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Show NON-CIRCULATIN- wAmi G fTd 14A ' ilnwriirMlI Bulk Rate S. Postage ijA fg yeyitNo. 2091 . GXtXsXlRJORD Vol. 1 Salt Lake Citv, Utah No. 6 April 7, 1969 Lightning "strikes in Northern Utah The shareholders of Lightning Uranium Corporation, Salt Lake City, have been informed that the company has acquired eight unpatented mining claims in the Grouse Creek Mountains of northwestern Utah. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, Donald D. Glenn was elected to the board to fill an existing vacancy, and was subsequently elected to the office of president. Geologist Tom Lundstedt of Salt Lake City, reported that around the turn of the century some ore was mined from the Grouse Creek properties and shipped into Salt Lake City for milling. Significant production was not obtained, however, because of antiquated mining me 55 thods and limited exploration techniques, the geologist said. Lightning Corporation has contracted for a crew under Geologist Lundstedt to commence an aggressive exploration pro- tion at this time in an effort to determine the size of this potential ore body, the report con- definitely of commercial quality, the report states. Additional outcrops along the side of the mountain Indicate the possible continuation of this face, and your corporation has leased a drilling rig which is in opera area. gram on these properties. The crew has recently encountered an exposed face of ore which appears to have a thickness of approximately eight feet, according to the report to shareholders. And although the ore is of relatively low grade it is tinues. sampel load of ore and dump is being shipped this week to Anaconda's mill at Butte, Montana for amenability tests and other needed information, Lundstedt reported. He said plans are going ahead to drill and blast promising outcrops in an attempt to develop a trend, and constant sampling and re evaluation is being made of old workings in the A material Geologist Lundstedt said there is presently approximately 1,000 tons of silver and copper ore with an average value of $20 per ton stockpiled at the site. Atlas signs to sell XJ - ore MOAB, Utah Atlas Corpora- tion has announced that is has signed a contract to provide 700,000 pounds of uranium concentrate for Boston Edison Co. Ed R. Farley Jr., president of Atlas, announced that the ura- nium concentrate would be delivered between Dec. 1, 1969, and May 31, 1970. The Massachusetts firm was also given an option to purchase an additional 480,000 pounds of uranium. It was announced that the con centrate would be used tc fuel the initial core of the reactor in Boston Edison's nuclear power plant at Plymouth, Mass. This sale, Farley said, provides the basis for rebuilding and resuming operations at the Moab, Utah, processing plant that was damaged by fire Dec. The plant has been 25, 1968. out of operation since that date. About 85 persons will be employed at the mill when operations resume in July, said Ron Bethurum, Utah operations manager for Atlas Mineals, Division of Atlas Corp. He said this was the third commercial sale for Atlas. He added that Atlas has its own mining operations and has not stopped mining production since fire damaged the mill. Atlas did halt the purchase of uranium ore until April 1, when it resumed buying, Mr. Bethurum said. - Sale price for the ore was not disclosed. Gets oxygen lance patent NEW YORK No. CREW MANS DRILLING RIG ts LAS VEGAS, Nev. U.S. Patent Kennecotts Metal Mining Kennecott Copper Corp., at Lightning Uranium covering Corp. site in. the Grouse Creek Mountains where commercial quality ores have been uncovered. N-tes- was issued by Office to 3,436,068, known Oxygen Lance, the as Inventors are Kevin M. Ogilvie, combustion engineer, at CITY-Pat- ent an invention which injects gaseous oxygen into the molten bath of a metallurgical furnace. Division Engineering Dept., Salt Lake City, Lyle E. Mulholland, smelter metallurgical engineer, Ray Mines Division, and George C. Beals. The invention resulted from a test program for utilizing oxygen in a copper smelter conducted at Kennecotts Ray Mines Division in Arizona where engineering and operating personnel collaborated on the project. safe, needed, AEC tells Western Represen- tatives from eight Western states were assured last week that nuclear testing in Nevada is safe and imperative for national se- curity. The Atomic Energy Commission called the joint states briefing a milestone in AEC informational policies. In previous years some state officials were briefed individually but never before in a joint meeting, the AEC no-- ? ted. Governors of the eight states Nevada, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming sent representatives to attend. At least one Calvin Rampton of Governor, Utah, attended in person for a tour of the AEC test site in Nevada. Industrialist Howard Hughes, who has expressed concern in the past about nuclear testing in Nevada where he has purchased mor than $200 million in resorts and real estate since 1966, also sent The Hughes representatives. organization attempted to delay a giant test more than a year ago but failed. Dr. Gerald F. Tape, an AEC commissioner, told the more than 100 representatives that underground testing was necessary to maintain the nations security and to deter a nuclear weapons attack on the United States; The destructive power of nuclear weapons is so great that no nation can be on the receiving end of a massive attack and ex- pect to continue as a viable so...As long ciety, said Tape. as the means exist for another nation to destroy us we cannot be without a strong deterrent. Tape said that no potential enemy should ever be permitted to achieve a position where it believed that a first strike against the United States would leave the country devastated and without an opportunity to retaliate. Tape said that testing was proof of U.S. effectiveness. He said in addition to weapons testing and development, underground shots were essential to assure that weapons were workable and to assure that weapons could be stored and activated safely. said when discussing underground nuclear testing the risks were weighted against the The necessity of necessity. nuclear weapons testing is of vital Importance to our national security and cannot be over emHe phasized, he said. The major concern expressed by the Hughes organization in regard to nuclear testing has centered around radiation, seismic activity and undergroundwater supply. Earlier it was reported that the Hughes organization had quietly . informed the AEC that it would bring court action to halt nuclear testing if company experts felt they were unsafe. Robert E. Miller, manager of the Nevada operation, said he had been advised by a top scien- tific adviser to Hughes that no such court action was contem- plated. Miller said that based on more than 460 nuclear tests, the status of our safety knowledge and damage prevention capability indicates that these experiments can be conducted safely. The briefings also included a review of peacetime industrial uses for atomic energy with estimates of fhture needs. |