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Show - Mine Dine Access RoadConstruction Road RoadConstruction ConstructIOn SConstructIOn . Start S SI StartsIn tartsl ; I In Moab J Areal Ares rea : 5101,10 510110 1101,100 1101100 $101,100 101100 $ , , t to be Expandedm ExpandedMaJung Expanded m ii iihlaking inMailing MaJung hlaking Vanadium ClaIms Clalnts ClaImsAcc ClalntsAccessible ClaimsAccessible Acc Accessible Accessibleplnal lble Final plnal approval apprO\al apprO al aPPrmal \ " , was aas as given Fridayby Friday Fridayby Fridayby by the War Production Board and ant andpUblic antpublic andpublic pUblic Roads Administration forto for forthe forthe the to construction of a . number of ofvanadIum o ofvanadium : vanadIum renadrum access , " roads In tht the theMoab theMoab : Moab : area srea and alld wolk work olk has alreadY alreadYCOJllIllenced alreadycommenced alreadycommenced COJllIllenced commenced on the Colorado river riverpols riverpolar riverpolar pols polar : ( mesa road . . It is intended mtended toiush to torush tojush rush iush operations building buJding ! roads in Ic inthe Icthe Inthe the Mgb high lfgh country before cold coldweather coldfeather weather ther interferesAltogether InterferesAltogether interferes interferesAltogether Altogether $101100 101100 $ has been ear earmarked earmarked earmarked marked for roads In the Moabarell Moabarea Moab Moabrea according to Glenn WOOd WOOd1I'al'd Woodward Woodyard arell area rea 1I'al'd 1Iald ward ' who will be superintendent superintendentin In charge for the U S gr'1Zll1g gr1Zll1g grizmg gr'1Zll1gsemce grizmgservice grizmgservice ' semce service About a dozen lartrac large lar\ lar ! \ " . ' trac tear tracton teartors tractors ton tors ! with bulldozers several grad graders gradera gradas ers era compressors and other heavY heavYequipment heavyequipment heavyeipiipnient equipment will be used to eXjedlt expedite expeditework expedltfwork : ! : work Kent Johnson of Moab 'Hll Hll will 'Hllbe willbe ' willbe be the foreman in charge of thelIorlc thework the tork lIorlc work torkThe lIorlcThe workThe The grazmg grazlllg grazing sen seiw ice has been beendesJgDated beendesignated beendesignated desJgDated designated as the federal agency to toCO'lStIUct toco'istruct toconstruct CO'lStIUct COlStIUct co'istruct coistruct ' ' the access roads as H it Halready italready IBalready already has bas the equipment and e't et ex expenence e'tpenence expenencc ' penence resulting from the bUild bUilding buildbug building ing bug of stock trails throughout throughoutwutheastcm throughoutsoutheastern throughoutsoutheastern wutheastcm southeastern UtahThe UtahThe Utah The access roads in m the l\I l I \ Mpab Mpabarea Mpabarea > ab abarea area . aggregating 99 miles mlles 111 m 111length mlength Inlength length length'lhlch ' \ which 'l\hlch 'l l hlch have ha\e ha e hate \ already alreadj been beenapproved beenapproved beenapproved approved b by bv ) the WPB and PRA PRAthe PRAthe PRAthe ( the first to be appro approved ' ed in Utah Utahare ) are the folio follo nng ving vingMoab nngMoab Moab bridge bnd . e < > to Polar Mesa 4 4e 4eIn fmies fmieslellow ? mIl's mIls In les ' lellow Iellow lesIellow 1 . eJlow Cat 14 rrnlesC2.ne milesCane miles rrnles . Cane C2.ne C2ne S rings rlllgS 9 mIlesTwo milesTwo miles milesTwo Two Mile MlIc Milc 3 milesTurner milesTurner miles milesTurner Turner road 6 mles mlesLittle milesLittle miles milesLittle ] Little valley valle vaJle ; ) from East canyon to toLlsbcn toLisbon toLisbon Llsbcn Lisbon \ vallei valley aJle ) 13 mllesLa milesLa miles mlles milesLa La Sal Junction 5 mIlesMontezuma milesMontezuma miles Montezunia Montezuma loids IO'1ds IO1ds imids ' 7 milesPreliminary mIlesPrel1rnmalJ miles milesPreliminary Preliminary Prel1rnmalJ ' investigations 'tnd tnd and 'tndsurveys andsurveys ' "mdsurveys mdsurveys " surveys of these roads \ were \ ere made madein In the last t'o to t0 tso t \0 0 ' \ months by officlalb officials officialsof officialsot officlalbof of the graz gran ng rig service , and bureau bureauof bureauof bureauof of mires IDll'es IDlles ' before recommendation&tere recommendationtere recommendatIonere recommendationswere recommendatIon recommendations & \\ere ere were \ n nade ade to theVPB the \ WPB \VPB VPB and PRA PRAThe PRAThe PRAThe The roads nil nll rill en3 enable . ble mines rnmes to tomOle tomole tomole mOle cntica mi-eral mi eral rrn'eral rrneral nn'eral nneral - " ' ' ores flom from flom1he fromthe tiomihe 1he the mines mmes to the mills lmlls during tll- tll tit tllpresent tl - Lpresent . present emerencyThe emer emercency emerency " , "ency ency "encyThe , The def del nse rise hlg.l1 hlgl1 highway . " a act of 1941 1941authonzes 1941authorizes 1941authorizes ' authonzes authorizes the commissioner or dl orp.lbhc 01pjblic p.lbhc plbhc public . roads to , provide rovlde rrovide for the cor cot corstm cotstm corstru corI I stm tion tlOn lion maintenance mamtenance and 1m rm rmprotement 1mproement improvement pro\ement pro ement protement \ of access roads to tosources tosources tosources sources of raw mate lals rats lalshen \ when \\hen hen \ SUCII such SUCIIroads suchroads sucnroads roads are certified to the f deral derai deralworks deraiworks deralworks works administrator adrnmlStrator as Important importantto to the national natlcnal naticnal defense In areas areasthere ) 11 where here tt trese these ese roads frequently cross crossthe crossthe crossthe the nubile DubUc domain domam the actual con constructlon conatmction construction structlon atmction and iramtenance irintenance lr , mtenance work work1ll workwill workwill \\1ll 1ll will \ be performed porformed bv by b ) ! the t1e grazmgervlce grazing grazmg grazingervice ' ervlceSUjermt"11dent ervrceSupermt'ndent ervice ervlce ervrce Superintendent SUjermt"11dent SUjermt11dent Supermt'ndent Supermtndent : " ' Wood Woodward " ard has hasalready hasalready hasalready already employed a sizeable sl2'eable sl2eable ' crc.w crcw crc.wof crcwl crcwlof crewof . of men and is establishing establishmg a road roadcamp roadcamp roadcamp camp at the forest dutt duft daft fence eas easof easof easof of Castleton A second camp111 camp \\111 111 will willbe \ willle 111be \ be beset < cot et set up at Polar Mesa It is lS in intended intended ' tended to build the stretch fro froiiCastleton II u uCastleton IICastleton Castleton to Polar Mesa first slnc since sinceonly sinceonly ! : only . about a.bout six sixweeks -weeks weeks "eeks eeks " - of gooa goon gooaweathel goonweather gooawathel weathel weather v vlll 111 ill permit perirut construction constructionin In ! . that .hat hat high countryMr countryMr country Mr Woodward WOOdl\ard WOOdl ard \ L is > K > busy assemblingequipment assembling assemblingequipment assemblingequipment equipment and hopes to have roaa roan roaawork roanwork roadwork work humming hwnmmg huuntmng " within "Ithin Ithin a week "eek eek " |