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Show What About the DIGGERSof DICERSof DIGGERS DICERS of Vanadium ! ? t . Some si si\ si Sl\ Sl sicounties SlcountIes \ ' . counties countles of < ; southwestern ouhwestern u hwestern Colorado south southeastern southeasteim southeastern eastern easteim Utah and northern Arizona Arl7na Arriona . ( ) produce the total totalsupply totalsupply totalsupply supply of vanadium Ul uiinium UlJ11um uvuiium \J11um J11um ' \ in 111 the United Umted States No No- Nowhere Nowhere Nowhere - - where else in 111 this country is camotite carnotite oie Ole foundVanadIUm foundVanadium found foundVanadium Vanadium is aLelatlvely a relatively .elatlvely elatlvely Lelatlvely . unknown mineial mmelal Mmmg Mining Mmmgmen Miningmen Miningmen men generally knonothmg know kno\\ kno knos \ nothing nothmg about it Perhaps for this thisleai thisleason thisicasaon leai leason > On the pUlchasmg puichasing pui chasing and refining reftnmg of the ore is almo almost almostexclusively almostevdusively < ; t tI te.t.luslvely I e\.t.luslvely et.luslvely e .t.luslvely tluslvely exclusively ' \ . . in 111 the hands of a few lirge hrge Firge eastern corpora corporatlOns corporations corporations tlOns tions These interests mterests determine determme the vilues v\lues v lues v'ilues ' \ ' of ores sold soldthem soldthem soldthem them set the price they care to pay for the van'1.dlUm van1.dlUm van1dlUm van"tdiuni vantdiuni van'1.dlUmcontent van"tdiunicontent vanidiumcontent ' . " content and otherwise otherwice otherwl < ; e monopolize the entire vanadIUm vanadIUmsituation vanadiumsituation vanadiumsituation vanadiumsituationThe situation situationThe The independent mdependent cIalmowner-the cIalmowner the claimowner-the claimowner claimowner - the man who 1 is < ; trymv trying trymvto tryingto tryingto to make a living hvmg digging dlggmg and marketing his ore-muct ore muct ore-must must oremuctsell oremustsell ore - - mustsell ; sell to the laige companies compames must accept their analyses of ofthe ofthe ofthe the vanadium uranium uramum content must accept what they theycale theycaie theycaie cale caie to pa ) him And usually that price is not riot , enough to togive togive togive give him a bare living hvmg after paying paymg expenses e\.penses e.penses e .penses penses ' \ . of mmmg mining mmmgand miningand miningand and trucking trucKmg } . jNituially 'ltUlally ltUlally Nttuia1ly ' he cinnot c\nnot c nnot c'innot ' \ ' afford to develon develoT > his hisplOpert hispioperty hispiopertv plOpert pioperty v and after atter the readily accessible 01 oie ote e is gopnei gopheied gopheiedout gopheiedout ed edout out , he is thlOUghAdmIttedly thioughAdmittedly thiough thlOUgh thioughAdmittedly Admittedly vast profits are mide m'lde mlde msde ' in the milling mlllmg of ofvanadIUm ofvanadium ofvanadium vanadIUm It 10 II ic > common knowledge kno\\ledge kno ledge \ that one ' large mt11mg ml1llng mt11mgmve ml1llnginvestment mininginvestment mve investment , > tment running runlllng clo close ' e to two million mllhon dollirs dolhrs was com corn complet3ly cornpletly cornpletely plet\3ly plet 3ly pletly \ liquidated hqUidated m in 1,11 111 , , eight months through the piofits plofits of ofthe ofthe ofthe the mill millAnd And yet the small smaJI claimowner clalmoWDer cannot get gct enough out outof outof outof of his ore to pay him Jbare JJare Jare wages Isn t it about time the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government looked intb mtbJ mtb ) this vanadium situation7 sltuahon 9 ? I Isn < ; n t tthere tthere tthere there applyto such a thing thlllg as an ap anti trust law la\\ la lass lathat \ that " would "ould ould sould apply to a condition like hke thIi this thib7 thib7Our > ? Our small section of the country produces all of 0-1 0 1 o - ' ' the thenation's thenation's thenation's thenations nation's nations ' vanadium This wealth should belon belong ! here at atleast atleast atleast least to the extent that the producer of ore might rpahzp realiz rpahzpsomethmg realizsomething realizesomething somethmg something approaching approachmg itb It its itbalue : , \alue alue \ alue Instead , the weilth we'llth wellth wewlth ' pro Iuced luced proluced proIuced b bi these hills is going gomg out of our ] localities locahtle ocaltties " gomgt going gomg t + 1c 1cWall ( ' rWall Wall sheet-and sheet and stieet-and stieet sheet - - and eventually all we will W11l hive hwe h'tve htve ' left will be become besome besome come some ; desolate holes in 111 the ground"ve groundVve ground groundVc \Vc Vc "ve ve Vve \ " fed feel fed that the DIGGER of ore-the ore the ore - the small claimownelshould claim claimownei . ownel-should ownel should ownei-should ownei ownei - should 1 iecei\e iecei e ecele leceise ecel\ ecel \ \ e some consideration in this van vana vanadium vanadium a adJUm dJUm dium racket |