Show vernon pick fabulous miner of plateau looks to future to vernon pick who bo last august gold sold his hidden splendor uranium holdings to financier floyd B odium for 9 million life has taken on the aspect of a movie script dreamed up by a hollywood press agent in his own words its fantastic that the fantasy docs does not extend into his business life is readily realized when you consider the protects projects mr pick has scheduled for the future among them are I 1 construction and operation of a nuclear energy laboratory in grand junction w with th two physicists 11 already at work on bade research on nuclear energy for civilian and industrial uses 2 establishment within the industrial du framework of the pick uranium co of a department of solar energy a long tune time interest of mine to probe the secrets of putting the sun to work for industry asked if this meant research on the use and operation of solar reflectors mr pick said he planned to attack the problem from a different angle since solar reflectors have been proved not too practical what at the angle is is he did not disclose goes to argentina 3 exploration for uranium deposits in canada and the argentine atlas corporation a holding company owned by odium has secured full highs to argentine exploration tio and development and mr pick has bak been asked to look over the field while he be takes what be he described as a vacation beginning this month he has also been requested qu 0 sted to explore possible fields in both ceylon and the philippine islands the invitations being extended through the governments of each of these countries 4 fantasia entered his life when negotiations were opened with mr odium and his wife jackle cochran I 1 famed a m e d aviatrix financier flights io to new york city where be was a guest of the swank wank apartment overlooking the est east river and to the acre indio california ranch owned by the financier became commonplace ida mr pick described the latter pro property as combining the roost most ul lavish attributes tributes of a billion dollar hollywood production and the splendor of the arabian nights among the ranch features are a swimming pool from which mr odium conducts a great deal of his business a golf course riding stables buia and guest cottages which mr pick disclosed as the size of his own grand junction home gets plane just to add to the amazement an aircraft was thrown into the deal dea betwee en hidden splendor and atlas babb company a southern california subsidiary of atlas is currently remodeling a navy which when hen completed will be a luxurious executive amphibian which will ill take mr pick anyplace in the world mr pick who holds single and two engine pilots licenses will help fly the plane although he plans to hire a pilot to command the aircraft before landing the plane on water however the grand junction millionaire must be checked out faith la in area 1 I have great faith in this area mr pick said that Is 1 vhf why I 1 am locating a research laboratory here and I 1 shall continue to make grand junction my headquarters out of big his research laboratory has come a special instrument for or aira airborne 0 me e explorations lo rations w which lif ch will shortly go anio full scale production for the uranium market the morning of the interview the president of the hidden splendor mining co had received a package from a utah artist carl E olsen of price it contained a painting of mr pick showing him with about a three day stubble of beard hollow cheeks and sunken e eyes y es posed against a backdrop which h includes the mine and the 8 surrounding rounding ur mountains the artist and his subject met at the hidden splendor and the painting was done from pictures taken at that wat time mr picks life during t the h 1 last three is best espre expressed zd b by a story he be tells of hanksville Hanks vUle ville which was a town of at most 50 people when mr pick was prospecting in the area where he made his its strike today Han hanoville kvIlle te 19 a booming mining town how did be know there were only 50 people there he and an old sourdough prospector sat down one evening and counted them |