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Show Bulk Rate r) U. S. Postage PAID Salt Lake City, Utah Permit No. 2091 frh- - Gasbuggy blast represents vital breakthrough Government and industry have reached the breakthrough point in producing natural gas with the use of thermonuclear power, according to the Chicago Daily News Service. The news service quoted El Paso Natural Gas Co. as saying that 30-dproduction tests have yielded satisfactory results at underground atomic explosion to reach natural gas that is unavailable by conventional drilling methods. The process may double the amount of natural gas reserves known to exist in the UJS. ay Project Gasbuggy. 55 miles east of Farmington, NM. The project involves an Vol. 1 ning stages inColoradoand Utah. The tests developed 167 million cubic feet of gas, El Paso said. A deep natural gas field south of Pinedale, Wyo. is being evaluated as a possible site for a nuclear stimulation experiment similar to Gasbuggy. This project will also be a joint effort by El Paso, the Atomic Energy Commission and the U JS. Department of the In- Similar explosions are scheduled or in the plan- - Project Gasbuggy was the world's first test using terior. nuclear stimulation of a natural gas reservoir. It was detonated Dec. 10, 1967 in the San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico. tjy ;ould ere; low perme; ring rock fornwSSIoce than 7,500 feet below surface. The Wyoming property is a 90,000 acre gas field known as the Pinedale Unit. Tests indicate that large reserves in the field can- not be produced at economic rates using conventional methods. If performed, the exper- - A section of the Wyoming field was estimated to contain four trillion cubic feet of gas at between 7,500 and 10,700 feet. El Paso thinks the deeper horizons also contain significant quantities. 13,500-acr- Salt Lake City, Utah No. 4 aiternR? tion fro e March 21, 1969 Star buys slice of Horn Silver The agreement calls for SALT LAKE F. Volk of San Francisco, acting operations to be conducted by for an investment group headed Tintic Lead Co. on a joint Linkletter and venture net profits basis on by Arthur officers of the Linkletter behalf of both companies.ofVolk the that the addition Enterprises, announced that stated Linkletter groups experience in Tintic Lead Co. of Salt Lake oil, mining and financing should City has entered into an be of great benefit to the Salt agreement by which it would sell companies. control of Horn Silver Mines Co. CTTY-Cha- rles ; Lake-base- d of Salt Lake investment group. City to that As part of the transaction, of U.S. Steel near Cedar City, Utah, is one of several iron mining operations at Iron Mountain one of the richest iron deposits in the West. The industry, resources and scenery of southern Utah is featured in a advertising supplement to Salt Lake Citys daily newspapers. (See Editorial P. 2) DESERT MOUND IRON MINE -- CITY-- A business and professional group from Phoenix has acquired controlling interest in the Cardiff Industries Inc. corporation. Cardiff formerly operated a mine in Cardiff Canyon. Operations were suspended in 1967 and stock trading was suspended on the Salt Lake Stock Exchange. Cardiff has on the since traded market. over-the-count- er Mine and land of the corporation were acquired at tax sale last year by Anthony G. Hatsis, Salt Lake City, president of Toledo Mines Co. The Phoenix group is headed by Victor ..S. Randolph, an to require any power plant nuclear or fossi- l- needing a Federal license or permit to have its thermal pollution plans approved by state pollution Rep. opposed earlier had this approach to control agencies prior to controlling thermal has issuance of such permits been endorsed by Rep. Chet Holifield chairman of the Joint Committee on A'mic (D-Calif- .), discharges for power plants, as proposed in S. 7, introduced by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie He has introduced a bill to (D-Me.- will control at seek management a stockholders meeting of Horn Silver to be held in late April or early May. (R-Idah- o) silver by the General Services Administration. McClure asked for an opportunity to meet with Treasury personnel making the departmental, review because they are the advisers on whom the Nixon Administration will rely on questions of silver. Quick okay for Mitch corporation. WASHINGTON Energy; James T. Ramey, a require the AEC to pass on this member of the AEC; and type of pollution. Rep. Holifield Interior Secretary Walter J. said in a letter to Senator Muskie Holifield group present officers and directors. President was Joseph J. Beeson, Salt Lake City. Randolph said he has no who becomes present plans for the attorney, president of the corporation. Hickel. cash and other for consideratons. The Linkletter Review silver policy heirs of the Hendrick' de Kaufman family as well as Muskie bill gains support WASHING TON Legislation Union Pacific railroad. WASHINGTON Continual prodding by Rep. James A. McClure has brought a promise by Secretary of the He said his group acquired Treasury David M. Kennedy to about 1,080,000 shares from review the nations coinage and principals for an undisclosed silver policies, and especially the amount. These included the necessity of the weekly sales of Cardiff interest sold SALT LAKE Tintic has agreed to enter into a joint venture contract with Horn Silver to explore and develop the famous Horn Silver Mine, located in the San Francisco Mining District, which played such a prominent role in the early Utah mining history and the extension westward of the The agreement to transfer control consists of a sale by Tintic of a block of 716,500 shares of Horn Silver stock acquired over a period of 30 years, to the Linkletter group he reversed his previous position because of my feeling that prevention of thermal pollution is of no concern to the AEC" and a belief that the states "should have the primary role in ), (Continued Page 7) Mitchell Melich, Salt Lake City attorney, received a quick confirmation Thursday by the UJS. Senate as solicitor of the Department of the Interior. Melich was sworn into office by Sen. Everett M. immedDirksen, H-conSenate the after iately Ql. firmation. The ceremony was held in Sen. Dirksens office. Melich is the son of parents who migrated to the UJS. from what is now He worked in the mines while still in high school at Bingham Canyon in Utah, worked his way through the University of Utahs law school, became a Utah state senator at 30 and has been a leading figure in Utahs civic affairs ever since. While he was being considered by the Senate, the entire Utah congressional delegation went on record as supporting his appointment. He also received the support of legislators from Idaho and New Mexico. |
