Show moab mines adds WY Kj claims S open pit area moab utah sept 15 inc announced the acquisition of 28 additional uranium mining claims 1 located in converse county a 15 miles north of doug douglas las wyoming covering acres over wasatch formation tertiary age the claims over the same horizon were uranium ore in the area is now being mined by shallow open pit methods there is less than five feet of over burden on the loma company pro berties three miles east of the moab mines mmes claims the kerr mcgee and the companies are operating open pit mines approximately ten miles to the north some of the uranium ore in the converse county area has assayed as high as two percent the high scintillation readings on the mines property are to be ed further before the company be gins its shallow drilling operations coi cohered ered open pit mining will pro aeed if commercial juanity ore is dis covered open pit mining will pro aeed the property was acquired by the moab toab mines president william J owen after his second inspection of the wyoming area during the labor day weekend mining extract ions from the area are being shipped to the uranium ore buying station in edgemont south dakota moab mines inc property is now spread into fie fine we astern states wyoming colorado utah nevada and california the new wyoming claims increase the company hold rigs to 5 acres |