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IN a recent report (No. 625) of the Mines Branch of the Canadian Department of Mines, Mr. Sydney C. Ells contributes a summary account of the nature, mode of occurrence, exploitation, and commercial development of the famous “tar sands” of Northern Alberta, Canada. The report forms an appendix to the author's former “Preliminary Report on the Bituminous Sands of Northern Alberta,” No. 281, published in 1914, but for some years out of print. The present summary contains the results of further field-survey of the deposits, including examination and sampling of the sands, a resume of modern methods of recovery of the bitumen from the sand, and some data concerning the laying of demonstration pavements and roadways.
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Occurance and Use of Bitumen. Nature 115, 247 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115247b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115247b0