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Show Access Road Program ProgramIn In Grandand Grand and San Juan JuanCounties JuanCounties Counties Discontinued DiscontinuedThe The access mine mme roads pro program program pr prgram < gram in m Grand and San Juan JuancountIes Juancounties Juacounties countIes which had been under underway underway ( . way for tlie the past two years IS ISbemg isbeing being bemg dl discontinued < : contmued except exc"pt excpt exc'pt " ' forsome for forsome f < some maintenance mamtenance work Th , . ' program prolram ! has been under the d1 di d1rectIon directron rection rectron of the U S grazing grazmg ser serVIce service se : vice The employment of about aboi 25 men has been terminated terminatedMuch term mated matedMuch ! Much of the equipment and andsome andsome - some employees are being bemg tran trans transferred transferred ; ' I ferred to Carbon county where whereseveral whereseveral . several coal and timber roadsl roadslwIll roads roadswill roac will be constructedIt constructed I It is understood that as soon soonas soonas " as weather permits the road roadfrom roadfrom ri from Old La Sal to the Buckeye Buckeyesawmill Buckeyesawmill - sawmill above Paradox on the theeast theeast east slope of the La Sal mountams moun mountams ' tains tams will be completedHundreds completedHundreds completed Hundreds of miles of roads to tommes tommes mines mmes have been constructed m in mGrand inGrand Grand and San Juan countIes countIesdunng countiesduring ' during dunng the past two : } sears years ears WhICh WhIChgreatly whichgreatly whic whicgreatly " greatly increased mcreased the produc productIon productron ' tion tron of vanadium and copperores copper copperores . ores The production of yanad vanad yanadUm vanadmm ! ium Um mm has been stepped up to such suchan suchan _ an extent as a result of the roadconstruction rOad roa d construction program that thatthere thatthere ] there no longer exists a short shortage shortage [ age of this war strategic mmer miner mineral " . al in m fact there are now sur surpluses , pluses of vanadium in m the cour coup co couptry un ! . try it is reported Several van vanadium I adium adlUm mills have reduced theIr theIroutput theiroutput the : output and it is announced that thaton thaton th ; II on March 1 the Metals Reserve ReserveCompany ReserveCompany Company federal agency set up upto upto to speed the production of stra stratcglC strategie str ; tegic tcglC tegie minerals mmerals will withdra wIthdraw wIthdrawfrom withdrawfrom ' from the purchasing purchasmg and refm refin refmml refining mg ml ing ! of vanadIUmMany vanadiumMany vanadium Many roads that will be of ofpermanent ofpermanent ( permanent vaule to southeast southeastern ern Utah were built under the theaccess theaccess ie iei access road program It is un understood understood i derstood that in m excess of $4 4 $4O0 4O0 $ O 000 was expended on the road roadproJect roadprotect id project protect in m the two counties |