Show steen wants to up ore production from holdings charles A stew steen probably the most publicized figure in the huge uranium producing industry of the colorado plateau hopes to increase production from his mines I 1 to a whopping h p ping 1000 tons per day p providing ro v zing certain deterrents arc are removed in a prepared statement steen declares that on the basis of known ore reserves on his properties that ore can be mined at a faster rate than at present perhaps up to 1000 tons per day he be believes that several change changes in the present U S buying program would this production first a gaharan teed market for an indefinite tonnage of ore secondly higher haul ing allowance thirdly elimination of 01 the high lime penalty the most salient factor however would be a considerable increase in the depletion allowance he be comments exploration co which steen beads heads as president has never made request tor for government assistance but has financed feet of core drilling and has constructed ted access roads to expedite service to his campanas comp camp anys mines and operations the steen statement listed estimated reserves of uranium ore in the big indian mining district of utah at tons this ore is on claims of the enlora tion co big indian mines inc U S oil and uranium co standard uranium co little beaver co la sal mining co and cal uranium co for the latter the statement said only that cal uranium reserves are large listing no figures Reser reserved of utcy were listed at tons or more strong geological evidence indicates that the present reserve re e ve acl picture ure ln in the big indian mining ing district s t r let lg is far from rom complete the reserves are expected to increase steadily as the exploration drilling continues in the area drilling in the past supports thui this belief said the statement |