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Show Page 2 The Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City. Utah S. B. Harris, Jr., chairman of the board of Holly Minerals Corp. reports that Hollys drilling near Ambrosia countys McKinley Mexico New has Lake district in indicated an ore body in excess of 500,000 tons of uranium averaging .30 percent and valued at up to $14 million. The Western Mineral Survey previously reported the find as one of $50,000 tons. Salmon River Gears Increase Salmon River Scheelite Corp. has authorized the immediate inmillstallation of a second n 100-to- n in the proposed ing unit 25-to- . tungsten concentrator at its property on Thompson creek in the Bayhorse district of Custer county, Ida. The Salmon River property, a group known as the Tungsten Jim, has been operat-- . ing for more than a year under a DMEA loan. Results from the first unit installled were satisfactory enough to merit a boost in capacity to per day. . 12-clai- m 25-to- n 50-to- Heavy Minerals Elects Stanley B. Roberts of New Milford, NJ. has been named general sales manager of Heavy Minerals Co., according to an anounnce-men- t by J. Carlton Ward, Jr., president. Since 1955, Mr. Roberts has been executive vice president, a director of International Selling Corp., New York, an affiliate of Pechiney, French chemical group and Minerals et Metaux, French metal group. He will remain as a. director of International Selling. Heavy Minerals Co., is a subsidiary of Crane Co., Vitro Corporation of America, and Pechiney. It is engaged princil-l- y in the mining, processing and sale of rare earths and heavy minerals. Among products are: thorium, rutile, ilmenite, zircon, kyanite and monazite. Heavy Minerals will have its processing plant and main offices in Chattanooga, Tenn., with main sales offices in New York. Mining is being conducted in Aiken, S.C. and Panama City, Fla. non-ferro- OIL NEWS LETTER v Free on request. -I-ncludes map showing recent successful well completions, new field, discoveries, etc. Also drilling wildcats and their progress, oil and gas news items regarding an area that offers you the chance of a lifetime by filing oil and gas leases on U.S. Govt. land. OIL LEASE SERVICE. INC.. Bonded Lease Rroker. Dept. WM 8943 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Rills. Calif. Coal Recovery Research Shows Effective Results Thousands of dollars worth of coal, formerly discarded as waste in Washington and Alaska, now is being salvaged as a marketable product because of studies made by the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior. Friday. August 31. 1956 Utaco Stockholder From Hawaiia Visits Properties MOAB, Utah A uranium company stockholder from Hawaii came to Moab this week to look over operations of the firm in which he had invested. He liked what he saw very much. WESTERN MINERAL x SURVEY LORRAINB NEWS - CIRCULATION 431 Ctanrcb 8tnt ADVERTISING Box 2608 Eureka, Kaiser Plan Joint Mining Venture The visitor was Mel K. Turner of Honolulu, one of the nearly 300 islanders who own stock in Utaco Pilot-plan- t tests at the Bu- Uranium, Inc., of Moab. Turner reau's Norhwest Experiment Sta- is manager of the confectionary Eureka Hamburg Mining Co. tion Seattle, Wash., showed that department of Cons olidated and Grand Development Company of Salt Lake City have comthe dense-mediuprocess, al- Amusement Co., operators of the movie chain pleted negotiations for a joint in Hawaii. ready widely used in treating raw largest venture operation of the Kaiser The young Hawaiian combined coal, can be used to extract Hamlin mine in the North Salt marketable coal from waste ma- a vacation trip to the states with Wash of the Henry Mountain Disproperties, at the trict in Garfield terials, according to Secretary a tour of Utaco County, Utah. of the Interior Fred A. Seaton, invitation of D. E. Kivett of Salt This property has blocked out who cited a recent report from Lake City, Utaco president. and the Bureaus regional headquarready to mine and ship a Near Tulsa, Okla., Turner saw ters in Albany, Oreg. the four producing oil wells in very considerable tonnage of ore which Utaco holds an interest, averaging 0.277 per cent uranium The dense-mediuprocess emwith Ranger Uranium. Then and 2.41 per cent vanadium, of ploys a suspension of fine par- along a combined value of $56.74 per ticles of magnetite or other heavy he cbme to southeastern Utah, and ton. solids in water to separate val- was driven by Mr. and Mrs. KivPrevious shipments from the uable bits of coal from wastes ett to the Allen No. 2 uranium such as dirt, rock, and shale. mine in Red Canyon, San; Juan mine have earned $7,000.00 in County, which is producing about bonus payments, and have been Using this method of coal clean- 600 tons per month. certified for an additional bonus ing, heavy wastes sink to the bottom of a separating bath, From Red Canyon, Turner and payment of $28,000.00. while the lighter particles of coal the Kivetts- - drove to Telluride, float at the top. Thus separated, Colo., to inspect Utacos Bradley Negotiations will shortly be completed with the Vitro Corp., the coal then is ready for screen- mine a lead-zin- c property now which will ore at the ing into sizes for the market. producing about 70 tons per day. mine site as buy the are now doing they rhey also visited the Utaco mill with Although this method has been at Ouray, Colo. adjoining producers. Don E. used for several years in cleaning Bogle, consulting geologist, Salt This is all very new to me, raw coals as it comes from the and Lake City, is in charge of the deTurner said before exciting, mine, the Bureaus tests at Seattle te left for home. Southeastern velopment and production proprovided for the first time de- Jtah is much different from the gram. John Uren, also of Salt tailed information on its perform- stands, of course. I was Lake City, will Tte in charge of d very ance In treating waste materials. to see the number of min-n- g mining operations. operations going on in the The Bureau reports that a Ros-lyThere is now on the property desolate Rey Canyon and White a complete Wash., coal company, encamp with bunk cook and tool houses and couraged by the test results, now Canyon county. house, Certainly I know much more complete equipment in the is using the process to recover way than I did before about mining of more than $3,000 worth of marketlight gas plant, installation, ''the difficulties that and able coal every month from problems and refrigeration. face. was companies mining washery refuse, Secretary Seaton amazed at the amount ofI work A conference on the joint vensaid. The same method enables must done a to be that ture open was held this week in Oakup a mine at Healy River, Alaska in mine such and isolated land rough between Theodore I. Geurts, to produce 500 tons of coal a country. C. Regan, president and asDan from a bed that was formerly Turner also was niuch day impresssistant discarded during stripping, he respectively, of ed by the Bradley mine at Tellu- Grand secretary, added. Development, and A. B. ride. Cuthbertson, and There is much interest in ura- Sid Wheat, The Seattle tests were made of Eureka secretary, principally in the interest of con- nium in Hawaii, Turner said, and Hamburg. servation, to find out if dense-mediu- many islanders have invested in Mr. Geurts stated that produccleaning could reduce oil and mining stocks. a tion Oriental have of the Kaiser Hamlin Mine people great mounting coal losses at prepara-ratio- n faith the in soil natural and will in start off with shipments of plants, Bureau researchers When he said. They explained that the resources, explained. approximately 200 tons per month constant demand for greater pro- they invest, they invest in the and will rapidly be stepped up ductivity through increased soil. And uranium and oil are to a goal of 600 tons monthly mechanization in mining has products of the earth. production. caused higher proportions of dirt, rock, and fine coal in the Phonn EM KM 49 Soil Lake City. Utah Eniered second duo matin1 at Salt Lake City, Utah, under let of March 3. 1870 Subarrlption rates: for one year. 68:00 63.00 Fleaae mention for two yea re; Western Mineral rey when writinx to advertiser. tislnr rates on application. HARRT B MTLLER MIRIAM BRINTON RE3C L McARTHUR Bar-- Adrer PnhH.hrr Editor Adv. Manager m m sur-trise- n, All news appearing in the Western Mineral Surrey U obtained from sonroes bettered to be reliable but no responsibility la assumed for accuracy of etatemonta. Reproduction of any material from this publication must bare written permission from the pnhlisher $500,000 Damages Sought in 'Forcible Cheating' Case New Mexico Survey Bureau A Michigan couple has filed n a dollar damage suit in US. District Court In Albuquerque, NM., against a group of eastern New Mexico ranchers charged with forcibly cheating the pair out of uranium claims in McKinley County. The suit against the Ranchers half-millio- Exploration Co., and agent Gus Rainey was filed by Jack and Maxyne Barense. The couple contend they located valid claims in McKinley County last May 17 and 19 but were forced from the land by Rainey and associates before they could complete the required discovery work. 30 ? -- vice-preside- m nt, They charge that the defendants in turn staked out the land and dug the necessary discovery shafts. Before being forced off the land, Barense charges, Rainey stuck a rifle in his back, handcuffed himand threatened to kill him. Barense is asking an additional $12,500 in damages for these al- leged actions and the resultant mental discomfort and humiliation. The claims involved are the Mulatto Canyon and El Tigre Claims in Sections 14 and The Barenses are asking that the court convey all rights and titles to them in addition to the damages sought material these plants handle. As a result, many older coal washeries are being forced to operate well below their original efficiency and thus larger quantities of coal are lost in refuse, they said. freer 7rail ttiineA Utah Corporation of Marysvale, Utah Is offering 604,044 shares of its Common Stock of 30c per share par value at 30c per share. A THE CORPORATIONS PROPERTY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (1) OVER 100 PATENTED LODE MINING CLAIMS (S) OVER 000 UNPATENTED LODE MINING CLAIMS (8) MINERAL RIGHTS IN 040 ACRES (4) SURFACE RIGHTS IN 007 ACRES All clalmi and properties are located near Marysvale, Utah In Sevier and Piute Counties. Properties have produced commercial ores but are still loan exploratory stage of development. Principal production has been lead, silver and gold. Extensive exploration has been In progress. All proceeds from sale of stock will be used In the present exploration projects. A report of the corporations history and present financial condition may be obtained by writing DEER TRAIL MINES, Box 167, Marysvale, Utah. No stock offered by the Corporation can be sold to other than bona fide residents of the State of Utah. Orders for stock are restricted to a minimum of 100 shares. 1 Interested .In purchasing inquire at DEER TRAIL MINE5) box marysvale. utah 167 PLEASE SEND ME Y0US LATEST STOCKHOLDERS REPORT HAWAIIAN SEES URANIUM COUNTRY NAME ADDRESS CITY. PHONE ' ( Left to right: D. E. Kivett, president of Utaco Uranium, Inc.; Mrs. Kivett, and Mel K. Turner of Honolulu .Turner, a Utaco stockholder, combined a vacation trip to the states with a tour of Utaco properties, including oil wells in Okla-homthe Allen No. 2 uranium mine in Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah; and the Bradmine near Telluride, Colo. ley lead-sin- e a, |