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Show November 11. 1955 Page Three The Westers Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City. Utah Simple Rare Earths Process Will Lower Price, Increase Uses A brochure recently prepared by Minerals Refining Co. for distribution to potential customers, gives an illuminating description of the refining processes the company is using to make rare earth elements essential factors in a multiple of important uses. It reads: The simplicity of this process will have its effect on the) growing rare earth industry. The major effect, in our opinion, will be price-wisLimited use of these elements have been made. At reasonable prices, with adequate supplies, the rare earth industry will grow and compete successfully with other metallurgical products in many new fields of e. nomenon known as the Lanthanide Contraction.1 Mother nature seems to be in a cyclical reversal in their group. The physical properties of the elements are changed without appreciably affecting the chemical properties. This is accomplished by effecting the internal (nuclear) structure without changing the external (electronic) structure. The term rare earth' does not adequately describe the true properties of these strange elements. investigators without analytical instruments and chemical methods failed to detect the presence of these elements in their many complex minerals hence the term rare. The term earth applied to industry. The rare earths are not one these elements is quite inaccurate element, but are actually indi- since these elements are true metvidual chemical elements arrang- als and not earths. Recent producin increasing tion through modern techniques ing themselves atomic number similar to the have established the metallic other elements. character of these pure elements. Value Unlimited Nature in Reverse More valuable than gold or diThe chemical similarity of these elements ig due to the phe amonds, the rare earth industry Early modem is probably the most secretive and most coveted of all mineral businesses. The general public knows very little if anything about the rare earths where they come from, how many there are, what they aref called, or their uses. The Sniperscope which made possible the shooting down enemy planes at great distance at night or in heavy fog, was made with Europium. It is hard to estimate its real value in saving a nation. PHOTOGRAPHING RESULTS II. D. Peterson, production manIn the alloy industries of the must. are a ager for M. and L. and C- - V. Rawlins, art spectographer, await future, rare earths results from the art spectograph. This piece of equipment reMore and more uses are being cords, photographically, burning ore samples to determine the found where they prove superior elements which the sample contains. to any other metal for the desired results. In the past it has taken as dollar rare earth in various proportions. In 1954 a as 1500 processes to isolate many laboratory was built by the govAsia, Now U. S. a single pure element, making ernment for the purpose of disFormerly, most monazite was the pure oxide or metal very rare, covering and testing new uses for imported from Asia. However, in and for the very high various rare earth metals. recent years, due to increased list accounting the prices in past on these prices for the ore, profitable op- oxides. erations have been started in the Some More Abundant Prices Must Drop United States. One of the rare earths is more Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, AriNaturally these prices will abundant in the earth than tin, zona, New Mexico, West Virginia to be reduced considerably have silver, cadmium, antimony and and California now! produce rare to bring these metals Into general many other industrially used met- earth ores and other areas are commercial industries. als. Cerium is found to makej up known to contain rare earth delaboratories have been Many cent 40 of rare the about per posits. to develop several working years eleearth group and the other The processing of the rare a for these process ments make up the balance. earths can be divided into severe rare earth oxidesseparating a in simplified The truly rare rare earths are al steps as follows: manner and in quantities to satisthulium, europium and lutetium 1. Mining; 2. Concentrating, if and comfy the which makes up less than three 3. Grinding concentrate mercial manufacturing required; industries. per cent of the rare earth group. to a suitable degree of fineness; The chemical properties of 4. Leaching concentrate; 5. Rethese elements closely resembles moval of rare earths from pregthe element aluminum and also nant solution, and 6. National Uranium the other members of group three of the individual rare Separation earths. in the Periodic Table. Absorbs Blue Skies No Direct Smelting The rare earths are found in Merger oil Blue Skies Uranium nature usually as phophates. The will be noted from the Corp., into National Uranium It is rare source earths for major above that the procedure is one Corp. of Utah, was approved at the phosphate rock, monazite. of The direct a meeting of Blue Skies stockMonazite lg simply rare earth smelting of the rare earth ores holders in the Newhouse Hotel phosphate although it also usual- is impossible; the rare earth ores on Friday, Nov. 4. ly contains thorium. Monazite must be chemically dissolved and The merger terms provide that is found in hard rock formations reated special Blue Skies stockholders give up by and in bedded placer deposits. 170 processes developed by shares of Blue Skies for one Another commercial ore of rare earth is bassnaesite which is the years os study and experience in share of National Uranium Corp. of Utah. mineral compound (rare earth) his field. 16 rare earths, of There are F.CO-and accurs with fluorite. which only Scandium Is found The new company will retain Complex rare earth minerals the name of National Uranium such as gadolinite, samarskite, singularly, the rest are found in Corp. of Utah. Usually in mergers euxenite and many others contain groups innerJocked with each National retains its executive other, making their processing staff intact, including officers very difficult. They have been called rare and directors. Stock only will be earths, not because they are so Blue Skies award for participaURANIUM STOCK rare in the earths crust, but be- tion in the merger. cause they are so hard to separNatonal owns a huge deposit of WANTED ate. They probably should have columbium tantalite in French Guiana. We are accepting the following been called complex minerals. multi-millio- n hydro-metallurg- RARE EARTHS BOOSTER A. D. Clyde, Salt Lake City,, is an original incorporator of Minerals Refining set up in 1952. y He Is one of the plants leading technicians spectographer Co. M. and L. of Clyde has been and a director Refining earth elements. of one rare! the the chart for yttrium, X-Ra- ex-aml- ng 2V2 Million Sabre Blocking Shows Tons Ore; Still No Mining Plans Sabre Uranium Corp., has an indicated tonnage of 2,866,390 tons of blocked out uranium ore on two sections of its property near Grants, N. M., it was announced in a recent directive released by Hugh Craigie, Grand Junction, Colo., Sabre, president Craigies calculations of indicated ore reserves have resulted from exploratory drilling on Sections 15 and 23 in the Grants area. Additional tonnage will un- in place to the 2000 pound ton, doubtedly be blocked out in both Craigie estimated this would resections as more drilling is com- sult in an estimated ore reserve pleted, the press release declared. of 945,000 tons on Section 23. The 26th hole on Section 15, The release stated Hole No. 34 showed an average of nine feet averaged 17 feet id thickness in thickness and ore assayed 21 with an ore assay of .25 per cent. per cent, Craigie reported. The ore body, Craigieg report The blocked out ore covers an stated, averages 685 feet in area of 1,680,000 square feet width, and to date, has a length Based on 16 cubic feet of ore of 3700 feet, resulting in an indicated 2,866,390 tons of ore. Sabre recently had 2,250,000 CO. GENERAL MAPPING of stock trading. The shares Willard B. Lewis, Pres. original stock offering about one Map Drafting & Enigneering year ago was at $1.25 per share. Drafting EM 310 Judge Bldg. If No Answer Call EL For Inquiries Please Write P. 0. Box 954 82 Sable is not producing and has not mined ore as yet. It is doubtful if ore will be mined until it is acurately determined just how much ore the company owns; Craigie said. Intermountain Stamp Works 242 East 2nd South MFG. MARKING DEVICES RUSSES STAMPS Phone EL SEALS TUQUES SEALS hydro-metallurgic- al 2 isted stocks at prices quoted in exchange for furniture, carpet-nappliances and television: g, Monday's Acceptance Federal 4.50 04 Lucky Strike Standard 2.00 Shumway 2.95 Uran. Corp 25 White Canyon . 1.75 Oher quotations available upon request. Ask for Mr. Bunder Quantities acceptable are necessarily limited 04 STEROLS BRONZE AND PLASTIC NAME PLATES CORPORATE 5-40- y. Bradley-Badg-er DA 39 38 South Main, DA S.L.C., 37 Utah |