Show Temple Mt Mines Active By Pearl Baker Nov 29 29 Alter After lying dormant for almost 30 years the mines at Temple mountain are again being work work- ed The cUffs cliffs al along ng the old Spanish Trail echo re to the blasts that gouge out the hard hardgray hardgray hardgray gray sandstone crisscrossed by bj the veins of 01 red or yel w ore that runs rung fabulously high ir in uranium content Old dumps are being assayed and hauled to mills equipped to salvage the uranium from the low grade ore At the Camp Bird mine in South Temple a crew of six men and the theman man who had the mine leased V. V W. W Faucett were taking out ore on Nov 27 A A. new now loading chute has been built below the mine and the theore theore there ore re is shot loose loaded into wheelbarrows and hauled to the head of the Several truckloads of good ore are hauld haul haul- ed d away each day The tunnel runs slightly up and md back Iback into the hill The technique used in blasting is jailed called V shooting A series of from five to nine holes boles are hilled by a rotary drill powered power power- ed d by compressed air on either side Ide of the face lace and running in toward each other Loaded and md shot they lift out a V V- shaped chunk of the mountain The drill being used in the Faucett mine is 1 1 inch and the he powder is I put up in sticks I two iwo wo inches in diameter A mag azine page is rolled around a abroom room broom stick to make a new casing that will fit the hole The rhe sawdust impregnated with nitro is poured from he the factory product Into a box md and repacked into the new cylinders cyl cyl- cyl inders which will fit into the ole hole Packing powder are Bill Adams foreman at the mine md nd Dee Oviatt Since the ore is found in In- Ina a hard sandstone props are few md nd irregular Mr Adams stated t was the quietest mine he had ver ever worked in Jn There is no cracking pr or popping of f the walls waIls and roof Although the miners work every day the life isn't dull Mr Faucett had brought the crew ut a turkey to for Sunday dinner Without an oven big enough to tc hold bold the bird it was a problem to cook it until Bill Adams re reo his days at Robbers' Robbers Roost Boost suggested suggest suggest- ed roasting roa Ung it in the ground bar bue style tyle The turkey wa was accordingly stuffed with dressing dress I ing pu put in the roaster with vegetables placed around him and laid into a properly pre vre pared barbecue pit by the cook Bert iBert Johnson of Cleveland The result was W gratifying There are several other mines mine on South Temple but the activity ity fly seems to be stronger in North Temple In 1938 a party I lot of Japs Japa worked the North Tern Tem pie diggings the ore being sorted sorted sort sort- ed by b Japanese girls Operations were halted by the authorities Camps Campos are moving in again activity being stimulated by the possibility ot ol a zulU mill at Green Gleen the rive |