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Show June 23, 1969 Page 2 Rocky Mtn. OIL & MINING Feuding Ends JOURNAL at" Published weekly in Salt Lake City, Utah by Utah Scene Publishing Co., 4386 W. 3780 South, Salt L ake City, Utah 84120. Mailing address: P.O. Box 19243, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Serving the mining and oil Industries of the Articles and information conRocky Mountain Region. tained herein are true and factual to the best knowledge of the publisher. Information and opinions published are the sole responsibility of the publisher and do not reflect the attitudes or opinions of the merchants, brokers, corp- Hecla, Golconda ink pact SPOKANE, per copy of a large copper mining project Subscriptions $10 per year Advertising rates: Display Advertising in Arizona week. $2 col. inch $2 for 20 wds Classified Advertising removed last was In return, Hecla has agreed to perform substantial exploration work on part of Golconda s 3,600 acres of property near Mullan, Idaho. of its federal court suit to block the deal between Hecla and El Paso. Golconda is the largest the Golconda directors said they felt the financial costs of the project and expansion of Heclas capitalization would dilute the shares of its stock for transfer to El Paso for a 50 per cent interest in the copper project on the Papago Indian Reservation 30 earnings of the company for years to come. Challis mine Gemboree of the Rockies the Salt Lake County Salt comes (Continued from Page 1) operating almost directly across from the other mining to company's claim. They said that the Taylor Mining Co. claims also extend into one of the Boulder lakes and into the Frog Lake area. Asked how many claims are located in the White Cloud Mountain ranges, Wes Carlson, forest supervisor, replied: I could not say at this moment without a very intensive inventory, but I would say there are hundreds of claims in the White Cloud area. The Forest Service has held public information meetings on the W'hite Cloud issue in Boise, Idaho Falls and Challis, and still small prospector always has been---an- d to the always will continue to location and development of our natural resources, as a few cases in point will illusThe be---impor- tant trate. didnt consult geology books when he decided to deposit. Wyomings uranium. Geologists from several major U.S. companies looked at the area not too many years ago and concluded that there were no uranium deposits there worth the bother. The formations just The good Lord werent right. Some restaurant either hadnt owners and I slope of Pike's Peak. But Bob Womack, a some time farmer, had faith that there was gold in the area, and his discovery led to the development of the Cripple Creek Gold Camp. this issue we have a story on a mine and mill Utah Construction & Mining is The original planning to develop in Canada. find on the property was by an Independent prospector who will retain an in in the property. Canadian there are people who are Unfortunately, lobbying for the elimination of the Sunday prospector from the mining scene through the imposition of production leases which would favor the large companies and eliminate the smaller operator. There may be a need for a closer regulation of the weekend prospector perhaps, but that he is as important it must be remembered today as he was when this western country was being developed a century ago. our present we is a need for an overhaul mining laws is not denied, feel the Public Land Law of and Review Commission is capable of the job. But in our review lets stick to the old concept of free enterprise and tem preserve the and against operation. glve-everyone-a-cha- nce sys- which has been effective for the past d century---ancould be just as effective for the coming century if we gave a chance. it the mining MILE IN DIAMETER or didnt They discovered rich experts in the last century concluded that there wasnt any gold on the western That there for clothing sales- The teres t is compiling opinions expressed read the books believe what they read. deposits of uranium. Elsewhere in Grande, over the Hecla into of proposed entrance the deal with El Paso. Palace, we an end at are reminded of the important role that rock hounds and weekend prospectors have played in the mining industry. men Casa months several EDITORIAL As of Hecla and Golconda had been waging a battle for the past Mining Corp. for announced it will ask dismissal Chuck Hayward Enid J Hayward miles south Ariz. single stockholder in Hecla. The agreement clears the way Hecla to issue one million Golconda Phone: 298 2403 or 298 3703 Editor & Publisher Circulation Manager final he roadblock in a pact between Hecla Mining Co. and El Paso Natural Gas Co. for development orations and service firms who advertise herein or otherwise sponsor this publication. 25$ Wash.-T- SCALE TEST model of prestressed concrete reactor vessel (PCRV) of type developed by Gulf General Atomic for Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Generating Station north of Denver, Colo. Protruding bars are stressing tendons that impart tremendous strength to the vessel. 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