Show mining requires require team 7 ebyn work too finding a uranium deposit just going out into the field with a gelger counter and locating a spot where it crackles the loudest there is a lot 0 of f work for specially trained tech technicians nic ians too F for r example geologists engineers and mining technicians are usually called la in to assist in locating and then mining the ore claims and mines must be suri eyed if it accurate boundaries are to be established too an accurate map of claims to be sold la is a caf major nia or requirement now try to imagine that a drill core shows promising ore at a depth of 70 feet do you dig 5 straight tr abight down to it or do you make a slanting tunnel to the core line the answer of course would be a slanting ifft shaft now how would you know at what degree of slant to dig the shaft BO so that you would reach the exact spot you wanted the answer lies in using data supplied by a competent surveyor most survey companies keep from 5 to 10 men in the held field at all times working on various projects assigned by the home office after the ore body has been reached thanks to the surveyor most survey companies keep there her is the problem of following the ore body where the geologist comes in lie ile can determine after an appropriate study and examination where the ore body will drift and to what extent and the difficulties that may be found in following the body mining technicians of course are the men who know w how best to dig the shaft how to protect the lives of men working in the diggings and the answers answer to most of the other problems that occur in mining operations the geiger gelger counter may lead to the spot where uranium may be found but it requires the combined efforts of a team of trained technicians to bring it to the s surface ur over acres of colorado and utah public land withdrawn for atomic energy commission use was restored to the public domain because of the lack of uranium discoveries co |