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The nation's largest uranium ore processing
mill is scheduled to be built near Moab,
Grand County, Utah. Construction cost was
set at $8,000,000. Uranium Reduction Co.,
a firm organized by uranium millionaire
Charles A. Steen and veteran Utah mining
man Edward H. Snyder, has entered into
a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission
to build and operate the mill. When
in operation it is expected to employ 175
persons.
Basic ore supply for the mill, due to be
completed in a year, will come from Steen's
Mi Vida Mine. Capacity will be sufficient
to mill production of other mines in the
Big Indian Wash district also, it was announced.
The AECs request for $1,500,000 for
possible further expansion of its uranium
mill at Monticello, Utah, was approved by
the Joint Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy. Authorization was given
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for $500,000 to purchase a site at Monticello
on which to process vanadium bearing
tailings. Other authorizations include over
a million dollars for construction of 122
miles of access roads to uranium mines and
prospects in Utah.
At Shiprock, New Mexico, Kerr-McGee
Oil Industries, Inc., announced completion
of its $3,000,000 uranium processing mill.
Principal ore for the mill will come from
mines on the Navajo Reservation. An allacid
process for production of uranium
oxide will be used at Shiprock.
Meanwhile, the AEC assured Senator
Alan Bible of Nevada that it will consider
establishment of uranium milling plants and
ore purchasing stations in Nevada as soon
as exploration reveals sufficient reserves to
justify such installations. A continuing supply
of at least 50 to 100 tons of ore a day
is necessary before the expense of building
and operating ore buying stations can be
justified, the AEC said.
Paramount Uranium Corporation launched
its second mining operation recently when
it began operations on its Pinch claims on
Hart's rim, northwest of Monticello. J. C.
Burgess, field consultant for Paramount,
originally staked the claims and said they
looked extremely promising. .S'