Show A E C uranium plant in monticello employs new refining ra principle in an edition that is attempting to feature some of the indus ries and resources ol of the county it would be appropriate to give a complete deport on the mill that operates in monticello treating uranium ind vanadium bearin bearing carnrite car noite oies mes under the policy of the such a report is not possible many of the facts bein being 11 i secrets of the trusted personnel 1 of the commission and the companies operating in conjunction with them the amount of ore are processed or the methods used are not made public during the last war the mill was operand by the vanadium corporation of america for the government and shortly after the close of the war it was shut down title has passed from the war assets administration to the atomic energy commission and during the past year extensive alterations have been made to employ a new process developed through experimentation by the and the US bureau of mines it is the only plant in existence that utilizes the new process which is working very satisfactorily in connection with the modernizing ern izing of the plant large conveyer belts were installed through out the mill to move the ore from one phase of the operation to the next which makes for far more efficient ard and ar d uniform feeding of the various mau iines used in the ref refining ining process also installed in the mill was an intricate system for removing impurities from he air which makes it a much healthier in which to work john buler is the resident manager in charge for the galigher company which or operates the A EC air butler is a metallurgist meta lurg I 1 1 st with wide vide experience both I 1 for private industry and for th the e government immediately prior to his connection with the galigher gaigher company he was employed by the bureau of mines during t the he wa v r both mr and mrs butler were in the Phili philippines pines and spent a total of three and one half years as japanese prisoners there part of this time was in the infamous santo tomas it proved to be a very trying experience for both of them during their time of incarceration cerati cn their two c hildren children were both in the US their son john jr enlisting in the navy before they returned mr air butler and the other galigher men from salt laks lake express themselves as enjoying both their work and the country there are some eighty men or women employed at the M mill ill eight bf whom are in the office and seventy two working in various mill operations the monthly payroll is approximately which makes it by far the largest single operation operatic ii in the county during th the e summer thirteen new homes were constructed to house the pers onel in the southwest part of town opening up a new section that has since been included in the town limits the i homes are all modern are s sur ur rounded by grounds all pre prepared p ared for landscaping lands caning t they add much to the appearance of that section of town when ohp mill was ready fe for the trial run last september it t was thrown open for inspection by the public and many people availed themselves of the opportunity to see the vast machinery in the conducted tours that were arranged at that time visitors were carefully checked in and out at the guards gate but were shown every courtesy while they them were on the grounds cars were provided to pick them up at the bottom of the hill and transport ahme back to the office where the tours gs e gan ean |