Times Independent | 1955-02-24 | Page 63 | 600 Tons of Uranium Shipped Every Day

Tons of Uranium Shipped Every Day or is it Green River River Utah is shipping about 1100 tons of uranium ore everyday every everyday everyday day half of it by truck to Salt Lake City and to Grand Junction The town recently purchased a t filtration plant and by this spring will have hooked it into the present town system It all is a part of the towns town's efforts to keep up with its natural growth as' as people move there Inthe in inthe inthe the increasing search for uranium uranium ura ura- ores f Construction h has s started on a consolidated grade and I high school and worth of i Improvements have been made on the airport in a joint city and state project Planned are a new hanger With a complete shop and fuel fuel- tog lag facilities Most uranium activity around is in the Muddy River region where five companies are hotly botty contesting for claims Ti Troubles b beset set the population too For example all available Post Office boxes are rented rent d and andover andover andover over people must receive mail mall through the general delivery window Since 1953 50 new companies companies com com- have settled at and are receiving mail through the local Post Office adding considerably considerably con con- to the volume