Show I PlAN DEVElOPMENT OF SALT BEDS IN VANADIUM OPERATIONS Grand Gand county people WIll be inter inter- interested interested ested in reading the following artIcle taken from the Grand Junction Sen- Sen tinel Sentinel which tells of the proposed de- de deI development development I of the Paradox valley vaney salt salti i beds in connection wIth the installatIon installation tIon of a large mill for the reduction of I vanadium and ores in the territory lying lust Just east of the La Sal mountaIns PreparatIons for development of the gigantIc salt beds in the Paradox val val- valley valley ley are progressing Kell ell Thomas Allen a fIeld engineer for the U S CorporatIon reported upon his arrIval here yesterday for a brief visit with hIs family Allen employed under BlaIr Burwell of thIs CIty general superintendent for forthe forthe the VanadIUm actIvities m in western Colorado recently surveyed a prospectIve route for a pIpelIne from the salt beds to the site on which fromI the I company will lat later r erect a large mill fOI reduction of vanadIUm and man uran- uranIUm IUm ones 01 es esThe The pipeline route as surveyed is 10 miles long Allen expressed be- be belief lief that It would not be constructed and that large dryIng beds would be installed to evaporate the wat water r from the brine after which salt would be transported by truck to the mill milI beI I The Paradox salt deposit located about fIve miles from the town of Paradox and near the Dolores rIver IS ISone isone I one of the largest in the United States WIth a depth of feet It is about 1000 feet under the surface The sup sup- supply ply to be used by the vanadIUm cor- cor corporation corporation mIll Hill be obtained from from brine which flow above the de- de deposit deposit posit ApproxImately fire e tons tans of salt wIll wIllbe willbe be used daily by the mill Allen said In addition the company will open a coal mine nune near Naturita capable of supplying as much as tons of coal daily for the mill miU s operations The proposed mill Allen reported WIll probably be built on a site near the theold theold old Standard Chemical company plant about 16 miles down the San Miguel river nver from Naturita In connection with it the corporation WIn will build homes and other ther facilities to accommodate accommodate date a force of to workmen It wIll become the the town of Drava he said that name having been coined from combination of the words uran- uran uranium uranium ium and vanadium OffIcIals of the vanadIum corporatIon from easter points are due to reach this dIstrict next month for an inspection inspection tion trip over the firms firm's properties At that time It is believed definite de- de decision decision relative to constructIon of the mill and development of uranium and vanadium claims WIll be made The mill and other equipment it is report report- reported reported ed will represent an outlay of f or more It will be equipped for re- re reduction reduction of bOth vanadium and uran- uran uranium uranium ium ores the latter to yield radium and other rare minerals andI I I |