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Show , " """"""""WWWtWWWWWWWWWWWW Energy Resources acquiring more claims in San Juan I; It was announced last week that Energy Resources Corp. has ; initiated a joint venture with Hunt ;; Oil Co. of Dallas, Texas, exercising ! option to acquire approximately ; 2,120 mining claims on federal ;; lands consisting of 44,500 acres adjacent to its present holdings ; ' near Blanding. ; ; The two firms have an additional ;; joint project involving 200 claims I near Monticello. The two compan-' compan-' ies have also reached agreement with Tipperary Oil Corp. of Midland, Texas to earn a 50 per ; ' cent working interest in another 260 ; federal uranium mining claims :; (approximately 5,000 acres) which ', Tipperary controls adjacent to the ; i Energy-Hunt holdings. ;; In other uranium mining news, Mountain States Resources Corp. ' ! and Anschutz Uranium Corp. have signed an agreement covering 1; major exploratory drilling on 180 uranium claims, involving 3,700 ;; acres, belonging to Mountain States, called the Sinbad-Freeway ;! Prospect in Emery County. The exploration work and, if feasible, ! ; the development work will go forward as a joint venture with ; Acquitaine Mining Corp. of France. ! ; A draft environmental statement ! I covering projected coal develop- I ments in Central Utah reveals that various firms are seeking approval ', from the Interior Department of ' I mining and reclamation plans for ' coal extraction in the area involving ; ; 25,749 acres of total federal lease area and 3,303 acres under land-use application for associated ; ; coal development facilities. The EIS ; ; states that should these develop- ', I ments be realized, production could ; ! triple by 1990, doubling Emery ; County's population and pushing !; Carbon County's from 19,000 to 33,000. ;j |
