Show I I Drilling to Start on Atlas Claims I GRAND JUNCTION Colo Atlas Uranium Corp announced today drilling Is started th this week on the 29 Piccolo Pete claims on the Happy Jack trend in to the White Canyon district San Juan county I Utah D. D L. L Herrick Hetrick Atlas general manager said bald the drilling contract contract con con- tract was wu awarded March 7 to I Petty Mining Exploration Co The exploration program Is being financed partly through a 55 loan granted Bleak Uranium titanium Co Atlas affiliate Bleak Is supplying of ot the total cost Atlas crews and equipment have been on the property for some sometime sometime time building access roads and oth otherwise preparing for the drill crew The contracts contract calls for Cor drilling over fret tret of hole with depths d ranging taut to feet Ceet The ore formation formation forma forma- tion will be cored The Piccolo Pete claims lie two miles down-channel down from the Happy Jack mine and ore shows with assays running over 3 percent per percent percent cent oxide were found in previous exploration |