History of the Gilsonite Industry, A by Newell C. Remington Hard cover

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: History of the Gilsonite Industry, A by Newell C. Remington Hard cover 150.00 A History of the Gilsonite Industry Newell C. Remington Hard Cover 338 Pages Copyright 1959 Contents I. INTRODUCTION: THE UINTA BASIN PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY OF GILSONITE 1 Escalante and Spanish Traders 1 Missouri and Kentucky Men 4 Indians Annihilate Trading Posts 9 Geographical Isolation, Indians, and Attempted Settlement 10 Uintah Indian Reservation 15 Settlement of Ashley Valley 19 Indian Troubles 22 Roads and Communications 27 II. DISCOVERY AND NAMING OF GILSONITE AND THE ST. LOUIS MINE 29 Discovery 29 Sam Gilson and Naming 35 Bert Seaboldt, The Gilsonite Manufacturing Company, and The Carbon Vein 40 Gilson Asphaltum Company and The St. Louis Mine 48 The Strip 52 Ore Production and C. O. Baxter 54 Explosions 57 III. OTHER MINING OPERATIONS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE INDIAN RESERVATION 65 Black Diamond Vein and Mine 65 Culmer-Seaboldt Vein System 72 Culmer Vein and Pariette Mine 76 Dalton Area 87 Seaboldt Vein and Castle Peak Mine 88 Duchesne Vein and The Raven Mining Company . 92 Miscellaneous Operations on the Duchesne Vein 102 IV. OPENING OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE WHITE RIVER GILSONITE VEINS 104 Discovery of Veins and Early Locators . . . 104 Prospective Opening of the Reservation . . . 105 Indian Unrest and Protests 112 The Act of 1903 118 Arguments as to Rightful Ownership 119 Struggle for Control 123 Execution of the Act of 1903 126 V. OPERATIONS OF THE GILSON ASPHALTUM COMPANY SOUTH OF THE WHITE RIVER 129 Gilson Asphaltum Company 129 Black Dragon Vein 132 Black Dragon Mine 138 Country Boy, Temple, and Thimble Rock Mines 148 Dragon, Utah 151 Rainbow and Watson 176 VI. BONANZA AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS ON THE UNCOMPAHGRE 183 Bonanza and Eureka Mines 183 American Asphalt Association 201 Utah Gilsonite Company 212 Gordon S. Ziegler 215 Miscellaneous Operations 220 VII. TRANSPORTATION: THE KEY TO A PROSPEROUS GILSONITE INDUSTRY 222 Needs and Optimism 222 Wagons and Wagon Roads 227 The Uintah Railway 235 The Uintah Toll Road Company 261 Mack-Vernal v. Price-Myton 279 Gilsonite Pipeline 281 VIII. GILSONITE: ITS CHARACTERISTICS, ORIGIN, AND USES 283 Characteristics and Geographic Location . . 283 Origin 289 Uses 302 BIBLIOGRAPHY 310 LIST OF FIGURES 1. General Characteristics of Gilsonite 284 2. Classification of Natural Hydrocarbons 286 3. Major Stratigraphic and Time Divisions in Use by the U. S. Geological Survey 295 4. Change in Composition of Hydrocarbons and Minerals with Environment 297 In 1957 the American Gilsonite Company opened a revolutionary refinery near Grand Junction, Colorado, which had cost them $16,000,000 to build, and began reducing the gilsonite--a solid hydrocarbon--to high-grade gasoline and pure carbon-coke at the rate of about 700 tons per day. Just as incredible is the fact that gilsonite was and is conveyed from Bonanza, Utah, aross the precipitous Book Cliffs to the refinery through a pipeline. The opening of this magnificent plant was eighty-eight years removed from the year 1869 when the blacksmith of the Whiterocks Indian Agency attempted to burn gilsonite as coal in his forge with rather dreadful results. During the interval so many human events occurred in relation to gilsonite--a rare bitumen closely related to grahamite and glance pitch--that it was felt to be an adequate and deserving topic for thorough historical treatment. All pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges US Shipments: When you add multiple items to your cart, the reduced shipping charges will automatically be calculated. For direct postage rates to other countries, send me an email. Shipping varies by weight. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us before making a return. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding or buying. Thanks for looking at our items.

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