Show Richest Uranium Belt In Utah The Big Dig Indian Valley in eastern eastern eastern east east- ern ern Utah is the site of what may maywell maywell maywell well prove to be the richest uranIum uranium uranium uran uran- ium mining in the United States perhaps North America 0 Already more than half of the largest known ore bodies in the United States have been discovered discover discover- ed back of the Valleys Valley's west rim Exploratory drilling is still continuing continuing contin contin- and more ore is being un un- covered The Big Indian Valley lies some 35 miles south of Moab It ItIs Itis Its Is s situated in what is called the Spanish Valley a collapsed salt anticline There are a number of such spectacular structures Inthe in inthe inthe the region the Paradox and Gypsum Gypsum Gyp Gyp- sum Valleys in Colorado to the east Salt Valley about 30 miles north Cane Springs five miles west and the Lisbon Valley of which Big Indian is a part to the south Several ore bodies in addition to the big 1 mine will in increase in crease production Chief among these is the large La Sal Mining Company ore body on north Big Dig Indian discovered by its locator T. T C. C Hudson of Pawhuska Okla This group of claims was later purchased by the Homestake Mining Company which is currently current current- ly sinking a foot three compart ment shaft and should be in production production pro pro- late this year Homestake also acquired other ore bearing claims the claims the Little Beaver group- group further south at the west end of Steen Canyon Centennial Development Development Develop Develop- I ment Company of Eureka which also has the contract to sink the theLa theLa theLa La Sal shaft has nearly completed completed com com- for Homestake a foot I tunnel to these Little Beaver Deaver claims Additionally Standard Uranium which acq acquired the rim claims located by Dan Hays lays and Don Adams east of the he present Mi All Vida is driving a foot 2000 tunnel towards another ore body and North American Uranium Is is sinking a foot shaft |