Show Ore Purchasing To be Speeded The sampling and purchasing of or ores at the Monticello receiving depot of the Atomic Energy Commission will be greatly expedited as the result oC ot the installation of df an automatic sampler which started started start start- ed operations Oct 21 it was stated at Moab Wednesday by P. P C. C Leahy man manager ger of the Colorado Plateau office of the and Paul B. B Martin an nn attorney attorney at- at torney orney on the staff of the com corn mission The officials were in Moab on their return to their Grand Junction headquarters from a visit to the Monticello depot The building housing the automatic automatic automatic au au- au- au sampler is practically completed As a result of the installation o the now equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment assays on ore delivered to the depot will wiIl now be available available available avail avail- able within two weeks Payment Payment Payment Pay Pay- ment for ore are is made when the assays are completed Mr Leahy Stated that an average assay over a SO 30 day 30 day period will wiIl be allowed producers to give them theman an opportunity to benefit from higher bonus rates by Increasing increasIng increasing I ing the percentage of their ore Mr Leahy told The Times- Times Independent that work has has has' started on modifying the Monticello Mon Man Mon Mon-I vanadium mill to provide provide provide pro pro- i vide for the reduction of the uranium content of the carno- carno tite ores Gallagher Co engineers engineers engineers en en- of Salt Lake City will supervise the remodeling of the I mill and a representative of that company is now at Monticello Monticello Mon Man on preliminary work connected with the change It is planned to have the mill mUl completely remodeled and in I readiness to handle the reduction reduction I tion of uranium ore by July 1 of next year Relative to the request of independent producers for increased prices made at a meeting in Grand Junction three weeks ago Mr Leahy I stated that he has requested I producers to furnish him with detailed statements of costs of production tIon and Unless he is supplied with such Information information mation matlon by a representative number of producers he will not be able to make recommendations recommendations since producers and i truckers are the only source of information concerning these costs All AH cost data submitted to I him he states stated will be treated 1 a as confidential by the commis sion Slon I commis-I So far Mr Leahy said only a avery very few producers have supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied him with their cost data and he urges that others do so at once Alter After he has received and analyzed enough cost in information information information in- in I formation to permit a conclusion I ion as to levels of operating costs in the area Mr Leahy stated that he would be glad to discuss the matter with a representative representative representative rep rep- committee a and n d thereafter submit recommendations to the Atomic Energy Commission Mr Leahy stated that the delivery delivery delivery de de- de- de livery of ores to the Monticello depot has fallen off materially during the past month but is expected to increase in increase increase in- in crease to the expected volume with the installation of the new automatic sampler |