Show CONT pon FOR A AN OIL 46 SHALE PLANT IS Al lARDED definite announcement Is made by D II 11 gustaveson Gus laveson consulting engineer for the ute oil company ol of st louis that the contract tor for the erection of an eighteen retort oil extraction t plant on tile the companas comp anys oil shale property at watson has been signed the unit to be erected now will have a capacity of tons per day it is ia expected that the patterns t erns wll will be completed by next week and tile the castings ready tor for shipment to watson during june and jul july next it is understood that the russell engineering company is now completing working plans and will have bave charge of 0 construction work hector mcrae of st louis Is man ging director and secretary of the ute oil company and under his management says mr gustaveson a great deal of 0 work has been done in the uintah basin the company is operating on acres of 0 oil shale and oil drilling lands near watson in the white river district no 3 well being drilled by the company is now down 1900 feet and has a strong flow of gas it penetrates a rich strata ot of oil shale which has been tested by dr david T day ot of the united states geological survey and yields high in oil it is expected that a good well will be brought in here at from 2000 to 2500 feet mr gustaveson who Is also consulting engineer tor for the utah consolidated soli dated oil company a utah or Is elated over the news which he has just received from the ute oil company he states that which was recently given a very the lie process adopted by this company is known as the wallace process thorough test at the bureau ot of mines washington D C in the I 1 presence re S e nee of mr mcrae dr day and other noted oil men it accomplishes a 97 per cent extraction or of oil from the shale in about fifty five minutes time and is declared to be the most successful process yet discovered tile the utah consolidated oil company 1 I said mr air has some very rich oil shale lands adjoining the property of the ute bil oil company and intends developing the same as soon as a satisfactory process tor for the extraction of oil is demonstrated the wallace process may shortly be adopted by tile the company at a meeting of the executive committee of the utah consolidated oil company held during the week mr gustaveson was instructed to make examination of certain drilling boutil outil outfits s with a view to purchasing one for immediate use on the companas comp anys holdings in the uintah basin B B brooks manager ot of H R S brooks sons live stock ogden wits was in salt lake during the week attending meetings ot of the executive committee of the utah consolidated oil company of which he Is a member mr air brooks has been in the live stock business at 0 tor several years but Is now espousing the cause of oil in ill associating myself with the utah consolidated oil company said id mr air brooks 1 I feel that I 1 have at last found what I 1 have been looking tor for in an oil company a company ot of substantial business aden men and investors who have banded together g with a firm determination of getting oil there is no question in my mind regarding our possibilities of production as that is now a reality in the uintah basin adjacent to our holdings I 1 can feel eel an all oil boom in the air coming to utah and I 1 want N ant to be among the fortunate ones to profit by it I 1 believe the uintah basin where part ot of my companas comp anys holdings are situated is destined to become the greatest oil section in the west and oil men ot of prominence with whom I 1 have talked indorse my sentiments |