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Show _ . .THE THE . THE U USA S A NEEDS OUR VAN VANADIUM DlUl\L DlUl L ADIUIIL ADIUIILIn \ . In the four 01 of five counties comprising comprIsl11g southeastern southeasternUtah southeasternUtah southeasternUtah n Utah and southwestern Coloiado ColOlado Colorado aie ale are con contained tamed piacticallyall plactIcaUyall plactIcaUy plactrcall plactrcallall y all of the vanadium anadrum uranium uramum oics Oles ores of the United Umted States In InthIs I Ithis Inthis n thIs region aie ale are thousands of carnotite deposits many man ) of ofthem o othem ofthem f fd them isolated and only a few of which have been bee.n beeyi . developed developedin d 111 in the past paet ; _ . .Right Right 'RIght . ' nothere now no\\ no \ there 1 is ' > a crying crjmg need fOanadlUm foi fO for ! \anadlUm anadlUm anadrum \ vanadiuma anadruma , ' a metalused metal used in 111 the hardening hardenmg of steel which ISJt1l1 is \Jt1l1 Jt1l1 \ vitillyneeded 1t111y 1t111yneeded needed for v\ar v ar war \ \ ar purposesTo purposesTo purposes To makeanadlUm make vanadium \anadlUm anadlUm anadrum \ deposits acce accessible , > slble for ImmerlIate immediat ImmerlIateproductIon immediatproduction immediateproduction e productIon Pre President < ; ldent Roosevelt Rooccvelt : has appioved applOved approved an emergency emergencyapproprIatIon emergencyappropriation emergencyappropriation approprIatIon foi for the construction of access loads En EngIneers Engineers Engmeers gIneers are noreported now no\\ no \ reported to be in m the field to survey the thesItuatIOn th thsituation thesituation e sItuatIOn sItuatIOnlth with \\lth lth \ \ a view to starting startl11g early construction of ofthese o othese ofthese f these roadsIn roadsIn roads In the vicinity VICl11Ity of Moab aie ale man many ) : } hundieds hundleds hundreds of claIms claImscarr claimscarrying claimscarry carr carry : } mg ing vanadum vanadhlm vanadium in m highly commercial quantities quantItIe A AcompendIUm Acompendium Acompendium compendIUm Indepcndent Independent of opinion opmlOn gathered by The Times Indepcn Indepen dent thiough thlOugh through con consultations ultatlOns with individual mdlvldual mine mme owners ownersshows ownersshov\s ownersshov s sho\\s sho s shows \ \ that no le less , > s than a million tons of vanadium ore oreof oreof of befound the millable mllIable grade of at least two per cent can be Certainlysuch found w \ vithm lthm tthin a radius of 40 mIle miles , > from Moab Certaml Certainly Certainlysuch : } such a tonnage to.nnage . ofore of oie ore 01 e is m\ m in inviting mItmg \ Itmg rung and shouldnot should not be ovei ovel over looked ovellooked overlooked when the federal government commences the con constructIon constructron construction structIon structron of the proposed access road roads & _ . |