Show Grand County Corny Location ev Says T G 0 S 5 Developments to date Indicate that the proposed 2 25 million potash processing mill milt and mine of Texas Gulf Sulphur will vill be located In Grand county regard regard- less of where the San Grand-San J JUan nn county line IS U established Grand District school board members learned Monday I IThe The location of the tho mill milt Is a 1 I prime consideration for tor the tha school district In any e expansion plans for school facilities due to the possible addition of the potash facility to the ta rolls ioUs and the expected future school enrollment A pilot hole is now being drilled drilled led at a considered site for the mine thoU shaft and is reported leport d as half way finished A favorable rable conclusion to this drilling would establish the location and place placeIt It well within the boundaries of this county Estimates of the completion date were moved up upa a n bit this week cele to two weeks from Crom now Caution has been expressed by potash company officials as os asto osto asto to the expectation of any overnight overnight over over- nl night ht Influx of population resulting re re- re suIting from the announced Intent In ln tent to start construction It IsI Is expected that the shaft and the tho I railroad connecting the properties properties properties proper proper- ties with Denver and Rio Grande Railway ma main n line tine 35 miles s away will start approximately approximately four months from now around April 1 1961 This however however how how- ever wilt will be contract work and the companies Involved naturally natural natural- ly will decide on where they will wilt draw their labor forces I from Crom how many will be necessary necessary sary and under what conditions they will bring the working force Corce here I Scenic Route Comes Close I The state road building program pro pro- I gram grain am opening the scenic route to State Park Dead Horse Point will bring road access to six miles from the proposed plant plantsite plantsite plantsite site and will require a 1 Texas Gulf Sulphur access road Construction on the mill mUt is jg not likely before beCore July of 1961 according to Frank Tipple Tippie project project project pro pro- manager This again willbe will willbe willbe be contract work perhaps Involving involving in In- a multitude of subcontracts subcontracts sub con tracts It would mean school board members were told that workers would be continually coming and going There Is not nota a of an increase in the school population at nn m immediate Immediate late date it was said I The growth of the Texas Gulf Sulphur staff is expected to bevery be bP bevery very gradual For the next one and one half years there will probably be a maximum of 10 or 15 people here for Texas Gulf Sulphur After that time time- they will start bringing people people- In assuming there Is no labor force available here after about 18 months creating a n staff here hereby hereby hereby by January of 1963 Assuming that plans go ahead on schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule hopes to be In operation oper oper- atlon by that time Excess of Workers Workers' Mr Tipple told the school board that the maximum number number num nuni- ber of worl workers ers employed at the potash operation would be in excess of but that there would be no large Influx until the mill was Vas ready for operation In 1963 Full employment would maybe develop In an additional year Any population influx pr prior r to the beginning of mill operation operation opera opera- tio tion Is obviously dependent on the contracts let for tor the project and the contractors policy polley concerning con con- their working force torce No contracts have been let Four major phases are expected the railway the state road the shaft and a mill Each In all will be subcontracted |