DescripciónAEC-69-8509 OIL SHALE DEVELOPMENT. . .A companion oilshale program to the Bronco experiment is the work being done by the U. S. Bureau of Mines both to develop retorting techniques to recover the oil from the oil shale and to evaluate shale beds for potential nuclear exploitation. Shown are two blocks of shale that will he used in the 150-ton retort experiment being conducted at the Bureau's Petroleum Research Center, at Laramie, Wyoming. Credit: U. S. Bureau of Mines