The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-18
ASPHALT DEPOSITS
SOURCE Of WEALTH
Advent of MOtfat Road Will
Stimulate Interest in Hydro
CarbOnS.

The asphaltlne deposits OF the western
states. particularly those OF Utah ana
Colorado, are likely to become the most
valuable assets of those states when
they shall be properly developed. and
transported at moderate rates by the
advent OF the Moffat or Denver North
western railway. These deposits are
practically iueNhaustiblo the assures
containing them extending for miles and
10 unknown depths AZ present these
products are valued in eastern cities at
from $50 20 $40 per ton. This price Is
partly due 20 the present cost OF trans
this viii DC lowered. These deposits are
more valuable and reliable than many
gold and silver mines
Mr.. w. Weston, who examined all the
HYDRO carbon fields OF Colorado and Utah
for the Denver & Northwestern or MoEat
railroad, has given full account OF
these deposits. from which we take the
following.
where the coal ends m this Utah
Colorado region the hydro cartoons begin
al the state line Of Colorado and Titan,
2nd. extend west 20 Fort Duchcsne END
Pariett". Utah. and then on 10 tNc elat-
crlte deposits OF Indian lake aud sam 5
canyon. nftv miles southwest OF Fort
Duchesnc. The total HYDRO carbon area
is estimated at about 10000 square miles,
and the tonnage from five gllsonitc veins
the Cowboy, Black Dragon, Bonanza.
Culmor and Duchcsn". including the Md
die Park t"OlnD Noln-aj 1000 COO tons,
exclusive OF the olatcrite veins, blum
Imous llmestonos and asphaluc limo
stones The Utah Gjlsonitc is valued at
from S32 10 $40 and Si5 per ton; the
elateritc AT sS5 Tho chief hydro carbon
field along the MofGat road is In the
uintah Basin. Utah, which is 100 miles
long by sixty miles vide. win an eieya-
tIon OF 6D0o feet. The formations are
snndstones and shaics and lincstoncs OF
Eoceue Tertiary age.
up TO 1909. the shipments were ali by
wagon to comparatively distant rail-
roads: vet with this disadvantage. their
united value was estimate ted al s56.oOO per
rion quotes gllsonite al $40 ton I. o. d.
Denver The Raven Mining company
quotes elateriic nt S60 ton I. o. b..
Utah Cost of mining and sackinS AZ the
production and transportation Of SCI.
Shipments from the Cowboy series. Colo
RADIO line. cost S22 per ton. including waS-
ON haulaGc 10 Rife, Colo. The cost OF
At s26 per ton. So that even with crude
methods OF mining and long wagon haul J.
age, there is \ clean profit on the gil
sonitc of SIS To $50 per ton. The pronts
on the clatcritc' which occurs IN smaller
veins and closer TO the railroad, are esti-
mated al S45 per ton. These profits far
exceed what is commonly realized from
an ordinary gold or silver mine
The Willow crock gilsonitc deposit IS
on a tributary OF tho Grand river, IN
Middle Park Tic vein runs north and
south and dips so degrees 10 the west.
or opt OF the hill. AZ the intersection
of tIo veins The gilsontc is fifteen feet
wide. tho average Is four feet. 1t is in
a vertical fiasurc i'm sandstone, flied from
below with mineral pitch, Tn" vein IS
| iraccablc 5000 foot on the surface. The
| gilsonitc is uniform and pure; 1900 tons
! have been shipped from the surface. one
man can stopc down twelve tons per
! day. The cost OF production Al present
would bc $40