Show Uranium Mill to be Built Near Spokane Washington The U. U S S. S Atomic Energy Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission and the Dawn Mining Company of Park Avenue New York City have signed a 8 contract for the construction and wid operation by a uranium titanium processing mill In Ste SteVens en county about 40 miles northwest north of at Spokane Spa Spa- k kane ne Washington It was announced announced ced cad this ilHa week at the I Grand jun coon Operations Office Of flee of of the Commission Cb n of the plant I Is expected to begin prompt prompt- promptly ly Iy with completion scheduled in about 12 months To b be bd owned and operated by bythe bythe bythe the Dawn Mining Company a subsidiary of the MinIng Mining Mining Min Min- ing Corporation the new mill will process ores from the newly de Northwest region IncludIng Including include ing ores controlled by the contractor con cone tractor as well as ores bought from independent producers The product uranium concentrate will be sold to the Commission under the terms of the contract In the new plant the contractor tor proposes to use a circuit utilIzing utilizing utilizing util util- izing acid leaching cur counter rent t decantation thickening followed followed fol fol- followed lowed by uranium recovery in Ion-exchange Ion columns Known a asa as asa a 8 column Ion exchange sheet flow this process has been Investigated ed and tested by the National Lead Company and the U U. S. S Bureau Dureau of Mines under the sponsorship sponsorship sponsorship spon spon- of the U U. S. S Atomic Energy Energy Energy En- En ergy Commission The plant site Is located near Ford Stevens County Washington Washing Washing- ton and is approximately 40 miles northwest of Spokane The site is served by Highway No 2 to Reardan then north 20 miles on State Highway No 31 Power Is available from the Washington Water Power Company Commercial deposits of uranIum uranium uran uran- ium lum ores were first discovered In Inthe Inthe inthe the Spokane Indian Reservation area in the Fall of 1954 1054 Exploration tion and development have proceeded proceeded proceeded pro pro- to a point where reserves are large enough to support a milling operation and provide a market for the producers of the area according to the Commis Commis- sion |