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Show T KEEP POSTED ON vfQ & . URANIUM ' i(HificaHfciit, They Oil and Mining World" Silt Lake CitYJUtab October 7. 1955 One Tear $3.00 -- 10c Per Copy ' AmericairMining Congress Opens Monday In Famed Las Vegas The city of glitter and gold opens its world famous Strip to more than 2500 mining men, Monday, plus wives, families and other persons interested in the annual American Mining Congress. Howard I. Young, president of the American Mining Congress will greet the mining trys top executives at a general session at 10 a.m. in the Silver Slipper ooint on Las Vegas offers the convention members a schedule. More than 150 top Administra- tion officials and state leaders are 3lated to speak on national and local policies which affect the mining industry. Special discussion sessions will probe every aspect of mining, milling, exploration and research in all fields. Ballroom. indus- From this 24-ho- ur Gillespie,. U. S. Smelting, and Richard Kiebs. Eqnipmenl Eng., San Francisco swap stories at Roeky. ML Minerals Conference. WESTERN SCOPE DISCUSSED K. B. The dynamic uranium industry which has held the spotlight Salt Lake Fetes Western States Mining Executives in the west for the past three will have fun years will be fully explored in four major sessions., Congress-goer- s too. More than 450 mining men from the western states registered during the first day of the Rocky Mountain Minerals Conference Thursday, in Salt Lake Citys Newhouse Hotel. The three day session, sponsored by the Utah Section of the A.I.M.E.,' featured top speakers on the local and government level. Every hotel, show place, busi- ness house in Las Vegas has ex- tended their welcome. Headliner stars have been brought to Vegas for this particular event. A barbecue and western party is scheduled Monday. Back to business special trips to open Governor J. Bracken Lee, Utah, congratulated convention pit mining and other plants and mines are on the docket. delegates on the progress made by the mining world in the past The miners will work, discuss few years both legislatively and in the growth area. He also spoke on government restrictions and pointed out what he feels are and have fun at the 1955 Mining dangerous steps. The danger in permitting the federal government to take too much money from the tax- payer in income tax, he said, means the government actually is taking power away from the people. Congress. Crusader Sets Up Shop On Utah Location In technical sessions the minerals representatives heard prominent speakers discuss the miniSurvey Denver Bureau ng, processing and production phases of the minerals business. VERNAL, UTAH Charles M. Seven tours are scheduled for Jameson, independent drilling convention goers on Saturday. contractor and operator, has They will visit Geneva Steel moved drilling equipment to loWorks, Bingham and Lark cop- cation for a well and is rigging per mines, Magna and Arthur up preparatory to beginning acMills, Garfield Smelter and re- tual drilling of a location as folfinery, Western Phosphate plant, lows: Vitro Uranium Mill and Kenne-cot- t Section 3, CNWV4NEV4NEV4, Research and Engineering 8 South, Range 20 East Township Center. in Uintah county, Utah. The loca-io- n Special trains have been schedis about 26 miles south of uled to carry the visitors to the Vernal. American Mining Congress openThe well is located upon a ing in Las Vegas Monday. World Uranium Deposits To Be Told Las Vegas, Nev. Uranium developments throughout the free world will be described Tuesday before delegates attending the American Mining Congress by Donald L. Everhart, geologic advisor, Division of Raw Materials, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Denver, Colo. uranium provFive broad inces were outlined in areas of the world outside of Communist denomination by Everhart which Included Western Europe, Africa, Canada, United States and South America and Australia. Although we may have a general concept of the uranium belts of the world, he said, 'the num erous geologic possibilities in these broad areas a large extent, to be ed. with- remain to investigat- He reviewed the various major deposits describing each type of occurrence and concluded that uranium because the provinces occupy large areas ol the earths crust, many obvious voids, yet great, remain to be thoroughly explored. From this point of view, uranium exploration and development throughout the world, in spite of the tremendous effort that has been put into It, is still he a very young business, so-call- jnitized block of approximately acres which is said to be a farmout from four major oil combapanies to Jameson on a 3,000 50-5- 0 sis. Crusader Oil Uranium Co. and Wyoming Oil Co. of Denver are said to be participating in the test with a interest each in the entire block. The block contains what is said to be a large geological structure on which the majors drilled a deep test earlier this year which failed to produce in the deeper sands, but which showed for approximately 25 barrels of oil per day in another sand at approximately 1600 feet. Jameson proposes to test the shallow sand with heavy duty cable tool drilling equipment. "STRIP" BEAUTT WELCOMES MINERS This is one of the major hotels and motels which will house and entertain more than 2.500 miners attending the American Mining Congress in Las Vegas Monday to Thursday. Survey Hails Mining World; Will Keep West Posted The Western Mineral Survey is now in its 36th year of publication. During that 36 years it has been devoted to telling the story of the western states in their progress and development mineral and oil wise. The Survey has recorded booms and busts. It has printed items about beginning companies and has watched them grow to become leaders. It now serves the minerals world in giving a picture to the American Mining Congress and the Rocky Mountain Conference and will report to the readers at home what is going on at these meetings. To the leaders of the mining world who this week are meeting for the betterment and progress of the field the Survey wishes to extend congratulations and best wishes. & one-thirty-seco- nd Brokers Plan Move Thunderbird, Joins Consolidation of several of the financially weaker uranium companies was discussed early in the week by more than 40 businessmen and Salt Lake City brokers. The group arrived at the conclusion that such a move would benefit the brokers, customers and the uranium industry as a Yates In OH Deal Thunderbolt Uranium Corp. may sign a agreement with Maurice Yates, Salt Lake financier to drill an important oil well in San Mateo county, Calif, four miles from the ocean. Thunderbolt officials are encouraged in the project by the fact that Gulf Union Oil recently whole. It is expected further clarifica- brought in a new oil well option of the situation will be posite the site of their oil reached at subsequent meetings. 50-5- 0 |