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Show Atomic Ore Source Reported Discovered In Upper Michigan MARQUETTE, MICH. Atomic ore with "commercial possibilities" possibili-ties" has been reported in a heavily-wooded section of Michigan's upper peninsula. Eiler Henrickson, of Carleton college, Northfield, Minn., a geologist, geolo-gist, reported the first discovery of pitchblende in Michigan near Lake Superior in August, 1949. This latest announcement was confirmed by Gerald E. Eddy, Michigan state geologist. However, it touched off no wild scramble to' file claims such as that which followed fol-lowed recent Canadian finds. At the time of the discovery, heavy snow and bitterly cold weather hampered exploitation of the discovery. The area where the new strike was discovered lies about 200 miles from the wild area north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., just across the border, where other uranium-bearing ores were discovered. Under provisions of a new Michigan Mich-igan law aimed at encouraging prospecting for uranium, the company com-pany making the discovery filed a claim on 80 acres of state-owned land near the site in Baraga and Marquette counties. A company geologist said the Michigan find indicates a "definite possibility" that there was a large quantity of the ore in the section, but Eddy said it was "too early to tell the extent of the vein." With Russia claiming to have exploded ex-ploded an atomic bomb, and with an east-west race for atomic control con-trol definitely underway, it was expected ex-pected that the search for uranium deposits in this country would be encouraged wherever possible. |