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Show Ludwig's Iron Laden Jeep I What to do with a Jeep a long as what you want to do with it i connected with uranium prospecting has been graphically illustrated by Robert I. Ludwlg, president of Continental Uranium Co. ot Grand Junction. Ludwig's recipe called for one mgaaamarnKKKfKr '""gjaaWBai ssHP.'iB9 v KEZbbbbSJ (t) Jeep, several (18) thousands of dollars and. fourteen (14) pieces of equipment, as follows: a scintillator, a recording mllllammeter. a decimal scaler, a lead counting chamber, a mortar and pestle, a deep hole probe with 1,000-foot reel assembly, a Dabbel counter, a 110-6 volt converter, a blackllght outfit, a voice recorder, a typewriter, a photographer's setup, a nucllomcter and a portable draw- log board. Besides mounting the equipment (a Job performed by Uranium Engineering Co.. also of Grand Junction) it was necessary to provide for its use while en route. To further complicate the rder, Ludwlg wanted provision made to demount each item for airborne or field use. Both pro-. - blems were solved by the construc- tlon of a rack panel, covered with sponge rubber to absorb shock Incurred while traveling. Savings realized through the use ot the "iron mule" as it is called, Ludwlg illustrates In this manner: two weeks, five men and $1,500 were needed to do a Job ordinarily requiring six months, 20 men and $7,000 to $8,000. About the only Jobs the Jeep Is not equipped for, and cannot handle, are core drilling and poor geological observation and practice, concludes Mr. Ludwlg. |