Show in N discovery of uranium Urani tIM in me mc ekno canyon will extend the mining activity of the area that much farther the new strike is about 17 miles from cortez and will be worked by the four corners uranium corporation a newly formed company of colorado men ore will be shipped by truck to either the mill at monticello or to durango depending on weather conditions minerals in san juan basin are valued at million according tj to a nwe nive publication of the bureau burea U of mines the report was written by paul T allison All lson chief engineer 0 of salt lake branch of the bureau B breau of mines and william H king 0 another bureau of mines engineer they tell the story of early mining development in the area and h tiow ow many of the first prospectors were either killed by the indians or perished in the severe winters judge fred W keller presided at court in monticello saturday chich was law and motion day only oily civil cases were tried on this day monticello was invaded saturday by several women from the organization in moab who sold four 1 leaf eaf clover lapel flowers flowers fr the benefit of disabled world avar II 11 veterans gene shelley les mcallister mcallistor cr and others spent some time last w el ek on the main transmission line as it comes into town installing several new poles and chan changing gring the wires from the old poles to the new ones present indications are that there will be more construction in monticello this summer than there has been for some time in addition to several new homes etther begun or scheduled to start soon there will be at least three naw business houses one or two auto courts a school house and a church this should provide work for most of Morti cellos laboring populace not otherwise e employed dale Kinn kinnaman kman left for salt lake blake tuesday on business pertaining to the bureau of land management he will avill return this week miss clyda barton made a hurried trip to salt lake this week bessie bailey substituted for clyda at the lyman mere mrs john N butler will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Atner ican legion auxiliary meeting at the court house monday at p m mrs butler wili will choose her own subject les young former monticello resident is back in san juan for x month or so having been attracted by the 1000 bounty on coyote pups he intends to remain as long as hunting these dens out proves profitable les has been trapper stockman cowboy dude wrangler and scout in the county for years he has seen both good times and bad in the che county having been here during much of the drouth and depression years he calls albuquerque his home since leavi leaving fig san juan |