
The Oil-Shale Project . In . Pictures . PLANT NESTLES AT FOOT OF 'MOUNTJUN OF OIL' An aerial view (p. 7) shows the Oil-Shale Mine and Engineering Experiment Station of the Bureau of Mines, approximately 7 miles west of Rifle, Colo. From mines at the base of the cliffs, high above the juniper-clad slopes, oil shale is carried in trucks 5 %