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Show i . . " "' " ? ! . I Y . 1 ! , J-- .;: ; ;' 'rvr::V:,v;::;d 1 Uranium ore truck passes over the scales at the Energy Fuels ore ! buying station near Hanksville, where considerable work has i been done by the Denver-based company in providing a station for collection of ore from mines in the Hanksville area. Up to ISO Weiy Jobs PAay Come To Hanksville-Standing Hanksville-Standing Areas from Uranium Project By Barbara Ekker Proposed uranium ore milling mill-ing operations at Hanksville, Wayne County and at Bland-ing Bland-ing in San Juan, could provide up to 150 new jobs in these two areas, according to Robert Rob-ert W. Adams, organizer of Energy Fuels (Three Park Central Suite 445, 1515 Arapahoe, Arap-ahoe, Denver, Colorado) who announced recently a long-range long-range program to revive uranium uran-ium mining and milling in southeastern Utah. The firm previously had disclosed it was installing ore stock piling stations at the two towns and would begin purchasing ore from small mines in the area. Adams said preliminary surveys indicate a volumn of 3,000 to 6,000 tons of ore can be purchased from existing mines in the Hanksville area during 1977. The company plans to augment aug-ment that production with up to 15,000 to 20,000 tons a month from additional sources including mines the company hopes to develop as a result of its own exploration program. Muril D. Vincelette, vice-president, vice-president, uranium operations, opera-tions, said a decision will be made by the end of this year about whether a mill will be constructed. Preliminary planning calls for a plant capacity of 1,500 to 2,000 tons per day. The firm has land and water rights for a potential Hanksville site. Land also has been acquired in Blanding and a water supply is being worked out. The company has opened a field office in Blanding headed" by Roger Smith. He will have a staff consisting of a chemist, lease mining coordinator, plant foreman for the buying station, accounting, mining engineers, geologists and supervisors. sup-ervisors. Dick Garber has been installed in-stalled as plant superintendent superinten-dent of the Hanksville station. If mill construction plans materialize, employment plans would increase to 60-100 persons at Blanding and from 30 to 50 persons at Hanksville, Vincelette said. The Hanksville station is located on six acres of a 640 acre tract. A 100 x 15 foot concrete ore receiving pad has been built to accomodate a 60 ton truck scale and a storage area for up to 90,000 tons of ore. A crushing and sampling plant will be in operation by Jan. 15. The Blanding site is located on 12 acres of a 1,000 acre site, and has a 200,000 ton ore storage capacity. The crush-.: ing and sampling plant there is scheduled to begin operations opera-tions in March. Energy Fuels expects to spend nearly $2 million on its reserves development program prog-ram this year. Rising demands and higher prices for uranium are the stimulus for the program. Small mines with low grade ore now car; be profitable, Vincelette said. |