Show DISCOVERY OF URANIUM ORE according to don maguire of ogden utah oxide of uranium has been found in extensive quantities in the little prospected wilds of idaho county idaho the ore so far as assayed discloses values of from 15 to 60 per cent in this rare metal and with a large showing on the surface that can be easily mined mr maquire says it is stated that not even a trail reaches to where the mineral exists and that the rock formation in which it occurs is in the sandstone of the upper cretaceous age I 1 am not at liberty to give more news relative to this find nor am I 1 permitted as yet to give the names of those who made the discovery this fragment of news is ID given as proof of the existence of uranium ores at a point much further north than hitherto found in this country no doubt exists but that inside of twelve months a good pack trail will be built to the property miners cabins and a blacksmith shop will be constructed and ores or uranium will be sent out by pack train so far as our country is concerned the ores or uranium from froin which radium is largely obtained have been almost wholly found in the states of colorado utah and sparingly in new mexico and arizona |