Show moab mines he inc ships first ore from new mine moab utah oct 31 1955 moab mines inc made its first ore ship ment from the christine no 1 hum bug mine in east canyon south eastern utah the initial ore ship ment was made to the VAC mill in durango colorado road improve ments are now underway in order that shipping can continue daily th hout the winter and siring swing mo of 1956 the ore face presently ered in the mines mine s first foot in dine cline is four feet thick with samples assaying thirty nine 1 f per cent uranium oxide and four per cent vanadium initial mining oper aliens while the first station is being excavated are producing twenty tons per day eighteen guage trucks reaching two hundred and sixty feet from the ore face to a thirty ton ore bin are now in place to accommodate a hoist driven ore car tuo additional drifts are to be made at once off the first station A shuttle car will carry the ore from the faces to the first stat ion the mine is the result of eighty four exploratory drill holes which delineated a commercial ore deposit evaluated by engineers at three th busand tons of uranium and van adius ore one end of the deposit is still open as the drilling program has not been completed at the site of connection between the humbug claim and the adjacent boy claim |