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<br />271 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />They further found in the Palisade area there <br />is sufficient coal to handle 54 to 65 10,000 <br />barrels a day plants; in the twenty-nine Park <br />District 33 to 40 plants; in the Axiel District <br />81 to 98 plants and the Meeker area 43 to 52 <br />plants. <br /> <br />This vast reserve of coal would be worthless if <br />sufficient water were not available to process <br />the same for the persons who would be necessary <br />to produce and to convert it into the various <br />elements which are so greatly needed. <br /> <br />According to ~any reports the day of the petro- <br />leum industry is fast running out and it lS a <br />recognized fact that coal and oil shale will <br />have to be utilized in order that we as a nation <br />may maintain our economic position. <br /> <br />From the standpoint of consumption of water, the <br />Bureau of Army Engineers determined that plants <br />such as was proposed in the Bulletin which I <br />previously referred to that a 10,000 ton per day <br />plant would require 1182.60 acre feet of water <br />daily of which 54.00 acre feet would be consumed. <br />This estimate, according to the bulletin includes <br />consideration for the plant town as well as the <br />plant. A synthine p~ant would require somewhat <br />more water. This water is, however, chiefly used <br />for cooling purposes and the low temperature pro- <br />cess such as is being operated in lexas utilizes <br />considerably. less water. The only figure I could <br />obtain would be that about 0.3% of the water used <br />for such a plant would be totally cons~~ed. How- <br />ever, with the extraction of the various elements <br />from the coal and previous figures of an exhaus- <br />tive consumption of 54.99 acre feet is probably <br />nearer in line. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />'At such time as the nation's economy requires uti- <br />lization of this potential, many plants will of <br />necessity be constructed in the Colorado hiver water <br />shed area. The number of such plants will only be <br />limited by the needs of our country. It has been <br />estimated that a 20,000 barrel capacity plant would <br />require a labor force of in the neighborhood of <br />3525 men. In addition 2520 would be employed in <br />the mines and.transporting coal. This would mean <br />there would be a total labor operation of in excess <br />of 6,000 men per each plant. ~mltiply this vast <br />amount of persons by the shown potential plants <br />