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Show Page TIIE JOURNAL 8 UTAH'S MINING AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES AIDED BY U OF U April according to announcement by I)r. Ariel S. Ballif, dean of summer school. K, HELICOPTER SWEEPS FOR MINES Registration for the first term is scheduled for June 13, and for second term on July IS. Persons Most noticible to average Utahns are public lectures, newspaper ar- planning to attend both terms are advised to plan complete registraticles, radio talks, television protion on June 13, Dr. Ballif said. and numerous During World War II a geology paper considering the oil and gas possibilities of the Great Salt Lake Basin was prepared by a professor at the University of Utah college grams permanent of mines and mineral industries. and traveling exhibits. Only recently an oil strike has been made in a part of Nevada which lies in the Great Salt Lake Basin area. Few of the persons who read the earlier paper were surprised by the discovery of oil in the basin area. Applications for admission to For nearly 40 years professors Brigham Young University Sumand students from the college of mer School must be made by May mines and mineral industries have charted land formations of the Colorado Plateau in southeastern Utah. One of the reasons speeding up the boom period of uranium exploration and production in the Colorado Plateau was the amount of ready information detailing the trails and structure of the area. For 34 years and some 7S0 graduates the University of Utah college of mines and mineral industries has been working to stimulate the mining industry of Utah. Members of the staff are constantly searching for improved methods of treating known materials as well as deposits of minerals, coal, natural gas and petroleum. One of the current projects is determining a more satisfactory method for treating uranium ores. Staff members are hunting methods for concentrating the ore. Extensive experimentation is also being done with the possibility of extracting uranium by leaching. Lives of Utahns are touched regularly by the activities of UniverSERGEANT Leo J. Smallwood, of sity of Utah workers in the college Newburgh, N. Y, one of the of mines and mineral industries. members of the honor guard at the burial of the Unknown Soldier In Arlington National Wise Words of the Cemetery in 1921, has hitch Here for another four-ye- ar To the vast majority of manat the more he Is agreeappears paymasters kind nothing window in La Rochelle, France, able than to escape the need To as chief heavy equipment mefor mental exertion. more chanic. Smallwood has a son in most people nothing is the Marines and another in the troublesome than the effort of Bryce) (James Army. He served in World War thinking. II and In Japan. (International) Plans Made for BYU Summer School Session Carrying On ted ... Class work for the first term will begin June 14 and continue through July 15. Second term class work is scheduled for July IS through August 10. Complete information on summer school classes and special of- fering may be obtained from the office of the dean of summer school in the North Building. An outstanding array of guest lecturers, instructors, and artists are scheduled for both sessions of summer school. A faculty of approximately 200 members will teach in 38 fields of instruction. Recreational activities, institutes, festivals, workshops, and clinics have been extensively planned to heighten and supplement the academic offerings. for sweeping enemy mine fields is made possible helicopter Work Horse, shown above during a demonstration off Morton, Pa. The craft can sweep the initial path without endangering itself by pulling an underwater cable through1 the water. This will enable the minesweeping vessels following to sweep the remainder of the minefield with safety from moored A NEW TECHNIQUE by use of the Household Hint Plenty of light on working surfaces helps to prevent accidents. It also contributes to greater efficiency. H-- 21 mines. Inflated floatation bags around the wheels permit the PiaseckI helicopter to land on the water. (International Soundphoto ) Come drive Americas car ! best-sellin- g Complete and official registrations for December, 1934 and January, 1955 (the first two complete months for which comparative registration figures are available on 55 models) show that . . . ; PEOPLE ARE. BUYING 55 CANCER CAN STRIKE CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CARS Come in look it over and drive it and youll see why Chevrolets the best-selle- r! SALES LEADER FOR 19 STRAIGHT YEARS OLSEN CHEVROLETCO. LAYTON, UTAH MORGAN, UTAH 2, 1955 |