Show Merger Will Unite Five U Ore Firms Under Hidden Splendor The merger of five uranium companies several everal of which operate operate op op- erate crate in this area was approved ed In in Washington by tha th th Securities Securities Se Se- and Exchange commission commis sion slon this week The companies which are to be merged to o operate op erate under the name of Hidden Hid lIld den Splendor Mining company Include Hidden Splendor Lisbon Rio de Oro Radium King and nd Mountain Mesa They will be operated under control of ot the Atlas Alias Corporation New York Investment firm finn it was announced The SEC stated Monday that Hidden Splendor after the mergel merger merger mer mer- ger gel would have combined as as- sets of about 60 million Stockholders and directors of the five companies had previously previous prevIous- ly approved the merger of the five companies which the SEC calls consistent with the polIcies policies pol pol- pol- pol ides of Atlas Corporation and reasonable I The commission said that Atlas Atlas At At- las Ins owns all the stock of Hid Hidden I den Splendor 75 per cent of Lisbon 62 per cent of the Rio He Ic Oro stock and more than 30 per cent of the Radium lUng King stock Atlas holds hold no Mountain Mesa common stock but Hidden Hid den Splendor owns Rio and LIsbon Lisbon Lis Us- bon hon stock as well wen as promissory notes from Mountain Mesa I |