Show miners to file notices of intention utah miners miners were advised saturday to file notice of intention before july 1 1948 in order to comply with terms of the moratorium assessment act signed friday by president truman the form of the notice has not been changed over those filed last year according to the utah mining ass association ocia tion notices of intention must be filed with the clerk of the te county in n which the claims are located the act extends the present moratorium on payment of each year for improvement of claims until july 1 1949 opinion was somewhat divided among mining men in in salt lake city on the efficacy of the law those who favored the act pointed out that shortage of labor and high cost of development at this time practically prohibited assessment work they noted that would not go ve very ry far an anyway y wa y in improvement of claims these days clays years ago it would have been sufficient to keep men at work for at least two weeks |