| Show only two states mined uranium washington jan 20 probably no other mineral is mined which has hits so largo large a hold on public attention and at the same time has so small p total monetary value as the uranium minerals this interest is of course duo due not to tho the minerals as such nor to the uranium they but to the accompanying radium which is found only with uranium hitherto the interest in radium though lively has been largely academic on account of the marvelous qualities which it displays when bom compared pared with better known elements toward the end of 1913 however pub lie lic interest became almost feverish owing to the apo apparent arent cures of cancer wrought by the application of the gamma rays given off by radium uranium minerals were produced in commercial quantity in the united stated in 1913 as shown by preliminary statistics gathered by frank L hess of the united states geological survey sur aey only in colorado and utah and although during the year some pitchblende was mined in colorado in the belcher calhoun mines only a few pounds were sold though 50 dry tons of low grade material carrying per cent uranium oxide ua oa Os vas ras shipped to france from the kirl kirk mine this had bad been mined in a previous year a i 3 ellow powdery or waxy mineral found in the sandstones of the high plateau between the rocky moun bains of colorado and the san rafael swell of utah south of the book cliffs furnished the whole production |
