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Show A i r .... ', : ' -- , .. ;... a i I Actually Steen underestimated his strike by a mint full of millions. Geological experts now concede that Steen probably has hit the richest uranium field on the North American work he could get to feed his family. But Steen has always been a stubborn individualist When he caught the uranium fever, after reading in a mining journal that amateurs were making uranium fortunes, he staked out his claims in the Big Indian disline. This area trict near the. Colorado-Uta- h had been worked over unsuccessfully several times, and the Atomic Energy Commission had officially declared it "barren of possibilities." But this didn't bother Steen; he had his own ideas about how to find uranium. any1, . , continent, and they estimate his holdings at $150 to $400 million. Why America needs uranium Even though he confounded Uncle Sam's own experts, Charlie Steen's success story has the wholehearted blessing, of the U. S. -government Through the Atomic Energy Commission the government is backing the . hill because uranium uranium boom-to-th- e It was tough going for Steen The thing that did bother Steen was money, f Vor two and a half yearshe begged and borrowed to keep t going. He estimates he spent 90 per cent of his. time trying to raise a grubstake and 10 per cent actually prospecting. Steen sold his trailer and moved with his m shack wife and four children into a minus plumbing and electricity! They lived on venison, Which Steen bagged himself, and on oatmeal and beans. today is the only naturally occurring stance that can be used as a basic raw material in large-sca- le production of atomic energy. So the AEC wants all the uranium ,it'can get To stimulate production, it is paying handsome prices for uranium ore, plus generous premiums, bonuses, and allowances. While the government promotes and subsidizes the uranium boom and is the exclu-si- ve customer for all uranium ore, it is relying ort the American principle of private enterprise to discover and produce the atomic gold. That's why the government would like to see more Charlie Steens. You can send 55 cents to the U. S. Govern- meht Printing Office in Washington, D. C, and get an excellent handbook called "Prospecting for Uranium. A Geiger counter will cost you anywhere from $30 to $600. There are other trappings you can buy, toodepending on your resources, but if you play it conservatively, you can't lose much. Before you head for the Colorado Plateau, though, keep in mind that the odds are pretty high against your hitting the atomic jackpot But remember, they called Charlie Steen a crackpot before he brought in the richest uranium mine this side of the Belgian Congo. -- ' gas-stati- on struck it lick!" They Hit the Uranium THING it to big H kit kiod 6f back on mv heU." TKift what mm Vernon J. Pick twd after he rtcwtly received $9 nuffion in cash for part of his uranium holdings. The former electrical contractor from Minneapolis could wel I f bo denied. When he went out to the Colorado Plateau in j95, lie was armed only with a handbook on uranium of life savings of $6,000. Here ere he other uranium imffionaires- people who, like CharW Steen and Vernon Pick, gambled and won in9 the atomic sweepstakes: nds h " Ml VIQA Cft I f .. v less Decay: For I, this complete mouth protection use routine of proper brushing ofter meals with Colgate, Tooth Powder Upaliqight to Suit Eieiybociu s REA6H Othe Patterson, a ld prospector-ranche- FOR1 I Coughing Clii Id? Discover now this herb medicine eases coughs of cods so child breathes eassleeps easy naturalryl a m m mm m y- n When Uttle pnes ana cry wun "TTTV .. ''night cough" i(W'.T4 miss fTr ,ji i ofneededtheysleep. f colds, i J fx Then jtnodern I mothers eive the nfyL- safe herb discov- v ery pertussin cough medicine. It contains, no harmful dniirs or narcotics. They know its natural herb action quickly innm nhleem to let tne cniia vKJ . ILW - is uie prescribe. medicine so many n is commended by Parents' Mag azine. Mild tastine.so children take it readily. Wonderfully effective for adults, too. And Jackpot GELATIKi DESSERT -- that is wny r.i inntnn . ninri pertussin doctors CUnk 0 iiwif K PERTUSSIN WHY r, RISK UVKT The good driver slays a safe distance behind the car ahead. who received offers of $1 miKon land even though he hadn't mined it for his yet. He turned down the offers. txnownod cnl ,vt Drcaf h hrrnthe eaxv. sleev tasunatuTaUyl Bob and Richard Mahler, who began s construction workers hi Moeb. They now hold $2 million in uranium mine daims. Juan Benito Sanchei, one of the newest uranium mitionaires, who recently made a $3 million strike. Jack Turner, who has been prospecting for 20 years around Moeb. His mine is worth more than $2 mttSon. "THIS W 7 Gwcctcr " With only his own stubbornness for security, Steen 'borrowed $1,700 and rented a drilling rig. He figured he should strike uranium about 200 feet down. On his first' try, the rig broke at 72 feet! Weary and 'dis- couraged, Steen thought, he was through. He gathered up a few samples from his partially drilled hole, tossed them into his jeep, and headed home. On the way he found a operator testing some ore on a Geiger counter, something Steen couldn't afford to buy. Out of curiosity, he asked if he could. ;t his samples: When he touched his gray- ish rock to the counter, the needle jumped wildly! Steen rushed to the shack he called home his wife, "We've Because ItGfws YouAIIThret sub- two-roo- and shouted to it's a million-doll- ar , ,, ,i VJ 1 ' t!' ,,S f ti, ' : ' . 'rt' I v. ; this really is i real coffee i J . n r fP-r- : - 'Si ..IL,I , UV . ;1 and gosh i- - C i 1 . I U., ChoHle Steen. fabulous uranium mtU llonaire. chats with a fellow miner, f Steen, who endured many nardsh.p before he struck it rich, now has his own testing lab in Moab, Utah. the money you save! OCTOIt II. ItM FAMJIY WIEKLY MAGAZINE J S n |