Show Turns Down Solution To Oil Gas Uranium Members rs of the Uranium titanium Ore Producers Association were vere advised ad d by their attorney Stephen Steph en L. L It n. Il Tuesday not to sign lenses leases with the Atom Ic Ener Energy y Commission on claims which lie on oil and gas leases Only last week the announced an flounced their plan for a tion to the problem which has been troubling miners for the past several months The association In effect is rejecting for the present the proposal sal when I It was recently re xe announced as a leasing plan for the affected claims The attorney stated Tues day We Vo are notifying our members that anyone signing a government lease Jease at this time may waive the right to contest the titles to the claims at a later lat er Cr date He lie said he and the directors of the association will seek a meeting with of In Grand Junction to discuss dis cuss the situation Until th that t meeting Is held Mr fr declared association members are advised not to enter into any arrangement with the ABC on claims with clouded titles stated a meeting will be held in Grand Junction In the very near future with Senator Edwin Johnson and Congressman Wayne Aspinall to discuss the matter of governmental gov leasing and all of its ramifications Already Taken Leases The manager of the Grand Junction operations office of the Atomic Energy Commission Wednesday said the uranium mining Industry has shown spontaneous approval of the new leasing proposal Sheldon Wimpfen who took charge of activities in Grand unction Junction starting Dec 1 said that more than 20 miners have already applied for lor ABC leases for properties pro on which their claims were Invalid because of preexisting pre existing oil and gas leases I would say that's obvious evidence that these applicants recognize that the lease arrangement ar ax is the best available solution under existing law to I a difficult problem Mr r. W fen ten said He lie acted surprised to think that the JOPA A would advise ad vise Its Its' members not to sign the ABC leases Mr r. r said the fear of ot the miners of losing the right to contest their titles to claims was unfounded In the event that the conflicting oil all and gas lease expires while the le lease se Is In effect he explained the miner would be protected until his ground can be be staked staked ed and nd located under standing laws When we make a lease with witha a miner a copy of 01 the lease will be filed with the Bureau of Land Management office concerned he said The BUM BLIM office will be In a position to see that when the oil lease expires ex pires the miners claim Is simultaneously aim sim placed on record The miner also would be pro pro- It pr present sent l laws ws are changed chang ed he said Miners Miner Dissatisfied The miners' miners dissatisfaction of the leasing system apparently stems from the desire to obtain ob tam tain title claims which they discovered and md developed as their own unaware of ot the con filet They object to giving up what they have regarded as their own property and becoming becom becom- ing by signing leases It was feared they might be admitting ad mUting that their claims to the property were not valid in the first place removing any possibility pos poSe of straightening out gut the situation through legislative or court action Mr Mx said In effect The lease arrangements provide pro pro- vide the miners with the right to produce and enjoy their benefits ben of ot their labor He lie said ald that he Will be glad to meet with representatives of ot the lie He said that efforts already al ale ready have been made by the ABC to arrange such a meeting i He lie declared that under ex ex- existing law miners on claims in conflict with oil oU and gas leases leas es now have no rights and the ABC leasing agreement Is an effort to give them some rights This makes me wonder If the miners realize that were we're allon all allon allon on the same side Mr Wimpfen n told Grand Junction Seminal reporters Wednesday They need us and we need them them 1 he stated slated |