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Show lone 22, 1956 The Western Mineral Survey, Sail Lake City, Utah Page 3 Sil Pick Buys 13 In S. Dakota U-Clai- Where Alunite ore is put to use. HEADQUARTERS - Ore Vitalizer User ms In forthcoming data released to stockholders of Silver Pick Uranium, Inc., president James P. Harris announces the acquisition of thirteen claims in the Tee Pee area of the Black Hills in Fall River county, South Dakota. The claims were owned by the Uranium Research and Develop ment Co. of Denver, headed by geologists Robert Harris, Ralph Erickson and Robert McNeal, with offices in the Denham Building. The Tee Pee claims are based in the newest uranium exploration area in the west. A Defense Minerals Exploration Administration loan for $21,855, represents 75 per cent of proBAGGING Alunite enroute to vitalize earth. duction costs for further development of the properties. The new claims, located 13 miles from Host Springs, South Dakota near the Gould mines in Edgemont and only 15 files from the buying station in that city, will be added to the Silver Pick holdings at Blanding, Utah, Harowns a 30 per cent interest. rials, research, product develop- ris stated. The company has its own pro- ment and sales promotion, Love-jo- y notes. Harris pointed out that expecessing mill at Marysvale which tons 250 rience of mining companies in the proceses daily. This young company has capiThe crushed, screened ore is talized on the varied ingredients Black Hills area has shown an then shipped to Salt Lake City of alunite ore, which according to unusually low cost of production where it is blended with other a recent report, contains in its approximately $6 per ton. ingredients, bagged and dis- natural state many of 12 elements The uranium company president tributed. beneficial to plant growth. looks for continued progress in Alunite plans to expand disAccording to G. Owen Love-jothe Silver Pick projects with inpresident of the corporation, tribution to all western states, creased deliveries to buying staproceeds from the current offer- Lovejoy said today. The company tions and continued development ing will be used to expand the now serves Utah, Idaho, Colorado, of the companys present holdings Marysvale mill and build a $35,-00- 0 Arizona, Wyoming and Nevada. With continuing research procompany bagging plant in done now is Lake. Salt cessing alunite for increasing Bagging contract a basis. on usage the west can chalk up Standard Uranium include another important mineral to its Other expansion plans Wins Law Dispute matevast depository. increased purchase of raw Standard Uranium was awarded seven disputed mineral claims in the Big Indian district this week by U. S. District Court in Utah after a three week trial. Shawano the Dutton Basin anticline shown at 468 New Customhouse, Denver, Development Corp. of Florida, on the map, indicating the pres- Colo.; 234 Federal Building, plaintiffs, say they will appeal ence of at least small amounts of Tulsa, Okla.; and 504 Federal to 10th Circuit Court of Appeals oil and gas in the structure. Buildin g,Salt Lake City, Utah. at Denver. Although recent test wells have produced no oil or gas, the mineral-fuel- s potentialities of this anticline may not have been adequately explored. Several of the geologic formations that crop out in the eastern Beaver DivideGas Hills area yield oil elsewhere in the Wind River Basin. In 1953 uranium was discovered in the Gas nills and Fuddle Located 17 miles SE of Yeiington, Nevada Has shaft sunk to Springs areas. Ore was first shipped in July 1954. the 360' level. Ore carries 14 to 15 copper. Ready to start Development and exploration production immediately. work are continuing Uranium occurs in coarse arkosic sandMine stone in the lower Eocene Wind Located Vi mile SW of famous MASON VALLEY MINE. Has River formation, in the middle and upper Eocene sequence, in copper, exposed metamorphic deposit of ore averaging 3.0 volcanic conglomerate of uncerwith surface exposure 400 ft. long by 80 ft. wide Has shaft to tain age, and in older rocks. 400 ft. hut open pit mining believed possible. The map was prepared as part Western of the Department of the Interior program for the development of Located Vi mile south of the McCONNELL MINE. Ore vein at 100 the Missouri River Basin, with Estimated 8000 to ft. 25 to 35 ft. wide which samples 5 the cooperation of the Geological 3 De. 9000 tons ready for milling which averages Survey of Wyoming and the of University Geology, partment Mine of Wyoming. The map, titled Geologic map This mine joins the famous MASON VALLEY MINE on the south of the eastern Beaver DivideGas and the ore occurrence is similiar. It is connected on the 300 Hills area, Fremont and Natrona foot level to the Mason Valley Mine. Counties, Wyoming, by F. B. Van Houten and J. L. Weitz, has These Properties are Priced to Sell been issued as OM 180 of the OiL series. and Gas Investigations TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED Copies can be purchased at 50 cents each from the Distribution Section, Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colo., W. A. BROWN Write Today and from the Chief of Distribu'll ELIZABETH STREET tion Geological Survey, WashingFor Further Alunite Plans Expansion Thru Public Offering The growing importance of com- several western states minerals mercial fertilizer in the United into the commercial field. States has poved advantageous to Alunite Corporation of Utah, a Alunite Corporation of Utah, one year old firm. It also brings with principal offices in Salt Lake City, is now offering 160,000 shares of common stock at $1.50 per share with an eye toward expansion to keep up with the growing demand. The offering is for In $240,000 and is now effective in Gas Feud Rages District Court Utah and Colorado. Stock will be offered in Idaho in the near fu- A Salt Lake man is this week attempting to get his share of gas profit in the Clear Creek, Carbon county in a hearing before the Utah Gas and Oil Conservation Commission. John Nicolaides, owner of 200 acres of land in the Clear Creek area, seeks, to establish drilling units in the area so that he may share in the gas of Three States well or else foe permitted to drill a well of his own. According to Nicolaides, his request to drill a well on his land was refused because his property was too close to an already producing well owned by Three ture. Alunite ore is the principal in- gredient in the companys lizer product. Basic minerals are produced at Marysvale, Utah on properties which Alunite Corp. Vita- Oil, Gas Map Outlines Wyo. Potential i A geologic map of the eastern Beaver DivideGas Hill area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, in central Wyoming, has been published by the Geological Survey. The area comprises about 438 States. Nicolaides claims gas under his land is being drained by square miles in the southeastern the Three States well. part of the Wind River Basin and Comis the the adjacent Sweetwater Plateau. Conducting hearing mission H. F. Smart of the Oil Five areas of surface and Gas Conservation or gas seeps are known from g USED MINING EQUIPMENT McConnell Check this partial listing HOIST S-2- 1 FF-2- 11 SLUSHER Joy Electric, 1250 lbs pull Joy Electric, 2000 lbs. 11 2 4 AAF-21- A-2- 4 FT-2- 1 pull 6 1 2 Sullivan, 15 HP 11 Joy Air Slushers, 15 HP, Like New 11 Sullivan 15 HP Joy Model Joy Model LF-11- 1, LF-1- 12 HOIST, TUGGER 1 7.5 HP Sullivan Class D- -l 13, 7 7.5 HP HP 1 I. R. 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