Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-29 | Page 21 | Utah Has Vast Vanadium Field

UTAH HAS VAST VANADIUM FIELD i That some of the worlds world's most valuable able abe metals will be under production in n a big way in Garf Garfield count county Utah before lon long is intimated in a report received Thursday by PL R. J. J Evans president of the Utah Vanadium corporation cor cor- from John E. E Daley Daler the manager Since the first discoveries of ot vanadium vanadium vanadium vana vana- and uranium in Garfield development development development de de- de- de has been interrupted by the he worlds world's financial troubles troubles- Recently Recently Re Re- however funds to go on with the he opening of the deposits have been I raised in the cast easl I Seven men opera operating tins under the supervision of Manager Daley are Inthe in inthe the he field In the last year the road from rom the vanadium camp to lo Green River liver station on the Rio Grande West West- cm ern rn railroad has been improved so as aso asto asto to o reduce the hauling distance from 00 to 82 miles and the average time of f the truck haul from nine to five I and a half haIr hours Mr Daley's Dalcy's crew has opened since I the he snow went off oU dozens of new newl I holes loles in the large territory owned by bythe bythe the he corporation and stored upward of f sacks of ore along with sacks of specimen mineral saved in five months of sampling last year from small surface pits Mr Ir Dale Daley Dalcy states 1 I Although mined from widely separated separated sepa sepa- rated diggings in 23 claims the sacked ore samples are said to have shown surprisingly high and uniform values If the samples saved so far are arc representative the production of 50 tons ons of ore a da day for days a year would earn for tor the corporation more than han a million dollars a year Accompanying Mr lIr Daley's letter leller are arc several photographs photographS' One taken of ot the No 2 claim shows ore exposed and piled plIed in several places which will run better than 5 per cent vanadium oxide and sell in the form form I of ot for tor to a pound No 4 claim shows m many my openings and nd ore exposures No 5 has a trench 40 0 feet long piled to lo its full length with ore which extends for an un tin known J. mown distance under cover of or shelving in ing ng rock Claim No 10 has a deep trench rench about 20 feet in length which carl can an be extended both ways on ore Mr Ir Daley explains that there are arc many such openings s on this claim The picture of ot claim No 11 reveals a deposit said to be four feet teet in thickness thickness thick thId ness dipping under tinder the bluff blutt and heaped leaped up in many piles plies Dealers in and consumers of or vana vana- Hum have manifested great interest In n the showing of or the Utah property Mr Evans says he has had letters letterstrom from rom firms in Germany London Los Angeles and other localities asking numerous questions about the depos- depos its Is He is is' confident that a l good business can be worked up as soon ns as the corporation is 15 in a position to concentrate the minerals where they are produced preparatory to o shipping them to lo a refinery Though vanadium used in tempering temper temper- ini ing ng steel is the principal element clement of value in th the Utah ore slight additional addition addition- al cost will give an appreciable appreciable- al al- lowance of uranium bearing radium