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Show SEPTEMBER 27, 1954 The Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah Zinc Oxide United States production 01 zinc oxide lead-freand leaded) in July increased nearly 6 percent above the June total ana was the highest output since October 1953, according to the Bureau of Mines, United States of the Interior. Department Lead-fre- e zinc oxide production declined from 11,300 tons to tons while the output of leaded zinc oxide increased 49 percent rfom 2,700 tons to 4,100 tons. Producers stocks of oxide decreased for the fourth consecutive month; ending inventories in July totaled 21,700 tons compared with 22,500 tons on June 30. Of total ending stocks in July, 13,600 zinc oxide tons were lead-frand 8,100 tons the leaded variety. Total Shipments of oxide decreased from 16,500 tons in June to 15,600 tons in July; lead-frsfnc oxide shipments dropped li percent to 11,600 tons and shipments of the leaded grades gained 11 percent to more than 4,000 Trans-Weste- rn Swedes Obtains Opens Offices Claims In Uranium Corporation opened an office recently at Room 412, Ness Building, with Sherman Gardner, field supervisor and geologist, in charge. The company is In the process of completing a contract for the purchase of 26 claims in the Upper Lost Park area of San Juan County, adjacent to the producing property known as the Shumway Sandy Mine. The agreement should be signed in a week. Shumway mine is producing around 25 tons of .30 per sent uranium ore adily. Trans-West-enew claims are 900 feet from Shumway. A new property, 300 s feet from purchase is about to be opened by is Trans - Western Shumway. moving ahead with an exploration program. Paul S. Dixon, is president of the company. Grubens Flat PAGE SEVEN e 10,-8- 00 ee ee tons. Trans-Wester- n Trans-Hestem5- Swedes Uranium Corporation recently purchased by option, from W. C. Olsen, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, 17 acres in the Gru-ben- s Flat, on the San Pete-Emer- y County Line m Wasatch Plateau Area. The obtained property, $51,000, is two and one-hal- f for miles west of the Three States Corporations Steiner gas well, which came in last Spring for 110 cubic toet. It is two and f miles from Helen Walton well, biggest in the Wasatch Plateau, which blew in 150,000,000 cubic 'feet in Huntington Canyon, biggest gas well ever brought in anywhere in the nation. one-hal- enrich its Great Bourbon flavor Statees Natural Gas s is Company drilling of a mile from the west line of Swedes property. A drilling commitmentt is now being let to test this property for June Three three-fourth- 1955. Officials of Swedes entertain high expectations of hitting oil because from a structural stand- point the property has an incline. Gas is reported worth 9 cents per cubic foot Swedes Uranium has also purchase of 18 uranium claims in the Belmont Basin area of Nevada for $150,000. Officials report outcroppings averaging .20. A drilling commitment Is under way, drilling not to exceed 120 feet This uranium is reported as primary are deposits. Ore is to be shipped to Tonopah, an-nounc- el More age... More flavor. Same low price! mwinBOURBOlHOT 86 OLD HICKORY DISTILLING PROOF CORPORATION, PHILA., PA. Nevada. Rich Uranium Ore Found By Turner (From The Times-Independcn- Moalb, t) Utah) MOAB, Utah An outcropping of uranium ore assaying 47.162 per cent uranium and 24.83 per cent vanadium is reported by Ace Turner, who claims he uncovered the rich deposit with his bulldozer when buildng a road on the Hatchet Clams, on Chess Ridge on the shoulder of the La Sal Mountain. Turner said the surface outcrop seems to indicate an ore body of some extent below the surface. Cuch interest is displayed in the development of Turners o; f0 For Information Concerning Available Stock Of This Company Contact: Rm. 514 First Security Bank Bldg, or 37 Canyon Road 3U3BH1 Telephone Straight BOURBON Whiskey OLD QUAKER DISTILLING CO. LAWRENCEBURG, IND. .86 PROOF WEHEMJ sT X T, J. Member Salt A. HOGLE & CO. York Stock Exchanges L&ke-Spokane-N- ew We Specialize In Mining Stocks Loans Hade on Listed Mining Securities 132 Main SL SALT LAKE CITY S23 West Spragne Ave.. SPOKANE 2380 Washington Blvd. OGDEN 35 North University. PHOTO SATISFACTION GUAKAN7EED j 2350 |