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<br />0009J9 <br /> <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />OIL SHALE <br /> <br />. .Oml<el of the greatest piIilteilllt,:i.al S<Ol"~JrellS of h;ydr<ocarbollll fuels is ail shale and one of' <br />the greatest depooits of' oil shale iIlil the world lies betweel!ll the (J@lorado River and <br />the White allldGresllIl Rivers iIlil Gol<1lrado am Utab..'l'JOOlle dep@sits cover several <br />thousand sq)1ltare mUss of this area iIlil depths up t@ greatel/' than 1000 feet.. <br /> <br />Th4iO liquid fll.el (on) oomtent of these depl:ls:l.ts is no;lW est:ll.Dlated at biltter thu. <br />~!Ollll Barrel..!!...!) @1:' more thal1l all the wmrId Vs lmmm reserves of natval <br />petrlOl61l.llll. <br /> <br />Three of the great !.tl'1l1lB iIilf thes<!iJ depiIilsits lie iIlil a semi-ouole aro1Ulid the TOWl'J! m: <br />R<Iltlgely, ()ol@rad@, and ciIilJlIlta:UllllU\ch iIilf the ldghest grade. The oU cO!Jlltent of these <br />oopmlits adjacellllt to Ra:nge1;w has bsel11l est:!.llllated by ge@1i1ilgists alllld BIllIgineers at <br />twenty six billiollll halTels. <br /> <br />lm add:ttion to the h;ydroClaroollll fue1s~ oU shale9 Uke most other S01l.l'ces of <br />s;r-mthertic fuels, contains al!! almost endless array of by-proo1l.cts. <br /> <br />Atter the @'j('ga,l1lizatiililJlll a!!ldt'il:iaJrlCmg for 6uo:Jh operat;LoM as the recovery €If Ilyn,thetic <br />:f'imels9 the fent;!:' iicreat requirements are: <br /> <br />1.. .P<<mer <br />20 Ro'illl! <br />30 Wilter <br />4.. 'fraMplililrtation <br /> <br />.1\11. of thes0 a:r.'e avaUablf) il:i the Rangel;Jr distl"l<i:lt at the presBIllIt t:i.JQl1J. <br /> <br />~~~lle o1l.ly looatiorll :m the entire mrnm world whez:e _one plant a one <br />!?.?'lti..:?!.}liOuld have direci.~ccessto Imtless quantities of oU shale, coal. gllsonitell <br />,,,:Lt. ga8, water, )!lilTllOOX', ro<.:iliI.s six trampiOI"t;atiililJlll pipelil:ies and the highway new<OO:'k <br />of the er)l.t:i.:rl:l interm<1lJdl!Jllltam area. J\U this~ p10 a. cIilI1ll.etiCl Clol1ilditiollll which is <br />conducive to yea'f.' round op","~at:!.olllls. <br /> <br />The f.ollow:ing pages were 'lflake)tl from IlWO'l'1lll test:l.mon;y given before the District Court <br />!l.f the State of Golorad(i)l at Meeker, COl@rado, on De@ember 9th,1951~ by Dr. Tell Ertl, <br />whll :1.3 widely roollgnized as an authority on the subject. <br /> <br />The case iiX'! quest.:!,iIilJlIl was the claim of the TOWl'J! of RangelJr for additional water to <br />:mee'\; its present and fut1ll:'S requiremel1lts. <br /> <br />The p@ints and 4:l<l:lIlll@lll.siolll!l 01' this test:lmol'lW D 'Ire bel.ieve. after thorough reselU"Qh <br />a"lld ll'1lVestigatiOIDl~ to bil quite realistic. The t:l.me element may be affected <br />cllllllsiderab'Jy by legislative~ ecolllom:l.c and political conditions.. <br /> <br />7/1/58 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />_L <br /> <br />, <br />i ,'-c <br />