Show THE SAN MIGUEL POWER association INC A RURAL electrification PROJECT in southwestern estem colorado on an immense tableland in this area near where the san miguel river cost per kilowatt hour was wax 01 and average belling selling known as the colorado plateau a rugged desolate joins the dolores to flow now on into utah the canyon price was total revenue for 1953 waa was area of sharply rising mesas and deep cut can walled town of uravan cravan has the count rys biggest uranium this compares to in 1952 vast uranium on mining operations are going processing today san miguel coop co op has 1750 connected hours bours in the endeavor to insure on 24 a day our it is here that the san miguel alg uel power association consumers and miles of line of which 65 miles count rys security inc a rural electric operative cooperative co put into are tra transmission nemMon the immensity of the ursu uranium larn country can ean oVera operation tiou in 1940 Is performing one of the most source of power Is at telluride and knes lines best be visualized knowing that its of run by area unusual and important power supply roles of through about square miles mines Is far bigger for instance of the any 25 miles of canyon country with very 22 than glands En square miles and even rural electric coops co ops in colorado few connected meters until it comes out on the high larger than new york states square miles this coop co op with headquarters at nucla eucla about flatland of san miguel basin it then runs up the 95 miles south of san miguel river past Ur avans mill min on out into Color adans generally speak of this huge area as grand junction is an outstanding the paradox valley and into the la sal utah farming four corners comers country they mean roughly the example of how a rural electric cooperative empera tive has and mining area a total distance of miles gone far beyond its original and continuing from end to end the purpose coarsely sparsely populated region surrounding only of place in the U S where the corners of four states state s supplying electricity to farmers by being it if anyone has colorado utah arizona and new mexico meet at on the right spot at the right time to serve these that is the colorado Coln rado any plateau thought may that be the too new remote frontier to one point uranium processing mills the importance of these be pra practical eUcal he should take a trip to prosperous mills and the importance of san miguel basin and to nucla eucla then keeping electric swing the it is one of the last front frontiers lers of america but today power up to uravan cravan where flowing to them canyon U S vanadium co has day and night is a beehive of mining activity in the search for cannot be overestimated several thousand people feverishly seeking out the uranium ore which has become vitally important uranium veins hauling in the ore and extracting new the colorado plateau is now the second largest the seven present directors of the san the precious mineral day and night the uravan cravan source of uranium in the world ranking only power association inc include gordon palmer miguel plant clusters from the san miguel river bottom up behind the belgian congo president a rancher stockman of norwood joe a canyon ca wall for feet and its activities never willoughby vice president a mining man of nuda stop the U S vanadium company a division of G wilson george union C carbide arbide and carbon corporation which also glen jacobs secretary norwood treasurer rancher nucla eucla gnei merchant the mighty U S vanadium co looks upon the operates the oak ridge tenn atomic laboratory murphy teacher in the nucla eucla grade school margaret don colorado plateau and particularly the nucla eucla natu has 10 uranium ore processing mills scattered over watson rancher of nucla eucla and otho ayers apers rancher rita uravan cravan areas as having an unlimited future which the general area stockman tt of bedrock colorado it assuredly vill have as long as it can get sufficient electric power the hottest of all the spots on the colorado the san miguel coop co op like all rural ellec electrics tries thus the nucla eucla plateau today Is centered in the area of small communities Is a bit taxpayer in its community paying property stock stockman and the nucla eucla merchant the paradox valley vailey mu muni dittes ties on the san miguel river near neak the utah line tax of and sales tax of in guiding the reins of trade grade school teacher are that are shown on your colorado maps as nucia 1953 taxes in 1954 were even hither higher payroll doring an enterprise that a tremendously to Is vital cor corporation pors naturita Na turita and uravan cravan this is 13 the center of a region 1953 was for 18 14 full fail time and 13 with the security and welfare more directly concerned that has many workable ore veins happily near part pad time employees the coop co op Is ahead anyone would even of our connery than suppose until be he has processing mills that extract the few pounds of uranium on its required payments to the BEA REA on its original that country and seen it for himself gone one into yellow anke concentrate and vanadium red loans the distribution and transmission cake from each ton of waste rock these are the equipment is valued oat at and and general why the thousands of member colsum very minerals with which the navajos cavajos and utes a equipment at ers of other colorado rural electric cooperatives hundred and more years ago decorated their bodies power costs for 1853 1953 were for IS have ter prise one that more reason to be proud of the free enterprise with brilliant red and enabled them to join together to yellow war paints kwh ewh purchased and used average bring themselves electric power in this state COLORADO 26 SAN MIGUEL THE SAN MIGUEL POWER association INC A rural elect ant NUCLA COLORADO |