Show Interior Dept Burs bars Mining Claims on Oa Oil Shale Lands Londs The Department of the Inter for has barred further staking slaking of mining claims on 7 million acres of oil shale lands under its control in a three state area by asking for withdrawal of the areas area's mineral deposits Bureau of Land Management Director Boyd L fil ed cd the withdrawal al application January 27 temporarily with drawing ing land lands in Utah Ulah Color Color- Colorado Colorado ado and Wyoming while the de- de department department considers final action IN ADDITION to removing oil shale land lands from Lion tion under the mining laws that apply to the order ordel also would preclude leasing under the mineral leas leas- leasing leasing ing act for development of the sodium deposits would not ad- ad adversely adversely affect in any significant wa way the oil shale values of the lands The oil shale lands have been n since 1930 from leas leas- leasing ing for shale development and other disposal except for met met met- mining claims claim said the new withdrawal order is proposed in order to protect the multiple Continued on page 8 I Mining Continued from Crom page 1 use potential of oC the mineral and other resources of the lands which contain other minerals aswell as wen well as their enormously rich shale deposits The application was filed the I same day that Secretary of the Interior Stewart L Udall an a point five program to push oil shale development in the region Known oil shale reserves in the three state stale area contain about 70 times as much oil as all the proved pe pc petroleum reserves in the United States the Department has es estimated Secretary Udall's an pounced program will include clearing title to public oil shale lands blocking of Federal and privately owned lands through exchanges receiving sug for issue or provisional developmental leases to vale vate companies Investigating use of underground nuclear ex ex- ex explosions to retort shale and launching a broad program of Federal research in cooperation with industry Director provided a day 30 period end ing March 1 for submission of comments suggestions and ob- ob objections objections on the proposed with Views may be present present- presented ld ed in writing to the Director Bureau of oC Land Management U S Department of the Inter Inter- Interior Interior Washington D C 2040 |