Show our 1 INDUSTRY BUSINESS NEWS M Mr Construction a c Y of at Potash BY DON ROBINSON i Pouring of concrete for the curtain wall In the shaft of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company's mine at Cane Creek Cree anticline began egan Monday Project Man Manager r Frank Tipple Tippie told The Times Times- independent T Tuesday The curtain rising from the bottom of the 2800 foot shaft divides the Ue haft Into two separate shafts and nd will facilitate the installation of permanent hoisting and ventilating equip ment The construction Is In keeping with recommendations of agencies investigating the August explosion which took 18 lives and the new plan to cancel preliminary product production on With the new facilities facUlties scale full production will move forward for lor- ward from the anticipated July 1964 date to the spring e eThe The Atomic Energy Commission plan for lor extending uranium uranium uran uran- ium purchases through 1970 has been running into some snags Chief problem Is determining the price of In 1969 The maximum the would pay has been set at per poun pound during those years but the actual price is yet to be determined Some uranium firms such as Heda Hecla Mining In Moab will wind up operations before 1970 Others like Atlas Minerals have announced plans to participate In the stretch Some reportedly are taking a second look at plans for the stretch out period and watching closely the price estimates Atlas President David Stretch talks about the future In story this p page ge e r e Production of oil in Grand county is practically at a standstill despite a high list of locations In the coming month Calvert Exploration and Pan American Petroleum will be in inA ina ina A a position to change that picture Th The end of the year and depiction depletion de de- of budgets coincides but major developments In the area have come about In the fall with consistency See Page 4 e Warner Brothers unit production manager Russ W Webb bb i and casting directors will be In Moab this week to set up hous hous- ing and feeding facilities for non local extras and personnel Involved in Cheyenne Autumn Shooting of the first se su- quence at Monument Valley is on schedule despite weather and deer hunting bunting Oct 30 29 is the due date for Moab se se- se Construction of sets began last week Snow here wont won't be 00 too much of a deterrent One sequence calls cans for it It The general bus business ess- ess p picture ct lre in Moab Is less than than good at present Incoming hunters have spurred some gas station I and motel business but retail merchants are hurting On the bright side another missile contract Is pending and the operational oper oper- status of the missile complex Is nearer The movies will pick up up some slack and here has been a small i callback of workers rs at the potash complex |