Show Bonus Payments Being Made Frank MacPherson In m charge of the Grand Junction raw materials ma office Atomic Energy commission says his office now has an adequate supply of the two application forms required for payment of the uranium bonus Forms which must be filled out to obtain certification of eligibility for bonus payment were mailed to uranium mining min ruin ing firms and claims holders last week and some have been completed and returned After these forms are filled out and returned engineering en and finance sections go to work to determine extent of eligibility for bonus pay ments After certificates are arc awarded they are mailed out with bonus application forms which must then be filled out by ore shippers and returned to at Grand Junction The latter hatter forms cover specified shipments of bonus qualifying oreil ore ore il After this second form Is filled fill ed cd out the staff will verify verity Information on the form torm and approve payment of the bonus which is to the original payment for the ore Checks will be made out in Denver Just how much the bonus Is worth to this area Is secret since it U would disclose extent of the uranium mining Indus try It is known however that the bonus will add many thousands ands of oC dollars rs monthly to local income A major upswing In business can be expected when the payment bonus plan gets underway For many of the miners the bonus is the profit Initial ore payment Is generally enough to sustain operations |