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Show UML ptas 14 v . ' r ' Jr f I n t " i 1 i1 0 111 I :A) v Si 7rh Iy' t-- . Ln i r According to local legend, Roosevelt Hot Springs near here was once a hot spot for sin and a pretty good place to get your laundry done, too. Now Its the site of Utahs first commercial power geothermal struction costs, no environmental operating expenses. There is one drawback: the geothermal resource Is hidden thousands of feet underground, meaning that no one can be absolutely sure how long or how well it will hold commercial up under large-sca- le operations. The reports of respected geologists, however, say that the Roosevelt Hot Springs site should be able to support 200 to 400 megawatts worth of power plants for at least 30 years. Some estimate Roosevelt Springs could produce up to 900 megawatts of power indefinitely. In contrast, Utah Power already has more than 3,000 megawatts of reliable coal -- fired and hydroelectric power plants. Obviously, the overwhelming majority of the companys energy will still come from plant. The reason for all these activities is the scalding hot water that bubbles up from deep down in the earth. Theres an underground reservoir that touches the magna in the earths crust, and the water Is heated to temperatures hundreds of degrees above the boiling point. Well, back in the old days, hot water for baths or laundry wasnt easy to come by. You had to burn coal or wood to heat your water on the stove, and fuel wasnt cheap. So some enterprising laundress to cart the towns dirty decided clothes up to the hot springs, where there was an unlimited supply of free hot water. Then theres the story about anwho other Imaginative person, thought that hot baths would be just the thing to attract railroaders who used to stop at Milford. But the railroaders might not journey 12 miles northeast of town just for a bath, so a house was built to provide something extra besides the baths. They say you could tell how good business was in the house by the number of red railroad lanterns hanging outside. Neither of these ventures would have contributed very much to the property tax base of Beaver County. But the Interesting thing about these legends is that they point out why inUtah Power and Light Co. vested $34 million here to become the first utility outside ofCalifornla to build a geothermal plant: hot water still isnt easy to come by, and fuel isnt cheap. Some numbers will demonstrate what this means. Utah Power uses steam to generate better than nlne-tentof its electricity. It makes steam by Burning coal to heat water, and runs up a fuel bill of around $200 mil ion a year to do this. and It also costs the company about $80 million its customers a year for environmental controls on the coal plants. Now for the beauty of geothermal. First, the new power plant doesnt burn coal, although the company does have some fuel expense because It buys geothermal fluids from several companies headed by Phillips Petroleum, which have federal rights to the resource. Second, the geothermal plant is virtually pollution -- free. This means there are no expensive pollution control devices to be Included In con MINING CLAIM ASSESSMENTS 31 DUE AUG, assessment work on located on public claims mining Annual lands must be completed by August 31, 1984, according to local Bureau of Land Management officials. Mining regulations requiring the annual assessment work have recently been changed to allow reporting of the work any time before January 1st of each year. The actual work, however, must still be completed before September 1st. Failure to conduct annual assessment work, or to report this work, could result in having a claim declared invalid. BLM officials also noted that prior to the commencement of any surface disturbing activities resulting from the use of explosives or mechanized equipment, a notice of intent must be filed with the BLM office responsible for the area where the claim is located. Frank Rowley, BLMs Dixie Resource Area Manager, noted that a majority of public lands have mining claims filed on them. But, according to Rowley, a relatively small number ofnotlces of intent are received each year. "Either many claim holders are risking having their claims declared invalid or there are a lot of them doing sur- -. face disturbing assessment work without filing the required notice. he said. For more information about assessment and reporting requirements contact the nearest Bureau of Land Management Office. hs EX'LAX; The Family Friend? itself. helps your body help natural rhythm helps get your bodys own Thats Overnight Dependably Gently again. going -x use families more why Chocolated or Pills-th- an any other brand. Make it your Family Friend Ex-La- x Utah and Wyoming coal, even when . the geothermal field is developed to its full potential. Meanwhile, the technology for tapping this resource is moving at an Even extraordinarily fast pace. before the plant went on line July 31, plans were in the works for a smaller, cheaper, unit using more advanced technology. The 20 -- megawatt plant draws geothermal steam and hot water from four wells. The steam , which m akes up about one -- fifth of the geothermal fluids, is taken into the plant. There the steam Is blasted against the blades of a turbine, which spins like a big plnwheel to turn an electric generator. The other four --fifths of the geothermal fluids are unused, and are back into the underground reservoir. The proposed power plant, on the other hand, will be able to use both the steam and the hot water to turn turbines. This is expected to Increase efficiency greatly. Also, the next unit will sit on top of a single geothermal well. Instead of having to draw from several wells. That means there will be a lost less and pipeline expense pipeline involved. Finally, the proposed 14- - megawatt unit will be prefabricated by in a Biphase Energy Systems factory, and assembled like a kit at the geothermal site. This will cut down on construction time and expense, as well. djfJi I 1 y h I Ji ing the once over at the Open House last Friday, The spacious new building is spic and span for the opening of school on Thursday, August 23rd. EQUIPMENT: Leon Gay, MHS Vocational teacher. Dr. Wayne Crook, Principal Pettey and Travis Mayer give the new MHS Vocational Build- - NEW August 23 Cheese Burgers Vegetarian Beans Pickled Beets Vanilla Pudding Milk THURSDAY, FRIDAY, August 24 Macaroni Tomatoes and w Ham- burger Rolls and Butter Green Beans w Cantaloupe Slices Milk Cheese Sauce August 27 Tacos Green Salad Buttered Corn Cinnamon Stick Cubed Watermelon Milk MONDAY, Ex-La- Read label and follow Inc , 1983 C August 28 TUESDAY, Hamburger Casserole Tossed Green Salad Rolls and Butter Sliced Peaches Raisin Cookies Milk duecnoni WEDNESDAY, Receive August 29 Frankfurter Schnitzel Rolls and Butter Red Jello Salad Peanut Butter Cookies Milk CLDErE August 30 Potatoes w Hamburger Cheese Wedge Carrot Sticks Rolls and Butter Banana Pudding Milk THURSDAY, When You Join the Gravy August 31 Creamed Tuna on Toast M lxed Vegetables Seasoned Applesauce Sugar Cookies Milk Premiiini brab available r.TaDlrffKrdl EHlailtaraczil CErcuOn'Q' LDeuism Be ever Serving Milford. Miner sville. And All Residents of Beever County Thats TELL ing limitations: YOUR BUSINESS Why They Advertise' 'EM RED SENT YA Utah State Fair preparations are in full swing for the mailing of premium books containing the rules and regulations, plus a hstofpries for exhibitors. This years fair is bigger, tetter and longer arid fur officials tielieve they have reated the greatest line-u- p of big name entertainers in the states history. Including c tiarley Pride, I arrv Gat lin and The Gatlin Brothers i ind, and Tennessee I rme Ford. Art Jones, dlrec tor of expositions, said the premium laxiks .rv leinp mailed to all previous fairexhiti tors. The fiir will tie held in fa ilt -- 54 YEARS 55-- 59 YEARS rn 65-6- 70 ci YFARr YEARS!;! 9 YEARS AND I 041 4 'H 000 tit. to ai 501 COVERAGE m C0VLE hot'1!. dry eyes vys y 6Z COLUAGL lias, d o, I. t A , of Fret Share Draft Accounts Praia ctlon OH COVERAGE UP Amounts ot lisiran-eaf- t Free Lean 1 ( I , I ,v. I It. ul it n ling) O erv , Mu H rUf M M t M '' ,'1 ijf J Up ..ilford Railroad Credit Union uTlrtirm Thursday, August 23, 1984 Pape for State Fair competition ADVERTISERS NEWS WANT lor every dollar you add to a regular start account, e will matcti it witli one dollar In Lift Insurant! followup to a maximum of SVXKJ.OO, subjet t to tin UNDER I FRIDAY, need cool wet eye wash LsvoptiU at your local Pharmacy -- ( it y from Sept. 7 to 22, 1984 New exhll itors, requests forpre rniurn looks, and lersons u inline detailed Information aUmt the fur, may fall or write the Utah Male Fair, lrjr) North 1000 West, ill Lake ( it , 1 ia Ml r Lake C a h I rle la atepoi le a A , t r o hli s m aided in i in. I it farm Bureau talent, In Sin pireoi v, iriuM. fine arts, . ill u muI . M , r i SUMMER TO END VACATION Fu- The fair will also offer plaques and rosettes for outstanding commercial exhibits by Ltah businessmen. Judging will te I ased on edu-- c itional value, showmanship, selling mes ipe, rnake-uoriginality, and implif ity. p, X new stage uilt in lie the fairs south gate will feature a grassy hillside seating several hundred of a $1 million spef lators--paconstruction propr un by Western i ood Servi. es, the fair proun is on- -i es ion .ire. I rt SEPT. WED,, 5 Vacation is over for the lrtory Pehekah Iavdge 49. Their first will i Wednes-daSeptemter 5, at their regular meeting plare (IOOF Hall) at 8 p.m reoining neeting v, i'iKiMn Those recently admitted to the Milford Valley Memorial Hospital were: ( lair Gillins of MilAugust 17 ford. Avgust 18 - loseoh lleta of Milford -- I r i ir I in) ( entert s.niiti , i I1 . i ,1 t I I oil aIm. lit 1 in t in i In . 1 1 I w ws I t i i n i m t ( i i ' i I i l in it 22 11 Mil t ! K n um me n M r, tofurrof - li- ! A l . sistant fair di-es the Ixxik np of 0 B iri 1st ind an at -- V i in . ill tiro ) ., us! I i n Hi n I , ' U and H ture Farmers of America (FFA). . .lint (xiultr,, , addition, there will ie awards to In 1 1 REBEKAHS 5 i i is r n BraOHOML, J |