Laserfiche WebLink
<br />000915 <br /> <br />:Fag/; 20 <br /> <br />'i <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />QILSONlTE <br /> <br />This is one of' the complex Jvdrooarboml f'1i:\'ll.l!.d :in great quantities in the area <br />!l1lX'rounding Rangely~ Col'tlradoo It has perhaps the widest range of' usef'uJ.ness <br />of' any of' the hydrocarbon gro'lp ." f'rOll1 heat, resistant roofing compoUll.ds to <br />battery cases>> acid and alkali resistant paints and other protective purposes. <br />Dieleotrica11;y>> :it has man;r llses in thef'ield of' eleetric gEl.\li!eratiol!1 and tranSl=> <br />m:L~si.ons as a :!Ilon-cmdll'~tor i.t has great msu1<!ttiolli value and is used extensively <br />in this f'ield. 000 of' the best !m0lilJil 1m1ll.at:ing processes using this material. <br />is !mromm as Gi1s@lat:l.ngo As a SOUI"ce t:lf' sylllthetic f'uel Gilsonite yields as high <br />as f'i.ve and six tenths balTels per ton. It has many by=products and yields a coke <br />whicl1t has been proven very val\ll.able :in the reduction of' almn'l"llm. <br /> <br />TItle acoompanyilrng map shows the gelllleral looati9 of' the larger veins in t1ll.6 <br />distl"i@t :J.ying north of' the White River and Eas't of' the Greellll and is the regilm <br />!If the greatest activity at the 1I!0lllel1'i; but these deposits als@ extend south of' <br />the White Ri.ve)1' alr;mg the Co1<m'adl)>d!Jtah lllle f'or an est1mated f'ift;r lIltles. The <br />deposits of' th:1s area COll1ltam apprllximate1;y 15% of' the worldus knllWllil reserves <br />o.f g:Usol:l1:l,te. <br /> <br />'lll'it.1i\ the devel<llplll8nt of' illSii' and bettel\" methods <If' IIIiDing and handling>> tRis <br />material is !!.<<lW bei.ng reduced to a sl~ at the BOlllal1lZa~ Utah>> plant and pwnped <br />.thr:>ough a pipelillle to a reduo::tiollll plant located in the Grand JimctiOllJ! area <br />eS!!!;) map) 0 ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />the B(~l!Jlz," G:r>oup alme is =entll;w producing 1100 t'tlllllS per day of which <br />1000 tollS per day is being trallllsported throogh the pipeline to tile reductio!!. pla!!.t <br />c'l1lIlthe l\"a:lJ:roo.dg the balanlle being trallSported dry 1::w truo::lt to Craig~ Colorad9. <br /> <br />It 1.13 est:l1!lated that, the deposits !!hOWlfll 01'1 the BOlWlZll map wi'll l:"!3qui:t"e forty <br />years to remNel\" and wi'll yi.eld seventy f'ive m:UliolJl\ ba.n'els t:lf' oil. <br /> <br />The vein,> cOll:lltai~g this material are vertical Cl"aolts whioh were f'illed at the <br />t:11ll!! of' their' oc=ence. Some of' these are man,y mUes 1'tlll1g and ~ tWilil <br />thousand fes't Mlep and _ of' the great gelllogical. phenllllliena of' the world. <br /> <br />TItl!; pr(ooess:ing and headquarters equipment of' the BO!!llanza area has an assessed <br />valnati.oill of Oille m:Uliol'il dollars. <br /> <br />7/1158 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,i.' ., <br />