Denver geologist Prommel visits Gren River area
Harold W. C. Prommel a Denver geologist and consulting engineer visited Gren River Tuesday staying with Arthur and Mrs Ekker. He recalled work near Moab and Hanksville in the 1920s locating the Shaeffer Well that sparked regional oil exploration. He discussed Russia’s 1930 32 five year plan and his South American gold search in British Guiana.
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Harold W. C. Prommel
Denver
Gren River
Arthur Ekker
Mr. Prommel
Moab
Hanksville
Shaeffer
Green River
Prommel Wis
Russia
Ameri
British Guiana
South America
United States
Declassified Uranium Extraction Methods Described
The U S Atomic Energy Commission has declassified uranium extraction processes from solutions at Colorado Plateau mills and elsewhere. A Mining World report by AEC metallurgical staff in Grand Junction Colorado outlines four methods: Phosphate Precipitation, Ion Exchange, Resin in Pulp, and Solvent Extraction with complete metallurgical details.
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Francisco
California
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Colorado Plateau
Atomic Energy Commission
Grand Juncttion
Colorado
Multnomak Starts Drilling Near Green River
Multnomak Mining Corporation of Portland Oregon begins drilling on newly purchased claims from Nixon Uranium Corporation of Green River Utah. The site lies 1 2 mile east of the Yellow Queen Mine and 1 12 miles south of Four Corners Uranium Corp shaft. Morrison formation hosts the claims with KE Hamblen J B Porter as engineers and P A Ward of Green River Monticello holding the drilling contract.
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Multnomak Mining Corporation
Portland
Oregon
Nixon Uranium Corporation
Green River
Utah
Yellow Queen
Jack Jones
Four Corners Uranium Corp
Morrison Formation
Ke, Hamblen
J.B. Porter
Multnomak
P. A. Ward
Monticello
Hay Joe Canyon Oil Mine Deal In Final Negotiations
Southern Oil Corp completes negotiations with Wiley Vary and John Larrabee to operate the Hay Joe Canyon mine. The agreement outlines mining rights and partnership terms for the oil venture.
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Hay Joe Canyon
Southern Oil
Southern Oil Corp
Wiley Vary
John Larrabee
Moab Mines Expands Wyoming Uranium Claims Near Douglas
Moab Mines Inc announces 28 additional uranium claims in Converse County Wyoming about 15 miles north of Douglas. The 560 acre open pit horizon shows shallow overburden with high ore assays up to two percent. Local stakers C T Bronson and Bill Moore are tied to the Hay Joe and Jim claims.
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Moab
Utah
Moab Mines Inc
Converse County
Douglas
Wyoming
Loma Company
Moab Mines
Kerr McGee
Upetco
Iranium
Green River
Hay Jo Canyon
Bow Knot Bend
C. T. Bronson
Bill Moore
Hay Joe
Jim
Shinarump
Thornburg Mining Corp
Spring Canyon
Southern Oil Corp
Minnesota
Navajo Indian Reservation
Arizona
Moab Mines Discovers Large Ore Body in Utah Project
Moab Mines Inc reports a commercial ore body six hundred feet long and two hundred fifty wide in San Juan County Utah within the East Canyon uranium area. One end remains open suggesting further extension. Drilling by Christine Mines and Moab Mines under a signed contract anticipates ore profits and government bonuses sharing. Assays show about two hundred twenty dollars per ton. a twenty degree incline tunnel is under way with ore expected by year end.
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MOAB
Utah
Moab Mines, Inc
East Canyon
San Juan County
Big Indian
Utex
Standard
Homestake
Sunset
Molybdenum Corporation of America
Christine Mines, Inc
Utah Corporation
Christine Vye
William J. Owen
Mog Mines, Inc
William Johnso
Opera
Ore claim developments prompt winter shipping plan
Permission from Washington allows Moab Mines to ship ore to prevent the Humbug Claim and extend the Boy Claim with undetermined commercial ore. A bonus payment application is being processed by Moab Mines, Inc.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D. C
Moab Mines, Inc
Pointers for Prospects: Morrison and Shinarump Uranium Formations
On the Colorado Plateau the Morrison and Shinarump sandstone formations hold the greatest uranium potential. Morrison is a dark tan, multi layered rock up to 1000 feet thick with uranium deposits in its lower interbedded layer, while Shinarump, a gray, edgelike conglomerate under Chinlee, ranges from inches to over 200 feet and formed in the Triassic era.
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Colorado Plateau
Morrison
Shinarump
Chinlee
Rock Formations Chinlee Entrada Todolito and Cutler Summary
The Chinlee formation from the Triassic forms steep slopes up to 1000 feet thick with light gray to dark blue shales. The Entrada Sandstone from the Jurassic lies beneath Morrison, ranges 50 to 1000 feet thick, and shows pink to reddish colors with a slick rock surface. The Todolito Limestone is a Jurassic ore bearing bed above Entrada, while the Cutler is the Permian oldest formation in southeastern Utah.
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Chinlee
Entrada
Morrison
Colorado
Utah
Todolito
New Mexico
Arizona
Cutler
Indian Creek
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Butane
Ross Utoco Service
Remington - Royal - Smith
Corona - Olympia
Office Equipment Co
West Main
Price, Utah
Woab Mines
Edgemont
South Dakota
Nevada
Peerless
Lpumeine
Weeeee
Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
Los Angeles
Calif
Indianapolis
Ind
S &M Sales CO
Secretarial Research Service
Nielsen Blue
Third Street
Grand Junction
Colo
Cook's
del and
Opal Cook Proprietors
Green River, Utah
D. L. Blake
Purdy
Barber
LA Rue
Beauty Shop
Anenits
Oasis Cafe
Hullinger
The
First National Bank of Price
Politano Grocery
Cliants
Kearns, Utah
A. Miller Sams
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