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Boomtown Blues : Colorado Oil Shale, 1885-1985 World Resources and Environmental Issues Series
author
:
Gulliford, Andrew.
publisher
:
University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin
:
0870811789
print isbn13
:
9780870811784
ebook isbn13
:
9780585020587
language
:
English
subject
Oil-shale industry--Colorado--History.
publication date
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1989
lcc
:
HD9567.C6G85 1989eb
ddc
:
338.2/7283/09788
subject
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Oil-shale industry--Colorado--History.
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Copyright 1989 by the University Press of Colorado Niwot, Colorado 80544
First edition
World Resources and Environmental Issues Series Publication of this book was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Tell Ertl Family Trust.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gulliford, Andrew.
Boomtown blues: Colorado oil shale / Andrew Gulliford; foreword by Richard Lamm.
p. cm.(World resources and environmental issues series)
Includes bibliographical references
1. Oil-shale industryColoradoHistory. I. Title. II. Series. HD9567.C6G85 1989 338.2'7283'09788dc2089-28004 ISBN 0-87081-178-9
Printed in the United States of America
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for all the Garfield County "Survivors" wherever they may be and for my mother who did not live to read it and for my two sons who someday will
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Contents
Foreword by Richard D. Lamm
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
1
Exploration and Settlement in the Valley of the Colorado
15
2
Outsiders, Insiders, and Ties That Bind: The First Oil Shale Boom and Its Aftermath
45
3
Shale Shock
85
4
Exxon and the Big Boom
119
5
From Boom to Bust: The Tiger Empties the Tank
151
6
The White Paper, Black Sunday, and Corporate Responsibility in the West
195
Endnotes
229
Bibliography
Primary Sources
259
Secondary Sources
276
Index
296
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Foreword
The history of the West is the history of boom and bust. More than any other region of the United States, the West has found it difficult to find a happy average. We seem almost inevitably to have too much or too little. Today's boomtowns are too often tomorrow's ghost towns.
The West, in fact, has always been a place of extremesin its topography, in its climate, and, alas, in its economy. We have the highest mountains and we have the lowest valleys. We have the hottest weather and the coldest weather, some of the most scenic areas, and some of the most monotonous. But over the history of the West, one of the hardest extremes to adjust to is the seemingly endless cycle of boom and bust. First too much growth and then too little. Time after time the West has seen bright, excited hopes turning almost overnight into ruined nightmares. The boomtown is almost a metaphor for the Westfull of hope and optimism followed by disillusionment and decay.
One of the most challenging tasks in my twelve years as governor of Colorado was how to get the state ready for energy development that we were told was coming our way.
The Rocky Mountain West has an inordinate amount of the nation's remaining resources. We have a disproportionate amount of the coal, uranium, geothermal sites, and vast reservoirs of natural gas packed into tight formations. But, however disproportionate the other energy resources are in the Rocky Mountain West, we have practically 100 percent of the usable oil shale. For better or worse, nature has placed in the West virtually all of the oil shale that has any chance of commercial development. This resource, along with the other energy resources, became a favorite topic of exploration as OPEC strengthened its hold on United States energy supplies and we started looking ever inward for our domestic energy sources.
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