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Show - Engineers Tour TourVanadium TourVanadium Vanadium Area AreaA A pal paity patty ty of four engineers from fromthe fromthe fromthe the thelar \ war \lar lar ploduction production pi eduction board bureau bureauof bureauof bureauof of mines and federal grazing seivice sel set setvice Vice \ were ere to in Moab Monday on Ii u utour utour tour of inspection II1sjection : of the vanadium vanadiumdIStrict vanadiumdistrict vanadiumdistrict dIStrict of southeastern Utah ana"outh ana'outhwestern ana ana'outhestem 'outh\\estem 'outh outh estem "outhestern 'outhwestern outhwestern "outh\\ "outh outh " ' ' \ \ estern Colorado Purpose of ofthe ofthe ofthe the trip was to arrn arras arnie e a at a d de decision dfccision ( : cLsion cision respe ting tlnB ' the Impro improvement improvementof ement ementof of access roads toanadlUm to vanadium \anadlUm anadlUm sanadrum \ ITin wines winesto irinesto to Increase the production of this thisstrategiC thisstrategic thisstrategic strategiC mineralIn mineral mineralIn In the group usiting ISlting sisiting \ the districtwere district districtw w " ere K I < . D K \ Williams lllIams slhams engineer of or ofthe orthe olthe the grazing service sen ice L E Storm of ofthe ofthe ofthe the war pioductlon ploductlon production board 1.nd 1nd and 1.ndJohn andJohn ' . tndJohn John E Hill of the Metals Reservecompany Reserve company Recently congress appropnatedten ten million dollars for construction constructionof of access roads to strategic metal metalInllles metalmutes metalmines Inllles mutes in the west wrest to be expended expendedby expendedby by the grazing ' . ind 1.nd 1nd forest servIces servIcesThe servicesThe servicesThe The group of engineers are eA ex eApected expected expected pected to determine what roads roadswill roadswill will \ 1I be constructed under tt-e tt e tre the - pro program program gram so that work can be started startedImmcdmtelv startedimmediately startedimmediately Immcdmtelv immediately by the grazing and andforp.st andforest andforest forp.st forpst forest . agenciesAmong agenciesAmong agencies agenciesAmong Among the roads inspected mspected in inthIS inthis inthis thIS district was the Colorado river riverroad riverroad riverroad road from Moab to Castlealley Castle \-alley alley Salley Salleyand ' \ - valleyand alleyand and thence to Polar mesa on the thenorth thenorth thenorth north end of the La Sal mountainswhIch mountainswhich mountains , which is recognized as one of themost themost the Imost most important projects m In the thestate thestate thestate state Improvement of this road road111 roadwill roadwill \\111 111 will \ \ greatly increase production of i I vanadium as many mines mmes in the thePolar thePolar thePolar Polar district dlstnct can start productIOn productionas as soon as adequate roads are areproVIded areprovided areprovided proVIded |