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Show Page 2 TBE WESTERN September 14. 19S6 MINERAL SURVEY WESTERN MINERAL Editorial SURVEY Oil Lamp Todays lo.iiainb In 10,000 secondary schools, one out of three across the nation, students and teachers are taking advantage of one of the most authoritative, and comprehensive programs of education aid ever to be provided by the American free enterprise system. This is the Petroleum School Series. It comprises a series of brochures on the operations and economies of die vast petroleum industry, teaching guides, classroom charts, motion pictures and film strips. In addition, teachers may arrange for speakers, for guided tours of oil fields, refineries, butyl plants, marine terminals, pipeline pumping stations, service stations or administrative offices, depending on the location of the school. And it is all FREE! In this impressive example of good citizenship at work, the material to replace petroleum industry is providing outmoded text books in science, chemistry and physics classes and for general instruction as well. The material is is prepared under the direction of skilled educators and is previewed by leading schoolmen in advance of publication to insure high pedagogic standards and general acceptability: Typical of the praise of school supertendents and principals from every section of the country are the words of Dr. Kenneth MOAB URANIUM QUEEN SEEKS STATE TITLE Mardy E. Oberholtzer, superintendent of Denver schools and past presThomson, who was queen of Moabs Uranium Days celebration last month, now is a candidate for queen of the Utah State fair ident of die American Association of School Administrators: The and the Utah Dairy Princess title. Miss Thomson is sponsored American Petroleum Institute is to be complimented on its school by the Grand County Chamber of Commerce and the Grand program, and encouraged to develop it in new ways. I feel that County board of comissioners. Above, she goes over her wardrobe a greater effort should be made to acquaint more schools with as fair time nears. At left is miners hat with atomic symbol that the availability of this material. Mardy wore as Uranium Queen. remarkand mention these We agree with Dr. Oberholtzer, able educational aids at this time as a constructive editorial bow This is the annual week Oct. to Oil Progress Week in which the 1,600,000 men and women who comprise the petroleum industry report to their fellow Americans on the individ' URANIUM THIEVES struck ual initiative, freedom and competition that have brought their Works Geneva PROVO, Utah, twice in the Mt. Spokane area. industry to its present level of essentiality to notional progress won its sixth National Safety Daybreak Uranium a and security. Council Award today for an out- theft of 1500 tons ofreported rich ore standing record of more than six from its Huffman lease in the million man hours of work with- Mount Spokane district. A lone out a lost time accident. Emoperator reported theft of $7000 ployees of U. S. Steels Columbia-Genev- a worth of stockpiled ore. Steel Division plant here AT TIIE HUFFMAN LEASE, were doubly honored with the announcement that they worked in Daybreak Uranium has opened New Mexico Survey Bureau querque, and persons attending the safest steel plant, in the na- continuous ore for a length of 100 feet, and width of 35 feet. A meeting being sponsored in the meeting will discuss the pos- tion last year. ore is estimated to N. next week Stockpiled of M., sibility interesting the firm in Albuquerque, An Award of Honor plaque was contain 0.50 cenmill in a more per cent uranium by the Chamber of Commerce locating the to L. F. Black, general su- oxide. This should given net the firm industrial committe may be the tral location such as Albuquerque. Alat Geneva;' perintendent by to $25,000 $30,000 on the first The location of a reduction mill first step toward the establishof Bunderson vin Boise, Idaho, 10 cars plus bonus. ing of an ore reduction mill or to concentrate ores shipped from representing the National Safety a buying station there. small mines throughout the area FIRST ROTARY DRILLING Council. Witnessing the presenAbout 60 persons have been would help to lessen shipping RIG to be brought into the Spoof U. S. members invited to attend the meeting at costs to smelters at Deming and tation were Steels blast furnace operating kane area is being used by 2 p.fn. on Sept. 12 at the Cham- El Paso. committee from all of American Leduc Uranium, a CaThe tremendous rate problem and safety ber office, Arthur Brown of the nadian corporation, on ground addivisions. the Corporation's Chamber staff said. involved in shipping the unproDaybreaks Dahl lease Chief purpose of the discussion cessed ore now makes many cenThe award recognizes Geneva joining mine on west. The firm plans the will be to determine the feasibil- tral New Mexico mining activi- personnel for working without a to a larger rotary rig in ity of setting up such a mill to ties unprofitable, Brown com- disabling accident from Novem- soon.bring Daybreak Uranium and handle copper, gold, silver, lead mented. ber 17, 1955, to June 1, 1956 and zinc ores and possibly rare About 30 small mining opera- a total of 6,342,634 man hours. earths, such as thorium and lith- tors have been invited, along The National Safety Council also with interested government offi- announced today that Geneva ium, Brown said.. There is a report that a big cials, to provide background in- Works won first place in the nafirm is considering formation on shipping costs and tional Metals Section contest with establishing such a mill in the on potential mineral development a disabling accident rate of roughGolden area, northeast of Albu in the area. ly one accident for every four million man hours worked during the year ending June 30, 1956. HEWS . up-to-da- te up-to-da- te non-commerci- al, 14-2- Geneva Awarded 0. Safety Plaque MINING New Mexico Meet May Bring Mill to Albuquerque Area - , ore-buyi- - CIRCULATIOH Church Street 21 2402 PRM. nrfjrnVfrr Phone EH Curtis St., Denver ALplne ADVERTISING Box 2608 49 Balt Lake City, Utah 2402 Curtis St., Denver ALplne second does matter at Salt Entered Lake City. Utah, under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: 18:00 for (3.00 for one year. tvo yean; Plaaeo mention Western Mineral Snr- vey when writing to advertisers. Adver tlalnr rates on application. Editor BRINTON MIRIAM ftinc L. McARTHUR Adv. Manager AU news appearing In the Weetem Mineral Survey Is obtained from source, believed to ha reliable but no reaponelbil-lt- y 1. m"1"1 for accuracy of statement.. of any material from this must have written permiaalon publication from the pubUaher. Reproduction HD- - other operators have agreed to join American Leduc in utilizing the rig for deep tests of their holdings. The AEC via its Canadian terests have contracted for approximately $1.5 billion dollars worth of uranium ore. This figures out at the rate of $400 million dollars annually. PROTESTS are being lodged by a number of Spokane uranium firms to an AEC decision against establishing a uranium ore buying station here in advance of milling facilities. It is possible SILVER DOLLARS Utah uranium venture looks good, and work is being continued ex-plorat- according to company officials. So far in their drilling program, 10 holes have been put in channel material which has indicated commercial grade ore. Prospecting work on their USK property in Mt. Spokane area will also soon get underway. In Any Enterprise . . . ng INTERNATIONAL SMELTING and REFINING CO. Superintendent Black, commenting on the award, pointed out: Six million man hours means a Utah farmer would have to work ten hours a day for 2,000 years without an injury to equal the record established by our folks at Geneva. EMPLOYEES, MANAGEMENT, & STOCKHOLDERS MUST EACH BENEFIT o o o Advertise In The . . LET US STRIVE MINERAL SURVEY LEAD Lead and Lead-Zin- c Lead-Zin- c & ZINC ORES Smelter Concentiatoi i ui CONCENTRATES Utah Reach an Interested maiketl TO KEEP OUR UTAH MINING INDUSTRY BOTH PROFITABLE AND PROGRESSIVE Tooele, j Address: Ore Purchasing Department International Smelting and Refining Co. 818 KEARNS BUILDING Salt Lake City, Utah F. A. WARDLAW - General Manager Please establish contact prior to shipment. PUBLICITY SERVICE Letter Writing - Mailing Lists Stenographer - Multalith Mimeographing - Brochures 228 Atlas Bldg. Phene EL Salt Lake City 02 in- NEW PARK MINING COMPANY KEETLY, UTAH W. H. H. Cranmer President . |