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<br />. J ._. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Note 18. <br /> <br />Note 19, <br />to <br />23. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />known petroleum reserves in all the oil fields of the United States) and <br />vast treasures of other minerals including petroleum, nAtural gas, coppe~ <br />lead, zinc, gold, silver, rare hydrocarbons, vanadium, molybdenum, phos- <br />phates, and many others. For only a few of these can it be said that de- <br />velopment has had even a good beginning. Development of the basin's land <br />and water resources is little beyond the half-way mark toward ultimate <br />potentiali ties". <br /> <br />On Page 50 of the same House Document 419 appears the following <br />language: "Coal:--The upper basin contains enonnous reserves of coal, <br />mostly of bituminous and subbiturninous grade. Reserves here are much <br />larger than those in any other section of comparable size in the world <br />and amount to approximately one-third of all of the coal deposits in the <br />United States and one-sixth of those in the entire world. Some of this <br />coal is below present mineable depths, but mineable reserves alone are <br />nearly one-fourth of the Nation's total deposits. Coal reserves within <br />the upper basin are roughly estimated at 400 billion tons. Bituminous <br />coals from the upper basin are considered the highest quality bituminous <br />coals on the western market. They are low in ash and moisture, extremely <br />low in sulphur and highly volatile 'Nith a high heat value." <br /> <br />On Page 82 of the same House Document 419 appears the following <br />language: "Oil shale.--The upper basin also contains the largest depos- <br />its of oil shale in the United States. The reserves of this potentially <br />important mineral fuel account for approximately 82 per cent of the 75 <br />billion barrels of recoverable oil in shale in the United States, which <br />is equal to four or five times the knmvn reserves of petroleum in all <br />the oil fields of the Nation. The extractions of the oil from shale will <br />require the establishment of plants near the deposits. Vlhether oil shale <br />or coal or both are utilized to meet future needs for oil and gasoline, <br />these mineral fuels are of great potential importance". <br /> <br />On P~ge 83 of the same House Document 419 appears the following <br />language: "This array of mineral fuels and carbonaceous materials is not <br />approached by any region in any other part of the world. The extent to <br />which these materials may provide the basis for future mining and mineral <br />processing within the basin and in contiguous areas cannot be foretold <br />definitely, but it is certain that their effect on future industrial de- <br />velopment will be important." <br /> <br />By the Report of the Engineering Advisory Committee to Upper Colorado <br />River Basin Compact Commission, November 29, 1948, at paee 6, it is <br />estimated that by using the "inflow-outflow" measurement of water use, <br />there will be salvaged to the Upper Basin 73,300 acre feet of water of <br />which Colorado's share would be 37,933 acre feet. This figure is based <br />on the historic flow, and does not purport to show the total salvage <br />under maximum use and the total salvage is unknovm to the compiler; nor <br />may it be assumed that this method of measurement will eventually be <br />adopted by all interests. <br /> <br />See Bureau of Reclamation Project Report Gunnison-Arkansas Project No. <br />7-8a 49-0 and Blue River South Platte Report No. 7-8 a 1-0; Both dated <br />June, 1948. <br /> <br />-5- <br /> <br />2301 <br />