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Show December 30, 1953 International Tells '56 Merger, Building Plan Editorial 1956-- Year of Expansion The New Metals WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY ii CIRCULATION Phone EM MW ADVERTISING Phono HU Bos 3131 Salt Lako City. Utah Entered aa aecond daaa nutter at Salt Lako City, Utah, under Act oX March X . 431 Church Street am-f- n International Oils and Metals Corp. today outlined an Several encouraging industrial factors have begun to sprout a new nea Salt Lake City and in the Moab area as a result of the ura- - bitous program for 1956 including a merger and 1070. ilium discovery. The announced plan for expansion of the Vitro quarters building in Murray, Utah. Snbacription ratea: S:00 for two yean; Uranium of Corp. for one year. $3.00 Apache R. Stanford president of the first Mahoney, the after processing year, contemplates operation here, mention Weatern Mineral SurPleoao the program. rey when writing to odvertiaera. of large quantities of uranium ore from the Hidden Splendor and Wee president of International, announced ratea on application. mine of Atlas Corporation. International and Apache are PublUher But this is not all! expected to merge in January, HARBT B. MILLER. Editor GAIL FELTCH the said. Following work on with ahead Mahoney is Co. Reduction The Uranium Govt. Lends Feature Editor O. D. QUINLAN going will proInternational Buslneaa Mgr. FRANCES JENKINS merger its $10,000,000 mill, under construction at Moab. Foley Brothers, contributing Editor Re-Opceed on construction of a new L M. wttj. To contractors, are performing the work. The mill is scheduled office building n the former Mur' for completion next spring. ray smelter property. Old Mine fact DENVER BUREAU the uranium These two important projects emphasize include a laborInc of Building plans Dike Mines, Tuba Newa - Advertising Circulation has aroused the incentive that is to bring additional new plants atory and core searching build- 733 Kittendge Nev., has recently obFioche, Denver, Colo. Bldg. Utah. into existence that will be of considerable importance to For the newa of moat significance in tained a modest foverament ing, and quarters for housing the mining and oil world. Industries From Uranium mining equipment and trucks. loan for the purpose of drillAll news appearing in the Western Fioche Mineral la obtained from sources the uranium such as Amalgamated around industries are ing New metals, building to Mahoney the am- believed Survey According to be reliable but no responsibilproperty. bitious is assumed for accuracy of statements. a is and titanium. A few years ago these metals were almost unheard Mines and Smelter ity big piano program Reproduction of any material from this Operations were successful of. Today, our very lives and existence may depend upon them. In dlscovennr ihe extension of with a long keyboard." publication must have written permission from the publisher. An amount of uranium, no larger than a man can lift, will I The company has completed enRaymond Ely Fissure, on - I carry a ship around the world without ever coming to ihe sur- I this property which in the last gineering work at Nimpkish Lake iron ore deposit site on Vanface, faster and deeper than a ship has ever traveled under 60 years produced 115,000,000 ore Uver n A mining operation has been of worth ,ead ' couver Island, B.C. An ore nickel-whit- e from metal, recovered water before. This heavy area. Dike for the Tuba plant is to be construct- started in the Tellow Jacket propores mined on the Colorado Plateau, is a source of tremendous of Pioche, John A. Hedman, ed to mill iron ore along with erty in the Big Indian district. Nev president of Tuba Dike facilities for iron shipments to power and an explosive of fantastic force. Mahoney predicted it will be Still, our understanding of why and how it works may be believes this new discovery steel mills in Japan. weeks to two months before six about the same as the cave mans knowledge of combustion will lead into an ore body of work he gets into the ore proper. The new program will be $7,000.00. In the when he learned how to build a fire with wood and put it out approximately the ore will average estimated He next three weeks, he expects sparked by Barney IUffner, at cent about to 30 have the Yellow Jacket not did he At with water. disposing that geologists data will con- president and general manager per least, worry claims. of the ashes, nor that the smoke and gases might mean his defirm his faith in the property. of International When the merger of Internastruction Haffner achieved outstanding tional and Apache is consumProduction of Titanium Up success as president of the Bunk- mated, the surviving company, it with stainless er Hill and Sullivan Mining Co., s expected, will have a total of steel, Titanium, a strong, lightweight metal, in the Coeur DAlene, Idaho. He about 3,000,000 shares of stock stands corrosion even better than uranium. High tonnage of (Continued from page 1) will probably be located in Spo- after the public offering of 0 titanium is a must to providing the best air force in the world. until Champion Mines kane for a limited period, al recently, at new stock a of shares $10 Titanium metal has been produced on a commercial scale since concentrated on the produc- - though he will make frequent share which ' is anticipated to mined. few tons were 1950, when a tion of one metal gold in a visits to Salt Lake City, in con- - provide $6,000,000 of capital. Today a competitive race is under way between numerous number of its mines in the fabled nection with the location of new Approval of the Securities and area of Colorado, headquarters buildings here. large companies in the United States and other countries, each Cripple Creek Exchange Commission for this of imbued with the thought of producing a cheaper process underwriting cannot the basIc petals Afield of Apache stockholders will be important obtained until after the mergrefining titanium. The price of the sponge metal, (from which 2inC copper, silver, and uranium, notified of a meeting to be held be ers. It is expected it will be the to about six weeks, ratify a ' ingots are produced), dropped from $5 to $3.45 a pound recently with 288,000 acres through five lin of January before the merger end counties of the uranium country and production is increasing steadily. Is closed. It should be ready to of northeeastem Wyoming, as Future of Aluminum submit to the AEC by Feb. 1. The surviving company will Aluminum is soon to be our metal in weight, as it is in CtfloraduT and ytoh an important interest in have volume. Research ,cost reduction, improved alloys, and the The vigor with sive resources, plus a moderate gas and oil, iron ore and other increasing importance of transportation, particularly aircraft, which the new management of amount metals, plus uranium. Manageof cash. requiring light metals, are all responsible for rapid growth, and Champion Mines has undertaken ment will be under the guidance diversification is, the citation de-- Apache recently uncovered a of the further expansion of aluminum production. Barney Haffner. one of the outstanding exuranium ore is and body major As Magnesium Just Important LmplS 0f the modem pioneer now participating in a Joint venMagnesium is following the same path and growth pattern spirit in the "lining industry. ture with International in Bed BENDER - STOLL as aluminum, despite the fact it had a late start The third company to receive Canyon where 50 tons of ore has honors was Pinon Uranium Co, been stockpiled in a comparaBODY COMPANY Copper , Lead and Zinc avThe brief ore will and lead zinc to period. hold their continue tively Copper, place in Trailer Repairs erages between .20 and .25 per big metal business. However, industrial' attention is turning tained a strong upward curve, cent Painting toward development and production of the lightweight metals, According to the announce- Apache, has driven a Recently ment, with an eypansion topped Igooltortdttunteneieo plastics, fiberglass, and most important atomic energy. COMPLETE INTERIOR END of December in the by absorption and now minerals and has mined Mining engineers metallurgists provide EXTERIOR REPAIRS comparatively Sabre Uranium Corp.f and plans small amount of ore and metals possessing the qualities needed that came turbines, tran- HIGHEST QUALITY W0HX and progress in the field of atomic energy Metals that attract popular appeal because of their appli- - the development of the Grants 1210 Mi ei Street IN officials expect to in jan. cation in the more dramatic industrial developments of our days, uranium fields of New Mexico. on an accelerated program, include magnesium, lithium, zirconium, the rare earths, and The A U A E A Achievement Committee explained that in more particularly germanium, titanium, and uranium. Metallurgists worldng with alloy stasis, are now intaested n cobalt, columbium, tantalum, and metals going into high tern--1 awands were made primarily on For the Latest Information perature alloys, needed for jet engines and similar uses, includ-- the basis of relative advance and of the intangible asset of manage- ing nickel, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten. One of the largest cobalt producers of the nation is the men hitegrity. on the Calera Mining Co., operating a refinery at Garfield, Utah. Adrar-tirin- g j Hand en bene-ficiatio- 600,-00- I I I T..C I I. ?& fc I 11 5 I SPECIAL N. M. Minerals Beckon Industry New Mexico Bureau havent even begun to scratch New Mexicos recently formed the surface of mineral deposits. Economic Com- This is one field in which New Development mission is concentrating on the Mexico already is a recognized states mineral resources as its producer." first major line of attack in bringSuch minerals as mica, gold, ing industry to the state. iron, copper, potash, lead and EDC Director Berl Huffman zine were mentioned particularsaid the main purpose of the com- ly. mission at this early stage Is to Currently the EDC is concenIncrease the production of ma- trating on the possibilities of the terials from natural resources, states mica deposits. Reports mostly minerals. by a commlslson geologist indiHuffman said "we do have cate theer are rich depsits In the plenty of natural resources which Ojo Caliente and La Madera are practically untouched. We areas of northern New Mexico. . URANIUM MARKET MINERALIGHT: Fun for the Hobbyist Call or Write Model N. 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