Show official says more U ore in south dakota CUSTER S dan D an atomic energy commission official reports that at this s stage ta of uranium minin mining in the t black ek hills ills only the surface is being scratched john W king chief of the hot springs spring sub office of the reported on uranium u activities in the h e st state te to the national resources commission king said no mining Is being done in ia the black hills more than 75 feet below the surface ore should theoretically exist in bodies at least as large and as rich at t to 0 feet in depth as it does near the surface be he said 1 drilling has indicated that this Is so so far as grade is concerned the large bodies have not yet been found at depth but i it is believed that refinement of ore finding techniques will result in their discovery in the not too distant future king said he was unable to comment on when the might construct a processing plant for uranium ore in the black hills he ile said however that the proposal was under active consideration king aling told the resources commission extensive testing nw is being carried on by the and U S bureau of mines to determine the feasibility of extracting uranium from aig in northwestern south dakota kait decisions D inions regarding purchase and disposition of the ore cannot be made until the successful completion of these studies |