ton an board the cars at mack jioio colo the function point of the I 1 uintah railway and the and rio grande |