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<br /> <br />Federal Power Collll1lission <br /> <br />A plant to convert gLlsonite, obtained, f'rom the Uinta Basin in Utah, <br />to sulphur~f'ree coke and high.octane gasoline is in operation near Grand <br />Junction, Colorado. Gilsonite, a solid hy~carbon which is mined like <br />coal, is mixed in water to f'orm a slurry arid pUlllped f'rOl!l the mines to the . <br />plant through a 71~mile pipeline. '. <br /> <br />In this seme area an experimental plant to produce finished petroleUlll <br />products f'rom oil shale has recently stertEld operation. The perf'ection of' <br />this process could lead to a tremendous industrial expansion based on the <br />regLon's vast oU shale deposits. . <br /> <br />I <br />There is a discernible trend toward t1lis region becoming an important <br />missile manufacturing and testing center. iln addition to missile activity <br />in Arizona, a huge missile base has been ll1'!IlOunced for Cheyexme, Wyoming, <br />and the Glen L. Martin Company is building 'a large plant in Denver, Colorado, <br />f'or manufacturing long-range guided missilEls. The plant. is expected to em- <br />ploy about 5,000 people and to require abo~t 10,000 kilowatts power supply. <br />This development has given rise to related i industries to supply fuels and <br />electronic~control systems for .the missile~. . <br /> <br />E - Labor Force <br /> <br />In estimating the future power requirements of an area, it is desirable <br />that data be available on the probable f'ut~re size and occupation of' its <br />labor f'orce and the magnitude of its pop~tion,since these f'actors affect <br />f'ublre power requirements. Information ani the size and characteristics of' <br />the labor force in the past was obtained f'rom censu,s data. The trends of <br />the past, economic activities discussed previOUSly, and population estimates <br />discu,ssed later in this report, were used p1 estimating the size and occupa- <br />tions of' the fublre labor force. <br /> <br />Table 2 shows the actual labor f'orce tor 1950 and estimates for 1980 <br />by areas and for the regLon. In addition ito the. total labor force, estimates <br />are shown f'or the principal subdivisions oit'agriculture, mining, manuf'actur~ <br />ing, and all other. In 1950 the labor forpe totaled 1,347,618 li):rlI:ers; <br />501,178 of the total, or 37 percent, weren-ocated in Area IV, Colorado. <br />The next highest nUlllber of workers were in; Area II, Arizona, and Area III, <br />Utah, each with roughly half' those of Colo;rado. The following tabulation <br />llhows, by areas, the region, and for the U:nited States, the 1950 percentage <br />distribution of the labor force to the abojve irxiustry groups: <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />- 10 ~, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />