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Show - york Work . " Work Will Start Immediately 1 7 } On Vanadium Access Roads ? Engineers j igineers ytglneerS Here to Slap Map Pro Proh Program Proft h . gram 'ram ram " ' , $200 200 ? $ 200 000 Budgeted Budgetedh Budgetedfor : ; h for Expenditure Kxpendlture ExpenditureWork ExpenditureA A . - Workill Work ' \ will \\ill ill start at once on the theconstructIOn tin tinconstruction theconstruction constructIOn of access roads tQ tQvanadium t tovanadium < vanadium mines mmes of Sfutheastern sFutheasterr sFutheasterrUtah southeasternptali Sfutheasternutah utah to s speed eed up the production productionof of ofanadlUm vanadium \anadlUm anadlUm \ a mineral of vital vita vitalneed vitaneed vitalneed need in the war effort Such v.as vas v.asthe wa . wasthe : the statement made m in . Moab Wed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday nesday e\ e es evening eening \ ening by a group of ofgovernment 01 01government otgovernment government engineers . who v.ho vho came camehere camehere , here to map a pi piogram program ogram of highway highway high say way betterment . which v.hich vhich it is hopedwill hopedwill hoped will at least double the output of ofore ofore ofore ore from local mmesIn minesIn mines mmes minesIn In the party \ were ere Preston Lin Linford Linford Linford ford engineer engmeer of the bureau ofpubl1c ofpublic of publ1c public ] ublic roads ronds 0 O E Janni Janm Jannr regional regionalengmeer regionalengueer regionalengineer engmeer engueer of the grazing servIce servIceJolJn serviceJohn servicejo'm servicejom JolJn John ' W Jill Hill ] engineer engmeer with the theMetals theMetals theMetals Metals Reserve compan company ; } and andGlenn andGlenn and31enn Glenn W Woodward Woodv.ard Woodvard . regional sup supervlsCir supervisor supervlsor ervlsCir ervisor of the grizing gr'lZ1l1g grlZ1l1g grazing ' service Tho The Thoengineers Theengineers Thaengineers engineers left this morning momlng tomake tomake tu to tasks make a reconnoissance reconnolssance survev surve survey ot of otneeded ofneeded olneeded needed roads In the Polar Mesadistrict Mesa Mesadistrict Mesaiistrict district on the north end of the theID the,0 the0 theLo ID Lo [ , Sal mountains They plan to tospend tospend tospend spend several se\eral se eral \ days here outllning outlining outlininga outllninga outliningi a i ' work 'Work programThey program pregram programThey \They They /They \ \ / , They stated that operations operahons will willstart \ willstart IJI IJIstart start within w1thm 10 da dass dav } 1 > ; . the v . work ork to tobe toie toie be ie under the supervision sUjervlSlon : of the thegrazmg therazmg therazing grazmg ; [ razmg service About Abbut 10 tractors tractorstogether tractorstogether tractorsogether together ' \ with Ith air compressors compressorsdnI1s compressorstrills compressorsdrills dnI1s trills graders and other eqUlp equip eqUlpment equipneat equipinent ment neat will wdll be used on the work'The workhe work workThe ' The 'The he program is of an emergency emergencynature emergencynature emergencynature nature and s \ very ery little lltt1e time hme will be beexpended bexpended beexpended expended xpended in U1 engine engme nng ring and other otherprellDUnarles otherirelimrnaries otherpreliminaries prellDUnarles irelimrnaries The present output outputnt outputof outputit of it vanadium oxide o\.lde o.lde o .lde lde " \ . is fir f"lr flr far ' " short of ofthe oflie ofhe the lie nation's nations ' ' ' needs and tl U 11 ere erc is a apressmg aawning apressing pressmg awning need for speeding specdmg up the theproductIOn theireduction theiroduction productIOn ireduction of this strategic mm min mmera minnil mmTal era ! ; nil Since Smce many of th the " bestana best \ana ana vana vanal \ vanadum anad d l urn um properties ' " ire "Ire are maccesslOle rnaccesstole maccessioledue maccesslOledue rnaccesstolefie due fie to imdecluate m'1dequate m1dequate inadequate ' loads roads the pro program proyam program gram yam involves m\ohes m ohes msolves \ building bUlld1l1g truc16ads truck truc- truc " - 16ads cads 16adsto loadsa cadsa to a bring brmg this tl-JlS tl JlS - va t sun SUI ) ly of ore to tommed tomm tom mmed mm med ale ate production produchon Congress re relIeilly.aJpropnated refatly reBitly lIeilly.aJpropnated lIeillyaJpropnated fatly . Appropriated : ten . . milion Dullon milieu . dol doll dolIa.rs dollus dolus Ia.rs Iars . us to finace finJ.ce finJce : . a progiam of con confitruct contrust construct fitruct trust ng access loads roads to strategIc strategIcmetal strategicpetal strategicmetal metal petal mines mmes to be expended e'tpended etpended ' by bythe byhe bythe the he forest and grazing gralmg grating servIces servIces'It servicesIt 'It It ( ' It is expected e-qected e qected - : that in the neIgh neIghborhood neighorhood neighborhood borhood orhood of $200 200 $200000 200000 $ 000 000I \\I I ' \ will IJI be ex expended expended exended pended ended m in the area surroundmr surrounding surroundinghe ; : the he La Sal mourtllms mourtams mour tains One of the theftrst theht theIrst ftrst ht projects to be undertaken undertllken 1\ 1 1III will wille willbe \ III IIIbe be e t tre the e e'ldenmg \ ' widening \\'ldenmg 'ldenmg ldenmg of the Colorado Coloradonver Coloradoever Coloradonver nver ever h ghway gh\\ay gh ay \ from Moab to toCastle IL ILCastle > Castle stle valley and the construc construc- contrct construction contrctan construction - tion an of o1 a truck hlghv highway . ay to Polar PolarMesa PolarIesa PolarMesa Mesa Iesa Whether the Polai Polal Polar 1IMesa 1IMesaroad Mesa Mesaiad Mesaroad road iad ' \ will III folio foUo follo v " the route no v in inuse inse inuse use se which wluch goes by bv wav way wa } of Castle Castleton Castlexi Castleon ton xi and Fisher Point pomt or v.hethel vhethel whether v.hethelthe whetherhe . whethelthe the he engineers ' \ will m decide on a acompletely aompletely acompletely completely ompletely new hlbh\\ hlbh hi6hw highway hlbhay \ ay to the theMesa thefesa theMesa Mesa fesa by b > } v s \ " ay "y y , y of Fisher Valleyu Valley \ vvi \u u wi t ! tepend 1depend depend epend on an mvestlgat mvestigat investigation ol1 on bem being beinginducted beinsconducted ! ; conducted inducted tOdayIt todayIt today todayIt It is understood that the tent tents tentswe tentaive . bve we program conterrplates contetrplatcs contemplates thlex the thl- thl ' - ex expendlturt expenfliturc exenditurc pendlturt enditurc of $50 50 $ 000 on the Co 0 u 0r&do orado uado r&do rdo & ado river road and about th tin- tin thEame tiname thctame - . Eame ame amount on a proposed high highway highray highway way ray leading leadmg from the river rner to to'Olar topolar to"olar toolar \'Olar 'Olar Olar \ ' ( polar " Mesa This district contalru contains containsl > , . vast supply of vanadium ore and andfor andtor andor for or the past month a minimum mjmmum ot oX ot30 0 tons ns of ore daB daily } have ha\e ha e \ been beenrucked beennicked ( ! , rucked , . ked to the Metals Reserve Reserve1tockplle Reservetockpile Reservetoclpile 1tockplle [ tockpile at Moab in m spite bplte of indequate in inequate dequate equate roads Th s productionan production san productionsan " an " be 1 " doubled or tripled tnplcd by tht the thbtion theostruchon ; l3tructlon ostruchon ! of an all veal year } eal highay highsay high ayNumerous sayNumerous say Numerousother ay Numerous ous oth other r road projects m in mhe inhe inuty 1 upderken Mader'eken ' he he'lcinlty \'lcinlty 'lcinlty lcinlty vicinity \ ' of Moab v . will III be upder Mader , updern 'eken eken ken In ludcd luded in m these are roads roadsthe roadsp roadsBlue p the Blue Hill Cane Spnngs Springs SpnngsTOIIllS SpringsHole Springsgowns gowns TOIIllS Hole Role Bridger Jack NorthBrumley Northass North ass " linunley Brumley Bnimley Creek and otl'er otler other otl'ernadlum othernadlum offernadluni ' nadlum districtsNumerous districtsNumerous districts districtsNumerous Numerous road projects nroJects In San SanU3n Sanaan Sanuan U3n aan lannedIt plannedIt county are also } : planned lanned It Is expected that \ work ork v . wilt will"tually willtually ill illtuaUy " wilttually tuaUy tually get under v s \ ayI ay \I I \ within lthll1 10 10ys 10Ys 10W ys Engineer Engmeer Erigmeer Jannl Janni w 11 ha\ ha haral base baseoral havensral \ : oral ral supervlson supervisen supervison for the grazing grazingrvlee grazingrvicc grazingrvice rvicc rvice while Su ermtendent erintendent Wooa Wood Wooard Woodrd Woodtrd operains rd \ will ill be In m charge of opera operaA opera"s operas " equip1 equipet equipeat ins " A large amount of equip et eat ? ? is .R\aBable .RaBable .R R aBable . available \ for the " , work ork and ' toJar is anticipated that the road to tomisc toolar Jar misc Mesa can be completeditl completed \\itl itl witi \ witl-I witl I \ ' ' - three months lnontl's lnontls ' In tr'e tre tte the ' meantime meantimead meantimetad ad adork \ work \\ork ork to other mining d dis discts dih'cts dihcts ! : . ' cts will also be in m progreS progress progressany any ny of these loadsI loads roads \I I \ will III only rere rere re re"re "re re " re the use of a tractor ana ulldozer ulidozer anaulldozer anaulidozer |