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Show isi. . ihui ' cerisj i&wg Caravans Seek . m'Va Uranium due for a and a medical check-u- p, Two unique medical safaris are making their way across the hot deserts of southern Utah iq search of uranium prospectors, scheduled to make 18 stands at convenient locations in 20 mining western mining area. districts of the four-stat- e Each motor caravan carries Arizona and New Mexico and doctors and technicians, laboratories in various parts of and laboratory equipment, everythe country. thing necessary to give complete the past four years the During to examinations the physical men digging out the precious Public Health Service has examore, destined to find its way into ined more than 1,000 miners and Unde Sams vast atomic pro- mill workers. But because of the growth of the uranium industry gram. the number of miners doubles The miners are invited in to it has been receive examinations that in- every 18 months to expand the clude chest blood, urine necessary this year two traveling and other studies intended to program and put field. in the teams examiners of show if they are suffering any ill Take Several Tears effects as a result of working In all probability, said Mr. with radioactive materials. This is the first time in the Holaday, it will be a number .. United States that large num- of years before sufficient inforbers of men have been exposed mation is available to indicate to this particular type of hazard. whether or not any health hazIt has been known for centuries ards peculiar to the mining of that workers in the mines of the uranium exist. Another important phase of the Erz mountains of Bohemia and overall program has been to Saxony, where radioactive maamount of radiation in the terials are extracted ,die in the study whether it the mines prime of life with symptoms of constitutes themselves, hazard a and what damaged lungs and rapidly proto it. reduce gressing ill health. More recent- might be done hazso far indicate the ly, this has been attributed to ra- Studies are not excessive, that the ards dioactivity. The United States government greatest danger is from dust, than from radon, (a form wants to knqw.f similar hazards rather ' ' gas) and that the of radioactive are being encountered in the uranium mines (of vthis country, dust can be effectively controlled venhence an exhaustive study pro- through wet drilling proper methods. tilation and other gram of which the physical examinations of miners are a ' part. The examinations being given this summer are a part of a study that began in 1950. They are to show how In much radolactive material the miners might have absorbed, any Feverish uranium prospecting radiation damage that might has developed in Washexist and the general state of activityand Uintah Counties durington ' health of these men. few the weeks, 1,000 ing past Groops Uintah claims and 500 , Wadi, Over-al- l of the claims having been filed within a study is Doncan Holaday of the very shorter period. The number U. S. Public Health Services of firms okehed for sale of uraQciupational Health Field Sta- nium stocks in Utah has now tion in Salt Lake City. Dr. James reached 81. The Calunite CorEgan is in charge of .the medical poration has announced plans for in the proj- building of a $175,000 mill to pro aspects. ect with USPHS are the Atomic cess alunite at Marysvale for use fenergy Commission, the health in fertilizer mixing plants to be departments of Utah, Colorado, constructed in several states. X-ra- y jt .1 . X-ray- , s, Uranium Fever Spreads Utah long-rang- e . Co-opera- - te or Co-operati- Subscribe Now Western r1ineral Survey Salt Lake City. Utah 421 Chuck St. Published Once Each Week Late Newt, Quotations. Information Seivice. on Mining. Oil Financial ' KEEP POSTED ON THE GREAT URANIUM ROOM S3.00 One Tear $5.00 Two Circulation . Teais Dept. 22 Vi East 1st South Subscription Order Enclosed find for $1 Mineral Survey for. Name .. Address. Circle Cliff Rico Argentine Co. Plans 1.5 Million Acid Plant Area Site oi vs for Testing Intense Work at that. check-u-p One Teal 3.00 Salt Lake City. Utah. July 16. 1954 25; No. 30 Vol. i which send me Western Construction work will begin in the near future on a 15 million dollar sulphuric add plant hy Rico Argentine Mining Extensive development and Company at Rico, Colorado according to an announcement made ploration for uranium is being in Salt Lake hy Mr. J. A. Hogle, chairman of die company's board projected by a number of comof directors. panies in the Halls Canyon section of the Circle Cliff District, Purpose of the new plant will Garfield County, Utah. be to supply sulphuric acid to the uranium mills in the ColoHeavy duty equipment has been utilized in rado Plateau region, Mr. Hogle the overburden from a substantial said, stating that plans provide mineralized section where prosfor a per day production with construction ot be completpecting had disclosed strong ed by late summer of 1955. findings of uranium bearing formation. Bow Knot Uranium CorporaThe Dolores County, Colorado Olympic Uranium, Inc. has tion is beginning preliminary mineral properties of Rico Ara distance of 2000 exploration work on properties contain approximately gentine feet along the mineralized out- held under lease located at Hite, 15 tons of pure iron pymillion crop and has encountered a bed- Utah, San Juan County, Utah, it rites and addition more than in ding yielding assays as high as was learned in Salt Lake today. tons of pyrites have been 44100 of 1 percent 17308, ac- " The lease was obtained from 200,000 accumulated in the tailigs ponds to Walter Jacobson, Walters Uranium and Glenny-Cutle- r cording as a of the companys company president and consists of 3 claims lead-zinoperation, Mr. milling The Olympic property joins approximating 60 acres. said from the Hogle Pyrites of Congo Uranium holdings Company offices are at 39 Exwill tailings provide feed for where exploratory work uncov- change Place, Salt Lake City, initial operation of the acid ered a mineralized vein for a and officers are: Noble B. Dodge, distance of 3000 feet. A shaft president; A. W. Egbert, vice plant. sunk on this vein is now nearing president, and David H. The new installation will supthe 100 foot mark where a staSecretary. ply the acid product to uranium tion will be cut and production Initial exploration work will mills within a radius of 100 miles work started. Considerable ore be directed toward core drilling of Rico with trucks being utilized has been stockpiled during the and bulldozing of the property. for transportating the acid. shaft sinking process. Locations are situated approxiRico is an ideal location for Work so far completed on the mately &Vz miles west of the proa project, according to such s claims Olympic strongly ducing Happy Jack mine. that this discovery may be . A report just received from Sherman Hinckley, president and of Rico Argena continuation of the Congo ore the mine by Mr. R. A. Glenny at general managerattention to the tine, drawing formation, Mr. Jacobson said, Salt Lake states that : central of the site' as pointing out that Jf this be true, operations have uncovered a high as well available the a very extensive orebody would tonnage of body of uranium ore of grade availimmediate and the be available. considerable dimensions. Work is pyrites water. of Also active in the area are the now power and being pushed to determine ability Rico Argentine has conducted N. B. Hunt interests of Texas how extensive the apparent lead-zin- c and Republic Uranium. mining and milling opis. erations at Rico for a number of In addition to the Hall Canyon years being one of Colorados property, Olympic also has holdUtah Commission in leading producers of those Securities in area of the ings Wyoming new the uranium strike where reminded brokers recently that the company is conducting ex- underwriting fees for new uranploration activities and has also ium issues shall not exceed 12)4 s percent of funds obtained secured claims in the from BELOW Operators loading the Neinclndes the This all District total of public. Mining other fees and interests which precious ore from one of the vada. Offices of Olympic Uranium the underwriters may obtain for numerous uranium mines located are in Salt Lake City. their services. in a famous scenic area in Utah. 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