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Show Hite, Utah, Scene of Uranium Prospecting In 1940, Hite had one human occupant, two buildings and some orchards. Today, the uranium ura-nium ore found in the area Is bringing dozens of prospectors into the region and a processing mill to handle the uranium ore taken from White's Canyon nearby is now in operation. Only a few days ago, the new null was inspected by the President Pres-ident of the Vanadium Corpora-of Corpora-of America, Mr. E. D. Bransome of New York City, who was accompanied ac-companied by his vice president and three directors. During the past year the population of Hite swelled to several dozen people and a public pub-lic school was set into opera tion to accommodate the chil dren of the community. Hite is the jumping off place for many boating trips down the 164 miles of river to Lees Ferry, Arizona. |