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Show i pdwh'uju 1,000 Claims Supply During 1954 wwy M - &'' VJZWS ? " ! If sr t JSSNSS-- ' ' s 5 - & A ; " tr r I Colo. GRAND JUNCTION, yus rf - Two Gas Discoveries U-O- re f " Tv . t Continental Announces The Atomic Energy Commissions operations office here purchased uranium ore from 1,000 claims during 1954, according to Sheldon P. Wimpfen, manager of the office. In 1953, he said, ore was purchased from 928, and from 824 in 1952. In 1948, the commission purchased ore from only 48 claims. The Grand Junction operations office of the AEC purchases ore from the entire area west of the Mississippi river. Bonus payments in the 45 months since the Grand Junction operations office was opened in March of 1951 total $4,377,173, Wimpfen announced. These pay0 ments are made on the first p VERNAL Discovery of two more natural gas wells has been announced by Continental Oil Co. Both zones were brought in the Chapita Wells wildcat area of Uii-taCounty. In each case, Continental said, several million cubic feet of gas was tested. The wells will measure between one and a half and two million cubic feet daily, the company b LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Grand Jet., Colo. Lodge No. 270 The Family Fraternity Moose Home and Club Marjory Bldg. 10,-00- NORTH AVENUE, Grand Junction, rapidly developing Into a major shopping center of the Colorado Plateaus largest city. Along this main arterial highway (U S. 6 24 & 50), shoppers find everything from thumb tacks to complete home furnishings. The small portion of the avenue pictured here contains a realty office, service station, appliance store, drug store, bakery, and pounds of uranium ore produced and bought by the AEC. A total of 2,680 claims have been validated for the payment, he said. Rate of bonus payments now is up to approximately $150,000 per Mineral resources were also ac- month, rising to that figure from of $97,000 during the counted for in the survey conclu- an average past few months. Seventy-eigh- t sions, and it was found there are mines have received the full bonus 17 different minerals known allowance of $35,000. in Mesa county, but not all According to Wimpfen, approxof them are produced commer- imately $1,800,000 was paid out in bonus payments. or at a others. Grand Junction May Be TIREY'S REALTY 134 South 4th 38 Years CITY, SUBURBAN, FARMS & RANCHES, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROP- ur West Slope Industrial Center Mesa county, where fertile valleys abound with Colorados best and most profitable fruit crops may, at some future date, be the site of a new industrial empire, if plans of the Grand Juncpresent tion Chamber of Commerce are completely fulfilled. Chamber Manager Don Dugan Is carrying out instructions of the Chamber board of directors to tell Industrialists looking for new locations all about the many advantages to be found in the area surrounding Grand Junction, and in the city itself. Dugans task is not a simple one but so far he has received a good response to his approaches. One of the serious problems now confronting planners is the fluctuating employment prevalent in the Grand Valley where seasonal agricultural employment requires huge numbers of laborers during the harvest season, but there is nothing now to keep these workers employed during the It is the idea of the Chamber e Commerce to attract types of Industry into the area that will workers provide agricultural-typ- e with jobs during winter and early months. spring According to results of a survey completed late last year for the Chamber of Commerce, reveal that any large industry that could locate in the Grand Junction area could not depend on the markets r the population in the immediate district to absorb their products. Any industry locating here would have to have markets available for consumption of products and these markets would no doubt be located east of the Rocky Mountains and on the west coast. However, it was noted in the report that Grand Junction is located geographically in a unique position to be of service to the majority of counties on the Western slope of Colorado as well as certain counties in Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. Grand Junctions present retail sales area is approximately 75 miles m radius, extending north into Rio Blanco county to Meeker, east beyond Rifle and in some eases to Glenwood Springs. It extends into Delta county almost to Delta, south into Montrose county In Utah it extends to Monti-eell- o in San Juan county and in Grand county, Utah, it extends some distance beyond and west of Moab. The of the retail 7 was approximately 1950 population trade area 55,-40- for the local area and 44,510 for the fringe area. In 1953 in CRANE-O'FALLO- Mesa county the effective buying income was $59,945,000 whereas in 1952 this income was only $53,785,-00and there are indications that there has been a general increase in purchasing power from 1946 to 0, 1953. In 1946, said the survey summary, total retail sales for Mesa county were $26,259,000 as compared to 1953s $44,307,000. During the first six months of 1954 sales volume was $20,800,000 and that period did not include the tourist trade season or holiday spending occurring late in the year. Mesa county already has a total of 42 manufacturing plants, including those engaged in processing foods and kindred products, lumber and wood products except furniture, stone, clay, glass, primary metai and fabricated metal products, and others. Of the manufacturers in the Grand Junction area replying to questionnaires sent out during the Chamber of Commerce survey, 73.91 percent indicated that Grand Junction was the original location of the firm, 43 48 per cent said that a major factor considered in location in the area was major markets available locally, and 43.48 per cent said living conditions was important in deciding to erect a plant in the district. No difficulty in securing labor was listed by 52 16 per cent of those replying whde 43 48 per cent indicated they had little trouble. percent said wages were reasonable or average. cially profit. Aluminum, for one, occurs in practically all types of soil formation in the county but is not produced commercially because production would not be profitable. In 1953 there were 44 mills and one mill and Smelter located in Mesa county. Tax levies are important when attempts are made to lure new industries into any area. Levies within Mesa county, said the report, range anywhere from a high of 76.14 mills in School District 19, Palisade, to a low of 34 46 mills in School District 10, near De Beque. Generally the levy was 50 mills average for Mesa county in 1953, the report said. Grand Junction had a municipal levy of 18 5 mills, and the county levy was 9 56 in Grand Junction. Recommended in the report as prospective new industries for the Grand Junction area, were a candy factory, meat packing plant, paper mill, fruit drying plant, quick freeze for peaches, preserving plant, brandy distillery, alfalfa dehydration plant, furniture factory, plastics industry, oil shale industry, coal hydrogenation plant, and a plant for manufacture of mine machinery and equipment. Business Opportunities Uranium Claims Irrigated Farms Stock Ranches 601 Pitkin Avenue GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. O. EAGLES F. Grand Junction, Colo. 248 Main WILSON-MORRI- AGENCY S of State Farm Insurance Co.s has moved Two Blocks West into The New Uranium Center Bldg. 5th and Rood L. C. Les Room 101 Spider Morris Wilson Grand Junction Colorado 65,000,000 SHARES A COLORADO CORPORATION COMMON STOCK 562 PUBLIC OFFERING 7Vz CENTS PER SHARE The prospectus may be obtained in any state in which this announcement is circulated from such of the underwriters and other dealers as may lawfully offt these securities in such state. Agents for Colorado WEBER INVESTMENT CO. B1RKEH1.1AYER & GO. 2341 Kiesel Avenue OGDEN, UTAH TWX OG 27 DIVISION OF CRANE CO. Valves - Fittings - Pipe Plumbing and Heating Serving This Area Fraternally For 51 Years Warren Oil & Uranium Mining Company, Inc. COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CO. Colo. This announcement is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these securities. The offering is made only by the Prospectus. . REALTOR INSUROR BUILDER RESIDENTIAL N ERTIES. Grand Junction NEW ISSUE L. C. NOWLAH Room 48 U. S. Bank Building P.O. Box Phone 213 Grand Jet., Colo. Phone 19 In Valley U. S, National Bank MA. BIRKEN MAYER & COMPANY U. S. National Bank Building Denver, Colorado Please send me Offering Circular on Warren Oil & Uranium Company. Name. Address. Building DENVER, COLORADO TWX DN 458 |