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Show Bulk Rate ' I. S. Postage PAID Salt Lake City, Utah Permit No. 2001 t 1 'if ' fcl' V . Vol. 1 .." N,' wrfllY- - jlrl Wfc V J I.. 8.C'is.fc&i No. 45 jj Mr - 'k.- -- January 19( 1970 ' . CferVa,- - 25 Cents per Copy S.L. mine firm in Philippine venture More than $800,000 worth of stockpiled copper ore running to as much as 25 is involved in a joint venture between National Coppermines, Inc., Salt Lake City, and Coppermines Phillippines, Inc. of Manila, P.I. The agreement calls for development of two copper properties owned by the Philippine firm Luzon Islands. on Panay and Under the agreement National will assume 49 per cent of the stock in Coppermines PRESIDENT OF COPPERMINES PHILIPPINES, De Dios Grijaldo, is shown seated at center in this picture taken on stockpiled copper ore at companys Pilar Mine site, Panay Island, Philippines. Coppermines Philippines has entered a joint agreement with National Coppermines, a Salt Lake City corporation. Behind Mr. Grijaldo is a Philippine Bureau of Mines inspector. U.S. judge halts mining in Arches Monument U.S. District Judge A. Sherman Christensen has signed a preliminary injunction prohibiting four defendants from mining or building a road in Arches National Monument. The defendants will be allowed to take an ore sample to prove validity of claims that its Colorado River inside the Arches boundary. They were planning to blast through a scenic cliff to reach their mining operations when stopped by the Department of Interior. If claims prove valid, then we would have to pay condemnation allow removal of gravel, prices, which would be expensive, Bates Wilson, Arches and Canyonlands National Park superintendent said. If the claims are not valid, the defendants have no right to remain. assistant U.S. attorney Anderson, John Adams and lands contain gold and magnetite. It will be placed in a sealed container to be analyzed. Federal law recognizes mining on proven claims, but does not . according to H. Ralph Klemm, representing the Department of Interior. The defendants had constructed some 2,000 feet of road on the north side of the George Pattee, O.L. Charles Spalding were listed as defendants in the case. The Silver Eagle Mining Co., Jim C. Butt and James Halamandaris were dropped as defendants. Philippines, headed by De Dios B. Grijaldo. R.G Jensen, McGill, Nev., secretary of National said Mr. Grijaldo and his associate, Mrs. Luminoza R. Francisco, hold claims on about 30,000 acres consisting of more than 1,500 mining claims in the Philippines. Milton D. Lunt, president of National signed the agreement with the Philippine principals during a recent visit to the islands. Mr. Grijaldo and Mrs. Francisco are currently in Salt as defendant because letters written to the Department of Interior were on Silver Eagle stationary. Arches officials said. Wilson said the injunction appears to solve the problem of roads being blasted through the scenic cliff along the river. It does not appear that we have to worry about that now, he said. No time limit was placed on the defendants to complete their mineral sample. However, interior officials said it could take up to four months. The injunction did include a paragraph allowing the matter to be considered again in court in case of undue delay. Anyone need a job? Mines in Utah, Colorado and Nevada need about 430 men, according to a survey taken by the Utah Mining Association during November and December. Eleven mines in the area reported a shortage of employes. Only one mine had no worker shortage. three-stat- e He succeeds Griffith C. Lindquist, who founded the A Dempsey, vice president, and treasurer; Richard G Condie, vice president. All three officers formerly were associated with J. hire-approxim- hiring-- or. ately 160 new men a month to fill their labor needs, according to1 the survey. Lindquist Securities chief B. Coppermines Philippines has accumulated over a period of three years using pick and shovel and dynamite. According to Philippine Bureau of Mines reports and Kennecott Copper Corp. assay reports the Philippine firm has blocked out some 3,147,500 metric tons of ore. The firm has built six tunnels on its Panay Island property located just 37 kilometers from the company's pier at Estancia Port. Proceeds from the sale of the stockpiled ore (figured at $862,400 at 56 cents per pound for copper) will be divided 51 per cent for development of the (Continued on Page 4) Western mines report lack of workers trying to Buck Brown named company in 1954. Other new officers are James copper content, which Silver Eagle was earlier listed The mines are Edward E. (Buck) Brown was named president of Lindquist Securities, Inc., 136 S. Main, in a realignment of management of the Salt Lake City firm. Lake City to work out details of the program. National Coppermines has been given authority under the agreement to arrange for the sale and shipment of some 10,000 metric tons of copper ore, reportedly with a 10 minimum Hogle Co. and have combined experience of 41 years in the securities-brokerag- e field. William T. Thurman will become the new secretary and counsel of the firm. The shortage is even worse in South the Wyoming-wester- n Dakota region where one mine employing 1,841 persons reported it was short workers. Two mines reported no shortage According to the mine labor shortage 525 in the area of men. survey, the in this area was the greatest in the nation. Idaho, Montana and Washington mines reported a shortage of 118 workers. Similar shortages were reported in mining areas throughout the nation. The total national shortage is over 1 ,600 miners. The labor shortage is restricting the attainment of production goals, according to the mine operators. The survey indicates that most of the firms reporting no shortage of workers were small, hiring less than 100 persons, notes Paul S. Rattle, UMA manager. The operators feel they' are losing workers to other industries, particularly, construction, where wages relative to working conditions seem to be considered more favorable, Mr. Rattle said. |