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Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.

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Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.

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Call Number	CHS.X5268
Title	Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.
Creator(s)	Ward, C. A.
Summary	View of a Continental Oil Shale Mining and Refining Company plant on a hillside near layered shale cliffs in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Shows a brick retort with timber scaffolding and ladders and a sign that reads: "The Colorado Continuous Retort, Patent Applied For." A corrugated metal building has lettering that reads: "Laboratory." Shows sagebrush, tailings piles, and a wheelbarrow.
Date	[between 1900 and 1920?]
Notes	Accession number: 96.69.138; History Colorado.; Formerly F33410.; Handwritten on envelope: "Industry-Oil Shale-Rio Blanco County."; Title and attribution typed on verso.; R7200052685
Physical Description	1 photographic print ; 15 x 9 cm. (6 x 3 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande collection
Subject	Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920. Oil-shales--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920. Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1900-1920. Cliffs--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920. Refineries--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1900-1920.
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	96.69.138; F33410
Filename	20005268.TIF

Plant of the Continental Oil Shale Mining & Refining Co., Rio Blanco [County], Colo.

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