Show oda MINE AID AJO PLAN rr BEING STUDIED i I OS Co 4 rf A plan to encourage small operators operators oper oper- t tin to develop new mining g claims in the west was being considered Thursday by bj Frank Walker director 1 r ec of or allotments and information in the f 1 i c a anew new work relief organization according accord r ing to an Associated Press PreS dispatch few OJ 11 from Washington D D. D C. C 1 tar Th The e plan establishment of sampling sam sam- yet I t pling plin and assay stations in the western west west- l lern ern states stales mining area was suggested suggest t ted ed cd to Mr Walker by members of th the r Rocky mountain group of QZ tea tives n 1 C Cost of the suggested plan would be according to members of ot the group group Under such a system I z prospectors and small mine operators i t rii KIT could bring in their ore have it assayed as as- as who saved sayed and sampled I t C Any amount from a ton upward r as sa would be accepted at such stations e After the ore had been handled by bythe i ICIl cw r the stations the prospectors and ira operators op op- T Tev immediately would be given givena WlM r. r a check for r the mineral value of the theore ore contained tt Wt uy no The ore would be held In stock stockpiles tt m piles at the plants until there was sufficient to establish a mill or to a am m to mills or Cra Cm Crais ship it economically is tz smelters already established s IraQ under such a program gold silver k 7 antimony tin manganese an and oth other r ti ores which are needed especially in m t wartime could be purchased Representative Representative Abe Abc Murdock Murdock D. D Utah cir committee commit the suggesting chairman o of tee explained to Mr Walker i II 1 Other members members o of the Rocky mo moun mountain tain Lain group included Representative may a D. D Nev chairman of ot the mining subcommittee o of the Rocky mountain group Representative k tive live Greenway D D. D Ariz White Whit D D. h Idaho and Warner D. D S. S D. D d. d |