Show I Mountain Inter-Mountain Mine Activities New Park Mining Co will do exploration work on acres of claims In the Snake Creek Basin Utah and Wasatch counties belonging belonging be be- longing to Great Western Mines Mine's Co Chile stopped all aU exports of or copper ores and concentrates and will divert Its purchases of these Items to the Palpate Paipote smelter IA lt year approximately tons tOM were exported to Germany and the US U.S. for smelting and refining ing Washington Items More lore Washington Items Items Sen Green of Rhode Island introduced as he did a year year ago a bill to repeal the Silver Sliver Purchase Act The H House use Ways and Means Committee Com Com- Committee voted to extend the present present present pre pre- sent 52 per cent corporation Income Income Income In In- come tax another year The Fourth A Ann Annual n n u a l I Rocky Mountain Minerals Conference sponsored this year by the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Section AIME will be I i I i I I I I i held in Denver Oct 31 30 and Nov 1 Clyde Asks Study tudy of Mine fIne Occupation Occupation Occupation Oc Oc- Oc- Oc Tax Tax Gov Gov Clyde in his special message to the Legislature LegIslature Legisla LegIsla- ture on revenue and taxation said he recommended an inter interim m study of the Utah mine occupation occupation occupation tion severance tax explaining he felt this tax all on gross proceeds was unfair to small mines and stating there may be room for adjustment in full equity to the application of the mine oc oc- occupation tax to the larger tax tax- payers Legislative Actions Utah Legislative Actions New Actions New bills KB lID To increase mine occupation tax from 1 per cent to 2 per cent of gross proceeds In view of the Governors Governor's request for a study it is doubtful if this bill will reach the House floor To To establish a state land board of five time part-time members with authority to appoint a director director tor and to separate the board from the Finance Commission Action on bills previously reported report report- ed 82 To 82 To broaden State I Land Board powers and authorize authorize author author- ize competitive bidding for state i mineral leases Tabled by the Sen Sen- ate Will WIIl probably be made a subject subject subject sub sub- for Legislative Council study 4 Proposing 4 a constitutional constitution constitution- al amendment to provide annual sessions of the Legislature Passed by the House but killed in Sen Sen- ate Uranium Notes Notes Notes-Homestake Homestake entered entered entered en en- its third joint partnership deal in the Ambrosia Lake district district dis dis- of New Mexico and will explore explore ex ex- and develop properties of at Entrada Oil Copper Co reported ore are production for the thelast thelast thelast last half of 1956 1936 at tons compared with tons in the same period of 1955 Uranium oxide oxide ox ox- ide output was tons compared compared com com- pared with 1600 tons The Texas Texas- Zinc Minerals Co is considering open pit mining operations at the Happy Jack mine Hecla Mining Co shipped tons of at ore in inI January from the Radon mine for Rock Rado-Rock Resources Inc New Officers Personals Personals Wm B. B Hall was named president and general manager Vitro Uranium Co anS R. R C C. Cole assistant general manager manager man man- ager agel was made a vice president Gordon Gray assistant secretary of at defense is new director of O. O M. L-M. replacing Arthur S S. S Flem Flem- resigned Robert nobert M M. M man general manager Braden Copper Co Chile subsidiary was appointed a Ken Hen vice president Weston E. E Hamilton assistant secretary S. S LC Chamber of Commerce was elected a vice president of Walker Walk Walk- er Bank Dank Trust Co effective April 1 1 Clin Hatfield Chilson of at Colorado Is new assistant secretary secretary secre secre- tary of Interior for public land management |