| Show URANIUM IN BEAVER COUNTY milford times it is quite possible that within a short time radium the precious mineral product recently discovered which is worth a million dollars or so an ounce will soon be produced from deaver beaver county ores it has been discovered that u uranium one of the afie radio active metals from wh which I 1 c h rad radium III f ni Is extracted exists in the granite range of mountains east of milford the metal has been found in the group or of L claims owned by M L powers and others the ores from which were supposed to be available chiefly for the bismuth they contained the american can mining rare minerals company recently incorporated secured samples from this group and had them analyzed the result showing that they not only contained radium but also tungsten and two very valuable minerals the company immediately secured an option on the group I 1 which runs for two years and calls for tho the payment of the ores from this property carry all the way from 5 to 60 per cent bismuth and it is believed that they them will average at least 10 per cent in this mineral maneaf mr powers who was down from salt lake last week stated that it was lifs his understanding that a force of men would be put to work immediately and that the ores would be shipped to niagara falls for treatment at the plant recently established for the production of radium mine owners in this section will do well to investigate their oro ores with a view to ascertaining whether they contain any of the rare minerals that have heretofore been overlooked and neglected in the search for the more common metals |
