Show New Mining I Firm Enters Local District Consolidated Col Uranium Mines Inc nc a Nevada corporation in a series of transactions has acquired ed cd under longtime lease lanse with option n to purchase substantially all aU of or the Temple mining district and has also acquired control of the famous Dry valley properties properties properties proper proper- ties south of Moab formerly owned bv by Vanadium Corporation of America The Temple mountain mines located In Emery county Include the interests of the Continental Mining Milling Co which for some time past has been producIng producing producing ing and marketing an Ibale tonnage of ot uranium ores ore As part of Its comprehensive plans for exploration and de development development de de- Consolidated UranIum Uranium Uran Uran- ium turn fIn 1 Mines has concluded arrant arrant- meats ment with the Mineral Engirt Engirt- i cering Co of Grand Junction for forthe forthe forthe the Immediate drilling of feet of test holes hole in virgin areas adjoining developed areas now producing The overall drilling program according to officers o of the tho company who were In Moab- Moab yesterday contemplates some feet teet of test holes hole The Th drilling will be done pursuant to carried detailed geological work t ton on for several months and the thEr average depth depUt of holes hole will be 40 feet Operations are now beIng behig be- be Ing hig carried on under the contract contract con con- tract system which is said to be working successfully both boUt for forthe forthe forthe the contractors and for the com corn pany pony Complete camp to accommodate accommodate accommodate date BO 50 O men the construction of several miles rolles of access road and the erection of many new ore bins bear evidence of the siz size size- r rand and scope of the Ithe operations operation lathe ln la Inthe the Temple mountain district which toy thy a widening scale ot production from 12 operating h mine ne units Is gaining tion as aJ an area of great potential potential poten poten- tint Importance Consolidated Uranium Mines has haa also concluded a working agreement with the Vanadium Corporation of 01 America whereby whereby where where- by it will immediately equip and I lace in operation numerous vanadium properties in Dry Ory valley south lOuth of Moab These properties Include the None NonEr NoneSuch NoneSuch Such Frisco Hornet Midvale Midway Neighbor Woodrow Wilson Oilman Gilman Chess Ridge Red Match Red Patch lIce Dec Goodhope hope Logan o and d several I I Crews nave nave- others ox ot engineers been sampling and arid investigating the properties for several months and necessary buildings buildings- and equipment will be toe moved In and installed permitting starting starting starting star star- ting of active operations within a f few days Jess ess Abernathy of Moab is In charge of operations for the tho company in Dry valley and t is isnow Isnow now negotiating with leasers who are Interested in Dry vailey valley vail vall ey properties The board of directors di dl dl- dl rectors of Mines Mine is 11 c composed largely of or mining men men engineers and geol- geol with years of mining ex experience ex cx- including Clyde E E. E Collins Carson Caron City Nov Nev wha has been in charge of many large large- operations Including mining of oC several thousand tons a day clay at Basic Dule Magnesium Roy Ray Hardy Reno leno consulting engineer of Getchell Ge- Ge Ge Gechell chell Mine AUne now producing over ovex overa a thousand tons a day and R. R J J. J mining engineer f fand and geologist formerly chief engineer en engineer en- en for extensive gold mining operations In the Is Is- Is lands ands |