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1Yilliams Bitumen - 2, <br />T I T >; E , <br />! The title is vested in the l7illiams Bitumen Company <br />~ not incorporated i ~~ t~~ ~¢~r~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~b b~ ~~~b~~~/ <br />Ftr. T, J, lYilliama is Manager with office at 1dt. Harris, <br />Routt County, Colorsdo. <br />H I S T O R Y. <br />Theao claims were known to the early settlers and <br />wore supposed by them to be petroleum as there ie a small ~ ;~ <br />flow coming from them similar to petroleum. But Mr. ,, <br />Ylilliams from hie knowledge bf asphalt .had some analysis <br />taken which proved to him that it waeaephalt flow, <br />On tiny 1, 1915 with others he looated under pleoer ground <br />title, 1,600 sores, and has worked oontinualy on them. <br />T O P O G R A P H Y, <br />ThhaBltitude.ia about 7,000PAot.o$ the north and eonth <br />slopes of the mountain divided by a small stream known ae <br />Tow Creek. There ie some timber on the north end of these <br />olaima. The roads are in 3air oondition. <br />I G E O h O G Y. <br />9here is a Government Geologioal Survey of the diatriot. <br />TI~o oountry real[ oonsiste of sandstone, limo, and bnealt <br />with n porphy dike on tha oouth end of the olaima. <br />G E 1d ERA Z R E M A R K S. <br />Tlio only work done on the olaima is e}asesmont work and <br />not enough to determine tha quantity, tiro dip, or the strike. <br />Thorn is no plane in the different openings whore you Dan <br />form an opinion ae to the extent of the material. Thorn <br />is a small stream oozing from the onndstono and running <br />dorm the hill lido forming n pavement oimilar to asphalt <br />pavement. Other planes the pandetono is saturated with the <br />oil. L'rom what ie opened up now it Dooms ao though the oil <br />follows the'sandatono. <br />