Show New Station n d by Iy in Wyo A provisional uranium ore ore buy uy- uy ing tag station will be o opened b by the U. U S. S Atomic Energy Com CommIssion Commission Commis CommIs- sion slon at Crooks Gap Fremont County Wyoming on on Monday December 17 1956 It was announced announced announced an an- today at the Grand Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion Oper Operations tons office of the Com Com- mission The station to be operated operated operated oper oper- for the Commission by Lucius Lucius Lu Lu- Lucius cius Pitkin Inc wi will provide a market for Gas Hills and Crooks Gap ores amendable to the Lost Creek plant These ores will no longer be at the Riverton River River- ton ton Wyoming buying station Other acceptable ores tributary to Riverton wi will for the time beIng being being be be- ing continue to be bought at the station The provisional buying station will II operate at Crooks Crooks' Gap until permanent automatic fa facilities facilities fa- fa are completed by the Lost Creek Oil Uranium Company sometime in the spring of 1957 Lost Creek reek also Is building a uranium processing mill on the the site The permanent sampling plat plant will be leased to the CommIssion Com- Com mIssion by Lost Creek until Ut the processing mill millis is C completed at which time Lost Creek will take It over to purchase ores for their account Because of the provisional natUre nature nature na na- na- na ture of ot the buying station uranium uranium ura ura- ores r s will be received only from producers who have negotiated negotiated neg contracts with the Com Com- Com Com- mission No trial lots will be accepted ape ac- at Crooks Gap it was stated and new producers wishing wishing wishing wish wish- ing to negotiate a contract should contact the Grand Junction Operations Operations Operations Op Op- Op- Op office Under the terms of the provisional provisional pro pro- visional purchase contract to be he used partial payment not to exceed exceed ex ex- eed 75 per cent of the net value of the ore ote delivered and accepted will be made based on hand sampling upon completion of the permanent automatic sampling fa- fa dUties all ores that have been en delivered dellver d on the provisional b basis sIs I and on which partial payment I has been made will wilt be mechanically sampled and assayed assay assay- assayed ed cd by the Commission In such quantities as are consistent with the then operating schedule FinAl Fin Pin Al settlement will wll be made with the seller of the ores at that time Final payment will be based on the Commissions Commission's ore prices as detailed In Domestic Uranium Program Circular 5 Revised In Including Including In- In eluding the prices premiums and development de allowance therein set forth but less advances and haulage allowances paid provid provide provided ed ad however that on ores containing containing con con- i I taming more than six per cent I per per ton lime a deduction of one I dollar per ton plus thirty cents per ton for each one per cent lime In excess of six per cent fractions In proportions will be i made C C. L L. Bruner of the Lucius I Pitkin organization will be In charge harge of the provisional station Mr Bruner also Is in charge of the Riverton Wyoming station |