THE COLONY PLANT (NEAR GRAND VALLEY IN THE PICEANCE BASIN) AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, HAS TAKEN OIL SHALE FROM AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSED IT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RETORT TEN PER CENT OF COLONY'S TWENTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT CERTAIN SPECIES OF GRASS WILL GROW ON PROCESSED SHALE IF GIVEN WATER DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS

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