Show 5 Mines Get I Bonus Grants Five uranium mines in th the Colorado Plateau area two area two j In Grand county and one In San Juan county Utah-have Utah been certified as eligible for bonus bonu payments for ore supplied t to the Atomic Energy Commission Loyal A. A Sutherland and El Ell Mallch MaUch both of Thompsons and Abe Day Day Moab were among mong the miners whose ap for bonus were ap proved J. J Walter Gramlich Paradox also was a bonus re for production from his mines on La Sal creek just Jus ac across the Colorado state line The bonus payments are equa equal I to o the basic payment per pound eqUal for uranium in each ton of ore 1 delivered They are arc paid on the first pounds of uranium in ore containing 1 i per cent b or or I more uranium shipped from each mine since March 1 1 1951 purpose of the bonus bonus' is tc to encourage development of new nev mines The five mines announced ed as eligible this week are th the first to be certified for the ex cx tra payment The mines are In Montrose and Mesa counties Colo Cob am an and Grand and San Juan counties Utah Payments will be madas made mad as is soon as applications for the bonus jonus are received from claim operators according to the announcement an made by Frank H H. MacPherson manager of the thc Colorado raw materials offic office of the Atomic Energy commis sion Mines certified are The Big Maverick and Arrowhead Ar Ar- two of 13 mining claims by Dan E E. Kelley In the Calamity mining district Mesa county Colorado The Morning Star and Even Even- ling ing ng Star claims in Montrose county operated by J. J W. W Gram Gram- lich Ich who also operates 12 other I claIms In the Lion Creek dis- dis Colorado The Ue Socko No 2 and Little Eva claims inthe Yellow Cat mining district of Grand Coun Coun- ty y Utah Operator is Loyal A. A Sutherland The Black Ape 1 and 2 and Lucky Day mining claims ap ap- rated by Eli Ell Malich Mallch in the yellow Cat district The Vanadium Queen mining claim lalm of Abe Day In the La Sal district of San Juan county As an example of the amount whIch might be claimed under the he bonus program a mine de de- livering 20 per cent of uran uran- lum um In each ton of ore would be e eligible for a payment of a pound additional This is s the maximum Because 20 per cent ore con con- ains four pounds of uranium in n each ton the operator would receIve 14 a ton as a bonus This is added to the price of 14 a I ton paid by the plus the development allowance of 2 for or or this grade of ore The total I price rice would be 30 a ton for the I which the first 10 1000 10 00 pounds of uranium Is produced pro from any mine or in other ather words the first 2500 tons of f 20 per cent ore The operator then could expect ex cx a price of altogether er r under this plan or Ore containing as bonus alone l' l 1 per cent uranium could bring the operator 70 a ton bonus or Dt a maximum of in bonuses The figure is Ithe the he maximum for any grade ore re |