Show opens new oreb ore B buying buying moab station uranium miners who have been stockpiling ore at moab utah got good news in january with the announcement by the atomic energy commission that a new uranium ore buying station and sampling plant was ready fur feb I 1 opening although a provisional buying station had been operated at moab since may 1954 it did not have the capacity to handle all the ore being mined in the area with the result that a tremendous amount was stockpiled stock piled awaiting the opening of the sampler until uranium ore is sampled and its per cent determined miners cannot be paid for their efforts the said that ore which has been accumulated on a provisional basis will be mechanically ani cally sampled in the new plant and ad final settlement made ad with the seller establishment of a buying schedule for the plant was announced by sheldon P wimpfen manager of the grand junction operations office of the american smelt ing and refining co is operating the new moab station for the commission |