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Show i sr ': n - "'rjv ,? Seme Believe AEC Bungles Job .Sp Sss . Of Handling Ore Stockpiles N ' V ' v - - '& &' A" v"& ?v' ;s , THOUSANDS OF TEAKS of erosion resulting from ebbing oceans and lakes left this formation east of Grand Junction. Drainage of an ocean perhaps millions of years ago left huge ridges which had been on the ocean bed in the form of hills. Then, when the heavy runoff of the huge lakes that were left occurred, deep valleys (such as the Grand Valley of the Colorado River) were left. Chukkar partridges have been released in the Green River area of Wyoming in an experiment to determine if the birds will survive nnder adverse winter weather conditions. But dont get excited, hunters. The birds are under the Wyoming game law protection. Harp Service Slalion STANLEY HARP Texaco Products Meeker, Colorado MEEKER LIQUOR STORE Next to MEEKER HOTEL BEER - WINE - LIQUOR HERB MORLAN Ph. 291 STAGE COACH Service & Grocery At Highway Jet. 13 & 61 CARTER PRODUCTS LESTER & ORVILLE RICHARDSON MEEKER COLORADO JUST ONE OF THE PLEASURES of living in the White River Valley near Meeker is fishing in the many streams of the district, where trout abound in number and good eating quality." Expert fishermen agree there is nothing more delicious than a snow-fe- d stream. trout taken from a Is the Atomic Energy Commission bungling the job of handling the huge stockpiles of uranium ores, failing because of poor planning to get the raw product to the mill? That question is being asked by prominent industry men. There are huge piles of uranium ore at Monticello and Moab, Utah which, according to some, should have been milled long ago. Some even claim that winds blow away much of the uranium material on these stockpiles, thus there is a loss to the taxpayers. Others claim the loss is negligible. But that is only one side of the question, and one loss. A more serious loss, some persons who will not permit themselves to be quoted directly say, is the loss of development of atomic energy for peaceful pursuits. During the late months of last year there was considerable discussion and negotiation between the AEC and Vanadium Corp. of America for erection of a mill at Hite, Utah, to handle the White Canyon ores. These negotiations bogged down in disagreement over metallurgy. Then a Salt Lake City firm. Minerals Reduction Engineering Co., started dealing with the AEC for a mill in the Hite area. AEC has the final word on who shall build a mill and who shall not, and most company officials are therefore reluctant to be quoted on their problems. Either they are getting along and they say as much, or they say nothing for direct quotation. But, off the record, they will tell what they think, without any encouragement. Said one prominent mill man: It is our idea that the AEC will strangle in its own stockpile of uranium ore. Then they will agree to cut out all the red tape and call in the major mining companies to solve their problems. Another company executive declared that the AEC is attached to one certain program of metallurgy for use in reduction of nonvanadium type ores. It spent millions of dollars on this program. It intends to ram it down the throat of any private operator building a mill in Utah." In attempting to defend the AEC on these charges one runs up against the stopper that any detailed discussion of the subject would lead to disclosure of classified information, which is probably quite true. But the AECs raw materials office is quick to say that it feels strongly that the proposed fixed prices for concentrates would place the small miner in the clutches of mill operators. It also says that with the many types of ores being worked today, it would be impossible and unfair to set a fixed price for such concentrates. And so it seems that the conflict between millers and the AEC over who will do the milling of the present stockpiles of uranium ores, and the price to be paid for concentrates, may continue for some time to come. Meanwhile, the question of whether or not the AEC is actually bungling the job of handling these stockpiles, of getting them into concentrated yellov cake, remains officially unanswered. Oscar Recreation Sporting Goods MUTT -- BOB Meeker, Colo Colorow Hotel SERVICE CO. REAL ESTATE INSURANCE Thomas W. Watkins MEEKER, COLO. JohnE.Wix REAL ESTATE STOCK RANCHES Large and Small Meeker, Colorado Phone 61J Meeker, Colorado ture. 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Proof is in the artesian wells providing 80 per cent of the regions irrigation-a- l waters. Among other things the wells support 50,000 fruit trees and help maintain over seven million dollars worth of livestock. impartial survey by the Southern Union Gas Company, completed a short time ago, resulted in a finding that the water is abundant. So far as industrial potentials are concerned, the company said the area was ideally suited for an agricultural implements assembly plant, a canning plant, a wood pulp mill or pine plant manufacturing everything from furniture to wood alcohoL An BILL Ph. 172 WESTERN SLOPE fast-movin- g, Sleep Where You Have Peace and Quiet at the -- Fresh and Cold Meats - Beer Pop and Ice Cream MABLE BURT 267 OWNER 6th St Ph. 148J Ph. Market & Fifth Meeker, Colorado 139 WHITE RIVER MEEKER LIQUOR PLUMBING SHOP Frank L. Colescot, Mgr. Plumbing & Heating Meeker Colorado J. MILLER ED MEEKER, COLO. 265.6th St d G!en G. 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