1. Gilsonite is mined in underground shafts and resembles shiny black obsidian.2. Gilsonite was discovered in 1888 at Bonanza, in central Uintah County.3. The railroad lasted until 1939 when trucks took over hauling the Gilsonite . 4. The trademark, registered in 1921, belongs to the American Gilsonite Company. 5. Gilsonite was discovered in the early 1860s.6. Gilsonite is a flammable hydrocarbon mixture, and Dragon experienced a number of mining accidents.7. In 1908, a fire started in one section of Dragon's Gilsonite vein. 8. Use of the road surged in 1889 after the discovery of Gilsonite in the Uinta Basin. 9. Tar pits are composed of heavy oil fractions called gilsonite , which seeped from the Earth as oil. 10. Gilsonite -brand uintahite's earliest applications included paints for buggies and emulsions for beer-vat lining.
