Proceedings of the Stated Meeting held Wednesday, February 19, 1919

✍ Scribed by George A. Hoadley

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1919
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 36 KB
• Volume: 187
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(19)91104-5

✦ Synopsis

Survey, Grand Valley, Colorado. An outline was given of the characteristics, distribution and value of the oil shales of the United States, together with a discussion of the origin of the oil that may be distilled from the shale. The nlethods of mining shales were described, as well as the various foreign and domestic processes for the extraction of the oil. Mention was also made of some of the by-products of this industry. A summary of the attempts now