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Show . m AEC Makes Air Survey In Garfield County 1 K - 1 lHF s4MStUJJdS HH B K KmisMmmI bssbIssbV (Photos by Erroll DowDell) I'nit r Hie tmller village net uji bj Im ieoljini Surtey ie.iple U -Iiomii lit ENcnlnntr. Tun of lli. liclitopteiH hi and unit-InU tu i-cmiiiic their task of nip-piiiK .'astern Gm field County and the rleli Circle Cliff uranium country, Back of Beyond the unexplored renclies of eastern G article County Is being mapped and sur-eyed, and have Its mineral potential assessed and tallied. An 18-man crew of experts of the Geological Survey of the U.S. Department ot the Interior Is doing the work for the Atomic En- rgy Commission. Many sections ot the uranium-ilch section have never been properly mapped and claims of prospectors have often overlapped. Three hellcoters and two ulr-plancs are being used In the work, with the latest electronics equipment being used. A village of 15 tmller homes and offices has been set up near the Mo u I Motel and Care ut tit. intrance of Escalante. The planes and helicopter make almost dally landings ut tlu nearby town of Boulder. 5 Champ Myera, formerly of Panguitch, Is one ot the experts In ' charge of the work. |