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Show Major uranium ore discovery in county major uranium ore discovery in the south Lisbon Valley, northeast of Monticello near the Colorado border, has been announced by Atlas Corporation. According to The Mining ReA view, a mining publication published in Denver, the rich deposit of at least 4.5 million pounds of economically re- coverable uranium oxide is miles southeast of the Atlas mill at Moab. about 30-- 35 Based on the current price of $43.25 a pound for U308, the gross value of the ore den, lineated to date is near the Record said. The article, in the April 4 issue of The Mining Record, contin$200-millio- ued: in Princton, Atlas, New Jersey, declined to pinpoint the location of the ore body but industry sources say the discovery and location in San Juan County near the Colorado border has been known for some time. Atlas President Edward R. based Two killed Two Salt Lake City people were killed when their tanker truck overturned and burned last Friday on highway 163 about 35 miles north of Monticello. The victims were identified as George E. Lambros, 33, driver of the truck, and Ms. Joellen A. Preas, 30, a passenger. The tanker was carryad gasoline, officers ing no-le- . said. Investigating officers said the northbound rig apparently went out of control coming down a steep hill and rolled just south of the Hole-in-the-Ro- ck area. Both victims were dead at the scene of the lo a.m. accident. The rig, destroyed by flames, was owned by L and H Security Petroleum Company, Midvale. Traffic child's imagination , for it is free from the confines society seems to impose on adults. While the bird is limited to the air for its buoyancy, and the cloud is dependent on the child's mind bears fruit from orchards atmospheric moisture which do not exist in the lives of most of us. The child's imaginaPhoto and caption by Alvin Reiner. tion never says "no." Nothing can surpass a Th Sami Juaim IRcoird HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH Vol. 62, No. 12 15 cents a copy April 12, 1979 Record snow depth on Blues Snow surveys completed at end month's by the Soil Conservation Service reveal a record for snow depth and moisture on the Blue Moun- tains and above normal snow and moisture on the LaSal Mountains. Current data collected on March 30 indicate the Blues to be 248 per cent of normal. Buckboard Flat and Camp exact measured Jackson amounts of snow and moisture, each with 81 inches of snow and 28 inches of moisture. Rain gauges at both courses have recorded a catch of 6.8 inches of moisture for March. Snow survey records have been kept for Buckboard Flat since 1930 for the April 1 survey. Since April 8, 1930, there have been two years that approached April 1, 1979, snow depth and moisture ;these were in 1949 and 1952, when both courses had 73 inches of snow and 26.5 inches of water. Currently the LaSalsarel69 per cent of normal. On March 31, 85.7 inches of snow with 25.8 inches of moisture was on the Upper measured Course. The Lower Course measured the same day had 56.6 inches of snow and 14.6 inches of moisture. A catch of 4.8 inches of moisture was recorded in the rain gauges for the month of March on the LaSals. Snow survey records have also been kept on the LaSal Mountains Lower Course since 1931 for the April 1 survey. On April 1, 1949, the snow depth was 58 inches with 18.2 inches of moisture. April 1, 1952, the snow depth was 62 inches and 21.8 inches of moisture. Both years exceed the April 1, 1979, measurements. The April 1, 1952, year still holds the record on the Lower Course. was blocked both ways for more than one hour by crews removing flaming debris. Band trophies The Monticello sixth grade band and the Moab eighth grade band were awarded trophies at a junior high school band fes- Farley, Jr., said a ton of the ore contains an average of 15 pounds of U308, compared with an average of about four pounds per ton in Colorado Plateau mines. Farley said more drilling and sampling is underway to determine the extent of the ore body. Commercial production will start late this year. The company said Atlas will probably blend the new ore with present ore feed. The Atlas announcement cautioned that there is conflict over the mining claims where the ore was found. The company added that it believes its rights will include substant- ially more than a majority in- terest. The company said its rights derived from certain unpatented lode mining claims. Some are overlapped by conclaims of mining flicting others. Atlas added that the uranium ore delineated so far does not appear to be in any of the conflict areas. The said certain outcompany standing royalty and other interests of the contract drillers, reduce Atlas rights in the discovery. The announcement said Atlas is pressing to get its interests defined but that a determination may not be achieved for some time. The discovery is within 30-3- 5 road miles of the recmill at Moab. overhauled ently This mill has separate uranium and uranium - vanadium circuits, each with capacity of 700 to 750 tons a day. Some of the newly discovered ore has vanadium and some has not, Farley said. Atlas employs 360 mining and milling workers at its Minerals Division at Moab.A-bo- ut 250 are mill workers. The division was plagued by startup problems in the new mill during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1978, the company reported. These problems have been corrected but operations were handicapped during the past six months by one of the worst winters in Moab history. New geologist Roger W, Griffin is the new geologist at the Bureau of Land Managements San Juan Resource Area office in Monticello. He transferred to BLM from the U.S. Forest Service tival hosted recently by Monticello High School. The trophy to the Monticello sixth grade band was for the best - mannered band, and the grade band was given its trophy for most outMoab eighth standing performance. Bands participating included the Blanding seventh and eighth grade; Monticello sixth and eighth grade, and Moab sixth and seventh grades. The Moab ninth grade band also played but was not judged. Judges were Wayne Erickson and Dennis Bacon. Appointed San Juan County Commissioner Calvin Black has been appointed by Governor Scott Matheson to be on the advisory council of the Department of Community Affairs. Sterling Griffith will replace Commissioner Black on the state energy board. Roger Griffin in Watford City, North Dakota. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor of arts degree in geology, Mr. Griffin has also for Century Geoworked in Corporation physical Mexico. Grants, New |
