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Show UttfT-dt- U Bulk Rate U. S. Postage PAID NON-C!RCJl7Tftf- G Salt Lake City, Utah Permit No. 2091 North Dakota seeks N-- regulation authority The Atomic Energy Commission has received from Governor William L. Guy of North Dakota a proposal for an agreement under which the State would assume part of the AECs regulatory authority over the use of radioactive materials in North Dakota. As required by law, the agreement proposed by North Dakota along with the States rad iation control program will be published for public comment in the Federal Register once each week for four consecutive weeks, beginning May 15, 1969. The Commission will then consider any public comments before taking final action. Under the proposed agreement the Commission would transfer to North Dakota the regulatory re sponsibility over the use of radioisotopes, the source materials uranium afd thorium, the small quantities of fissionable materials. Before entering into such an agreement, the Commission must find that the States radiation control program is compatible with that of the AEC and that it is adequate to protect public health and safety. ww f i D ; 6 Xv ' V , i I 5 1 'i 5 - -- f f 1' - , !J . . U : -- . - " ' O . -- ' v i 1 ' Department of Health be the agency in North Dakota responsible for administering the licensing and regu- assumed this authority from the AEC. zona, Arkansas, California, Col- orado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ore latory radiation program. At present there are approximately 40 AEC licenses in North Dakota for the use of radioactive mat- erials. Nineteen states They are Alabama, Ari- Texas gon, Tennessee, Washington. have already and 'w ' zi : 5 y i , IH8RAM25 ? V ? . V V ' f. i ... ' t i kjf -- "ii The would ? . . . .!' i 'V, p -i -f- J i c. t i , ' ; ;. i - , : f J J v ' f r : til ;; ? i J I j v" r-- ..T ; . . ! ,. " fe.-- . i' I s f-- J wyMAiSOBBPai' PeKj .) ) j ( 1 1 ; FpB0Ll?3n37D " : ! I yi . v ' i I b Vol. 1 No. 14 June 2, 1969 25$ per copy Oil shale knowledge absolutely necessary Witnesses cuts protesting budget affecting oil shale appraisal work have told a Congressional hearing that the work is absolutely necesWASHINGTON sary. The remarks were made in a House Appropriations hearings on the Department of Interior budget. William T. Pecora, director of Sub-committ- ees the Geological Survey, discussed a $300,000 reduction in the budget for oil shale geological appraisal. The subcommittee chairman, Rep. Julia Butler Hansen, re minded Pecora the work sh., was something he had wanted stepped . up, not slowed down. He agreed, saying the survey had asked for more money to earmark mainly for core drilling and mineralogical studying and assaying that could lead to oil shale leasing work on the estimated 2 trillion barrels of oil estimated to be locked in oil shale, largely in the western United States. This knowledge is vital to . oil leasing? Mrs. Hansen asked. It is absolutely necessary, Pecora said. At a time when we are searching for additional income, we are foregoing obtaining the knowlege that will enable us to provide additional revenue, Mrs. Hansen said. $1 million in minerals More than a million dollars worth of gems and lapidary exhibits will be on display June 19-during the National Gem and Mineral Show at the Salt 22 Palace. Gemboree Officials of the of the Rockies say the event will feature 120 special displays including one from the Smithsonian Institution valued at several thousand dollars as well as 150 exhibits by rockhounds who will be competing for national trophies. According to Clifford Davis and Frank Brigham, presidents of the host Mineralogical Society of Utah and Wasatch Gem Society, respectively, swap tables will be in operation dally and there will be education displays, demonstrations and lectures. Approximately 42 retail dealers and about 10 equipment man ufacturers will be on hand. Door prizes of gems, jewelry materials and equipment will be ;iven away every hour. Conventions of the American and Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies will be held in conjunction with the show. The American Federation conof more than 800 clubs with membership exceeding 55,000. There are 10 mineralogical clubs in Utah alone. Mr. Davis and Mr. Brigham said that advance registration sists already totals more than .500 and more than 20,000 persons are expected to view the show. The American Federation con- vention will be held at Hotel Utah on Wednesday, June 18, and the Rocky Mountain Federation will convene at the same place June 20 and 21. Gasoline from coal The Office of Coal Research has released a report on conversion of gasoline from coal which estimates a cost of 15.5 cents per barrel for the gasoline. However, Nell P. Cochran, chief of utilization of OCRs division of utilization, said he was confident the cost could be held to the 11.5 to 13.5 cents per gallon range. The report was prepared by Ralph M. Parsons Co. of Los Angeles to evaluate the commercial feasibility of converting coal to gasoline in a model refinery based on research done thus far by Consolidation Coal Co. The OCR also released a list of the equipment needed for a projected commercial plant producing about 50,000 barrels of gasoline per day. grade students at Park City junior High The' town is celebrating its 100th birthday. Wayne Patman, a miner in Park City mines, gives jack leg drill demonstration to seventh Centennial Observance Students Relive Mining Past - PARK CITY The history of Park City is largely a story i of mining. As the town observes its 100th silver mining anniversary this year, Park City Junior High Utah hisSchools seventh-grad- e tory class is studying mining. About half of the students have family members or ancestors a double jack hammer and a type of spike called a bit or he said. steel, He demonstrated how the miner would use the hammer and bit to chip into rock in search of ore. About 40 years ago, miners began using water and compressed air drills which cut into rock with a pounding motion. The miner would rotate the drill 10-pou- nd Park City mines. in the hole so the dust would Teacher James M. Spens infall out, he explained. vited local miner Wayne PutBecause many men who operveteran of Unitman, a ated these drills got consumption ed Park City Mining Co. operations, to visit the class. Mr. and tuberculosis from the dust, the drill was commonly called Putman displayed mining equiphe said. ment from past to present for a widow maker, in32 students in the class, the Mr. Putman also brought a drill that requires two cluding his daughter Frieda. He told them the first minmen to operate. The drill called a liner moves in and out of ing was done by prospectors panning for gold. As mines opened, the hole by Itself. and is still miners used hand tools such as used today in some areas. who have worked in 12-y- ear 220-pou- nd He also showed the students the type of drill most miners use today. The jack leg drill can bore a test hole as long as 300 feet in search two-year-- old of new ore deposits. He explained that the best feature of this drill is that a man does not have to hold it in position, but it will keep drilling by Itself. This drill can drill 100 feet in four or five hours, depending on the type of ground, he said. Mr. Putman fielded questions on mining operations and equipment, the kind of clothing miners wear and mine accidents. He recalled for the class when he was working in .the Quincy Mine near Brighton and was overcome by carbon monoxide gas. The father of a boy in the class pulled him to fresh air in just enough time to save his life. |