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Show Page OIL 6 & March 8, 1969 MINING JOURNAL Senator Moss may chair Hearings to probe monuments hassle Sen. Alan Bible, chairman of the Senate Parks Subcommittee, has announced that hearings on proposed new national parks at Capitol Reef and Arches National monuments will be held in Richfield, Moab, and possibly Salt Lake City, Utah in He said Sen. Frank E. Moss, will probably chair the WASHINGTON D-N- ev., mid-Mar- ch. D-Ut- ah, which will be added to Utahs Capitol Reefs and Arches National Monuments. The report from hearings. 11,000 Mining Claims Introduce Proposals The three other members of the Utah Congressional delegation. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, Rep. Laurence J. Burton and Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, all Republicans, have introduced bills in Congress which would limit withdrawals of public lands by presidential proclomation without approval of Congress to 2, 500 acres. Sen. Moss requested an economic survey of the expanded national monuments from the Department of the Interior. is focal lv point of a hassle lietween Southern Utah oil and mining interests and conservationthe Johnson Administration. Hearings this month will decide last minute monuments by WASHINGTON Sen. Wallace F. has joined in sponBennett, soring a bill geared to "unlocking the vast potential of geotherm power by authorizing the Seen ah, tary of the Interior to issue leaser for the development of geothermal steam. KCC The Utah Republican, in the bill with Sen. Alan Bible, said, "It is past time that Industry should be encouraged by the government in the development and utilization of the untapped energy from underground steam. Geo v., As the mining inmoves to find and seaward dustry on our conmineral riches exploit tinental shelf and in the deep ocean subsoil beyond, important problems require that solutions must soon be found. This is the opinion of Malcolm R. Wilkey, general counsel and secretary of Kennecott Copper Corp. as he spoke at a meeting of oceanic thermal steam is energy which can spin turbines generating electricity thus providing potential for industrial development throughout the intermountain states, and the potential for relatively inexpensive power in huge amounts from such sites in tremendous. mining, it is more important that the boundary be clear-c- ut and definable than that it be at any par- ticular location or distance offIt is essential, too, Mr. Wilkey said, that we do not surrender any of our rights under the 1958 Geneva Convention which defines a boundary progressing outward from shore as exploitation capability develops. shore. Malcolm L. Wilkey ...speaks on offshore mining 26, 240 acres under oil and gas leases, and coal permit applications totaling 1,660. area contain geologic formations "favorable to the occurences of oil are known to contain some deposits of bituminous sand, uranium, gypsum and coal, according to the report. and gas, and also No Active Mines There are no active mines or oil and gas wells in the area to be added to Arches Monument, but the Reports on Activity Approximately 7,600 acres covered by potash leases are included in the additions. An estimated 80 per cent of the area is covered by oil and gas leases. The Bureau of Land Management has reported on the extent of grazing and mining activity in the area PSC report said there are also geological formations "favorable to the occurence of potash, oil and gas, uranium and coal. sets freight rate hearing A hearing before the Public Service Commission on a petition from Utah railroads for a three to ten per cent increase in the intrastate freight rates has been scheduled for the 17th of March. The hearings wiU commence at a.m. in the Public Service Commission hearing room at 330 E. 4th South in Salt Lake City. 10 Individuals or firms desiring to appear and present testimony must apply to the PSC, State Capitol, by Feb. 24, 1969. The railroads are asking for increases equal to those they requested for interstate traffic in Ex Parte 259. The freight rate increase applied for in the case of ores and concentrates is five per cent. 00000000000000000000000000001800000000000000000 and USEE more detailed legal regime for the deep ocean subsoil beyond the continental shelf. Security of tenure, exclusivity of use, definite operating rules and a reasonable tax basis will be needed when deep ocean mining gets under way in from seven to ten years, Mr. Wilkey said. Meantime, Mr. Wilkey adds, new interim agreements under the presently well-establish- rules of ed p p P GRADALL EXCAVATORS 4 f inPOWER GRADERS CRANES AUSTIN-WESTER- I HYDRAULIC i ROBBINS LIFT TRUCKS t SCHRAMM ROTARY DRILLS & SECURITY BITS BDK?EE li CORRUGATED METAL BnBEE I ARCH I CORRUGATED METAL JAEGER AIR A COMPRESSORS ROBERT M. PHELPS, Manager Phone 484-855- 1 550 WEST 17th SOUTH P. O. Box 687 - Salt Lake City, Utah I P VALE FORK CORRUGATED EHEITAL I EQUIPMENT ternational law are needed between contiguous nations to govern the exploration of certain deep ocean areas. GALVANIZED, CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO. leases, including has passed to and sent Washington a joint resolution HJR 5 memorializing the President and the Congress to restore to the public domain for multiple use purposes the 266, 000 added Detailed Legal Regime 3) A These are the three present needs which Mr. Wilkey ranks highest in importance: 1) A new, U.S. mining claim law for operations on the U.S. continental shelf off all three coasts. The Interior Departments present rules are taken from experience with petroleum leasing and are not adapted to hard rock mining, Mr. Wilkey said. 2) An ascertainable boundary location between the ocean subsoil subject to national jurisdiction and that of the deep ocean beyond. For There are no oil and gas wells or coal mines within the Capitol Reds extension but there are numerous r Industry spokesmen here. Outlines Present Needs flB Capitol Reef national park status on the basis of their original ac- acres. aide urges offshore mining laws SAN DIEGO LCS Moss introduced legislation to make the enlarged monuments into national parks, and Bennett introduced bills to give Arches and reages. Utahs Legislature Sen. Bennett sponsors geothermal bill Within the land added to Capitol Reefs are an estimated 11,000 mining claims. Most of them are uranium claims, and only one mine the Rainy Day is considered to be active now. The lands in the Capitol Reefs National Park Status CAPITOL REEF MONUMENT ists. Tlie del Kite was kicked off if order will stand. Utah State BLM Director R.D. Nielson, said there were 62 grazing permits affected by the Capitol Reefs change and nine by the enlargement of Arches. 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