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Show IBureau Bureau of Public PubIic RoadsGrosslyMisinformed RoadsGross1yMisinformed Roads-Grossly Roads Grossly Roads-Gross1y Gross1y RoadsGrosslyMisinformed - - - Misinformedon Misinformed on Vanadium Roads I ' One Day 'Iniestigation Iniestigation 'Imestlgahon Imestlgahon 'Inestigation Inestigation ' ' GIes Gi'tes Gites GIesGland Gi'tesGiand GivesGiand , ' I'one Ione Gland Giand County No Recogm Recogmtion Recognition , tlOn tion on Access HighwaysAbout Highways HIghwas } i - About two tI\O tI O \ months agohen ago \ wlien \\hen hen when It itins ivas * ins \ as announced tl tI at the federal federalgovewrrent federalgoveinirent federagoveimrent govewrrent goveinirent govewrrentould \ would \\ould ould expend e'lpend elpend e'cpend ecpend ' : ' funds on onconstructmg onconstructing 01.constructing 01constructing . constructmg constructing access roads to van san vanadlUm sanadium vanadmm adlUm adium mines mmes m in southeastern Utah Utahand Utahand Utar-and Utar and - and \ western estern Colorado Granc Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Granccounty county claimowners clalmovmers and cHIZ"ns cHIZns ciiizns cHIZ"nsasked ciiiznsasked citizenasked " asked that some of the funds be beexpended beexpended bi-expended bi expended - expended in theIob thehoib the \ Mo-ib Mo ib \Io\b Io b \hoib hoib ' \ - area prm prin prmclpally principally pnncipally clpally cipally to open cpE'n cpEn : ' up cliims chlms dims in m tbe the tbePOhr theP0lr tbcPol-ir tbcPol ir POhr P0lr - Mesi Mes'1 Mes1 Mess ' . YelloCt Yellow Yello\\ Yello \ Cit C\t C t ' \ Blue H1l1 Hill H1l1Cane HillCane HillCane Cane Springs and North Mesa dIS dIStri distn distri tri tn ts In res on on'e one ' < e to that request requesta a partv part part3 of federal and state rep repI I sentatn sentaties es < ; 0\ 0 \ at \ Moab \I1oab I1oab and announced that tl tI elocal elocal e local claImSlould claims would \lould lould \ receive some someconsideration someconsideration someconsideration consideration Tl 'I1 I1 TI ' ey in no manner mannerinvestigated mannerinvestigated mannerinvestigated investigated any of the local pIO pIOpel piopett.ics piopel pel pett.ics pettics . tics J.es Jes . but went on to Montlcelloh MonticellOh Monticellosh Montlcello MonticellO \h h sh \ \ re they confelledJth confened confelled confelied \ with \\Jth Jth \ repre repreentathes repreentathes repreentatives entathes of the large company companyconstructmg companyconstructing constructing constructmg a " mil ll"IIl llIIl n'ill nill ' there That ThatconstItuted Thatconstituted Thatconstituted ] constItuted ' ' ill 111 'ill of tt > the e 1m Ins investigation estlgatlon estigation estlgatlonthat estigationthat that was madeWhen madeWhen made madeWhen When it appeared therelas there \las las was lasdoubt wasdoubt \ wasdoubt doubt thit th\t th t ' \ Grand countyould county \\ould ould would wouldget \ wouldget ouldget get any road a \ work ork UtM Utah Utahs s a representatives representatives repre sentatives in congress \ wers were ere ap appealed appealed appealed pealed to by the county conunis comnits conunisIO'1erS comnitsioners commisloners IO'1erS IO1erS ioners ' the ma ma3 mavor or of Moab and andthe andthe andthe the Moab Lions club In response responseto responseto to that appeal a letter \ was \ as re recelved received received celved ceived yesterday ye.sterdav yesterdav . by the county countyI countycommissioners countycommissioners countycommissioners I commissioners from Senator Abe AbeMurdock AbeMuidock AbeMuldock , Murdock Muidock \ who ho stited st'1.ted st1.ted st1ted sisted ' . that he 1 I lad ad adfo adfo fo md that the bureau of nunes mines , had recomirended recomll"endE'd recomllendEd recomn'ended recomnended " ' : ' a 50 ton vana vanathum vanadium 1 dJUm thum mill null at Moab In spite of ofthis f ; this the senatoi senawl senatot leported Ieported that the thebu thebu thebu ' bu eau of : public jublIc roads had been beenadvI beenac.lvi beeradvi advI ac.lvi aclvi . ed that tl tI e claims clalIDS near tear Moab Moabere Moabwere Moatwere ? \\ere ere were \ \ of thn thud d ordci ordel ordet and did not notJustIfy notjustify nojustify ! JustIfy vanadium roads-thIS roads thIS roads - - this also alsoin aiscin ' in spite of assuiances assurances from local localmmmg localmining localmining } mmmg mining men and claimownero clalmowner cIaimowner " . thai that thatthere thereas there \ was \\as as uas a " rrmimum ll"mlIDUm llmlIDUm n'mimum nmimum ' of one millIon million mil lion tons of vanadium ore of 2 per percent percent pelcent cent or better botter b"tter btter " \ within ithIn a radius of ol40 40 miles of MoabThe MoabThe Moab The letter from Senatoi Senatol Mumceck Mur Mum dock ceck eck . with v.itl1 vitl1 an mclosure ll1closure inclosure fromThomas fromThomas from ' Thomas H MacDonald Md.cDonald MdcDonald . chipf chief of ofthe ofthe : the buieau of public roads makemterestmg makeinteresting make makeinteresting ' interesting mterestmg reading readmg and are published published pub lished belowApril belowApril below April 1 1942 1942Hon 1942Hon Hon L L Taylor ChIrmanBoard Ch'urmanBoard Chin-man Chin man Ch\Irman Ch Irman Ch'urman Churman ChinmanBoard ' \ ' - Board of County CommISSIOners CommISSIOnersMoab CommissionersMoab Dear Moab fnend friend UtahDear Utah CommISSIOnersI I [ , I am enclosing enclosmg a copv copy of a letter letterI letteI r I hava have received from the Publi Public PublicR PublicRoads R < Roads lads Administration regardin regarding regardingaccess regardingaccess ; access roads to \ vanadium anadlum sanadium deposits depositsIn depositin In the vicinity of Moab Tl Ti Tte e letter letterIs letteris letteis Is self e'CplanatoryI explanatoryI ' explanatory e'Cplanatory eCplanatory I delayed delaled dela ed forwarding forwardmg forivarding this letter letterto letterto lette to you because I was not satIsfIedand satisfiedand satisfied , and am not now satisfied that the themformatlOn theinformation th . information mformatlOn contained therein is isentirely isentirely lentirely entirely accurate After I received receivedyoUl receivedyou receiveyom ! 1 yoUl you , first telegiam teleglam regirdmg reg1.rdmg reg1rdmg regarding . thIS thISmatter thismatter thimatter matter I \ went ent to the trouble of ofcmcking ofchecking ochecking cmcking checking \ with Ith the Bureau of ofI1mes ofMines oMines f \I1mes I1mes Mines \ regarding Vanadium VanDdIWl1 Vanadu.ni Vanaduni . de depo deP0 po P0 its nearoab near ' \ [ Moab \oab oab and I discovexed discovexedthat disco veie veiethat < that thereas there \ was \\as as a report on file filewith fit'with fitwith ' wIth the Bureau of Mines v . which whichshoed whicishoved hich hichsho sho shoed \ ; ed that1 that \1 1 \ with ith proper access accessroads accessroads acces.roads accesroads . roads 1 ' . i s , fifty ton . vanadium mlll null mlllcould nullcould milcould could be operated profitably I Ibrought Ibrought 'brought brought ' brought this fact to w the attentloi attention attentionof of the Public Pubhc Roads lads R < Admmlstration Admmistra Admmi.stra AdmmistratlOn Admmi.stration . tlOn tion in m my first letter to them themS thereS S nee nce the enclosed letter does not notseem notseem noseem seem to w hava have taken ' . ' iccount 1.ccount 1ccount 'iccount of ol ofthat olthat o that information Informatlon I have agau agam again agamwritten againwritten written to them requesting that thatthey thatthey tha they reconsider their action in re regard regard regard gard to this matterIt matterIt matter It is a distinct pleasure to be oservice of ofservice ofservice ( service to } vou ou Please be assured assuredthat assuredthat assuretthat that I will continue to bend every everyeffort everyeffort ever : , effort to w see that sour our interests are arerepresented arerepresented aprepresented ; ' represented and protected protectedSincerely protectedSincerely protectedSincerely Sincerely yoursABE yoursABE yours yoursABE ABE MURDOCK MURDOCKMarch March 9 1942Hon 1942 1942Hon 1942Hon Hon Abe Murdock United umted States StatesSenate StatesSenate StateSenateMy Senate SenateMy My deai den dear . Senator MurdockReceipt Murdock Receipt is ackno\\ ackno acknowledged acknoledged \ ledged of sour sourletter vou'letter vouletter our ourletter ' letter of February 24 regarding ar arcess arcess access cess roads to s , vanadium anadlum anadium deposits in inWestern inWestern liWestern i Western Colorado and particularl'to particularlto partlcularlvto particularlyto partlcularlv particularly ' / to an area in < : 'southeastern southeastern Qutpeastern outl'eastern outleastern ' ' Utah Utahin Utahin Utalin ' ' in the vicinity of MoabA Moab MoabA A irap rrap trap prepared by the U S SGooJoglcal SGeological EGeological ' GooJoglcal Geological Survey for the U 11 S SBureau SBureau ; I Bureau of Mines Mmes showing showmg van vanadlum vanadium vanadium adlum adium mineral deposits in 'iOuth iOuth south 'iOutheastern southeastern ' southeastern i eastern Utah indicates several van vanadium vanadium vanadium adium deposits of third order probably pro probably probably bably less than 5 5000 000 tons in re resene resers reserve ' sene sers e in an area fiom florn fi om aprro'Cimate aprroCimate aprroxlniate approximateIv aprro'CimateIv aprroxlniatelv ' 'I I Iv lv 6 t to l < 15 miles nules southeast of Moab MoabThIs MoabThis MoatThis ' . ThIs is one of five areas in south southeast southeast southeast ! east m rn Utah investigated ll1wstigated in De Do December Docember Decomber I cember last year b by repiesentatlveof replesentativesof repieseritativesof replesentatives repieseritatives 3 of the War Department State Road RoadComll RoadCOmtrla.sion RoaiComirfc&ion RoaiComirfcion , Comll COmtrla.sion COmtrlasion " J > . & lon the Utah IndustnaDevelopment Industnal Industrial IndustnalDevelopment IndustrialDevelopment , Development COII1lIlli Commission Sion > field fieldrepresentatives fieldrepresentatives flelirepresentatives representatives of the Public Roads RoadsAdminIStration RoadsAdministration RoadAdministration AdminIStration and others to de determine delemma determine termine lemma access roid ro\d ro d ' \ needs priorit priority priorityof : I of construction probable cost et etAs ft'As ftAs . ' As a r rcbult result ult of that investigation investigationand investigatloiand ! and predicated upon a request requestfrom requestfrom requesfrom from the War Department a project pro proJcct projeet Jcct jeet statement and sketch irap Il1ap map was wasprepared \ waprepared as asprepared s prepared in our ou.r . District Office OfIlce and andsubmitted andsubmitted aftsubmitted ' submitted to the Divihion DIYl.lon DIYllon Division ! . Engmeer Engmeerof Engmeeof gmeer gmeerof of the Corps of Engineers for sig sign'1.tur signtur signitur n'1.tur n1.tur n1tur ntur- ntur nturinvolving ' . , < > - involving involvmg the improvemenof improvementor improvementof improvement or of approximately ajproxlIDatelv : 109 miles of ex cx existll1g cxIsting existing istll1g Isting roads and the constructloi construction ' I i 'I I ' . ! I , , I ! ' of some new roads to the mmmum imiunum mmmumstandards imiunumstandards standards necessary to proVIde proVIdereasonable providereasonable providreasonable reasonable service scr\Jce scr Jce sorsice \ for the expectedIrrnited expectedlimited expecteilimited Irrnited limited traffic trafIlc It \ was as estimatel estimated estIma estimatedthat ted tedthat that the imcrovements imJrovernents im ; rovements of that thatmileage thatmileage mileageould mileage \ would \\ould ould cost approxunatel appro'Clnlately approClnlately approximately ' : y $150 150 $150000 150000 $ 000 However because of the thelin'ited thi 11111 limited lin'ited linited ' ' ted ! access roid rO'ld rOld road ' funds availabi available availableand availableand and the Jncrea'mg Jncreamg increacing tacrea ' ng need DPed for access accessImprovements accessImprovements accesImprovements Improvements throughout the na nation nation nation tion it \ was as decided to reduce thIS thISallotment thisallotment thiallotment presentwith allotment to $ S50 $50 50 000 tor for the present presentwith presenwith with a recommendation that if ad additlonal additional ditional ditlonal funds should become avail available available available able for construction of this kind kindconsideration kindconsideration kiniconsideration consideration again probibly prob'1.bly prob1.bly prob1bly ' . hould should shouldbe , > shoulcbe houldbe be given glven to access road needs nel"ds nelds " in insoutheastern insoutheastern southeastern Utah With this re redUCtlon reduction reduction dUCtlon duction m in funds it was necessary necessaryw hecessar iecessary iecessaryto : to w reduce the mileage to be im urn improved urnproved tmproved proved and select projects in thi the theorder i 'order order the'order order of highest priority prionty based upon upon up upon on estimated tonnage cost of con'structlon construction con structlon 'structlon struction ofI ' a availability vallablllt etc One of ofthe o the access roads to the Blue IDIl Hills Hillsarea Hillarea i , area has a priority of fi\ fi five fie the \ e in rela relai relahon relation relation hon tion to the otherrojects other \ ) projects \rojects rojects urojeets in .south south .southeastern southeastern . southeastern eastern Utah probably b ing lag of ofrelatively ofrelatively orelatively relatively low priority PrIonty because othe of ofthe of'I 'Ithe the low estimated estlIrated estin'ated estinated ' tonnage wnnage in that thatarea thatarea thaarea area and it lt is not contemplatel contemplated contemplatedany any improvements111 improvements \ will \\111 111 be done on onthat 01that that particular mileage nuleage a at t the pre pretent pre"ent preent preI tent " ent timeThe timeThe time The } : rroject roject project statement for the thelmprovoment theimprov e improv improvment lmprovoment ment of some 67 miles mUes relIes 1.t 1t st 1.tan ' . stan an estimated cost of $50000 50000 $50 50 $ 000 has hasbeen hasbeen s been formally fonnally certified by the War WarDepartment WarDepartment r Department and our field repre repro representatlves reprosentatives representatives thatI sentatives sentatlves have ha\e ha e hase \ been advised that thatthey thatthey they may authorize authonze the State to toproceed toproceed fa faproceed proceed with Construction constructionRerresentative Rei-rescntative Rei rescntative Rerresentative - Walter K Gran Granger Grangr ger gr g r recentii recentl3 recmtJ called caIled at thb this offici ofIlce office ofIlceconem1ng officeconcerning officiconcerning concerning conem1ng ( this same seine matter an and andas andas < as a result of his lila request we 'll"e lle ' " ad ada addressed dressed a communication rowmunicatlon direct to toMr toMr Mr Taylor substantially in accordance accordance accord accordance ance11th ance \ with \11th 11th the above aboveVery aboveVery Very truly } yours yoursTHOS , ours oursTHOS oursTHOS THOS H II MacDONALD MacDONALDConunlssioner MacDONALDCommissioner Commlsstonei Conunlssioner Commissioner I I , |