Show sunday prospectors dors search lor for uranium MEEKER colo while it was known for more than 50 years that ore existed in the coal creek section of this district it was not until 1954 that the prospecting I 1 fever spread to the general public during last year one town official estimated more than half the population of meeker sought uranium ore in one way or another during world war 11 some vanadium was taken from the district to the rifle mill and the ore are contained some uranium as a by product pio duct during last summer it was a sunday and holiday practice e for M meeker residents to go out and stake claims some good ore was taken from the white river area and there are thousands of claims staked in all parts of rio blanco county several drilling crews have bave operated in the east end of the county mainly in the uranium peak see section tion during summer months flying over the area rev reveals eals nearly as many prospect holes as seen is in the clear creek basin when the mining boom struck Co colorado lorido many years ago it is expected that daring during 1955 it will be learned whether many of the uranium claims filed will be on 03 successful producing mines or whether they are duds but although no one expects to get rich quick from uranium activity in the district it is expected that tuf af tinclent uranium will be produced to put some of the prospectors into a much higher income bracket than new DOW |