Concrete work advances on dam project with 1 million cubic yards planned
About 1 million cubic yards of concrete are expected by dam completion in 1963 as concrete pours continue on three dam blocks and the tailrace wall. Bedrock is being prepared with deep boreholes filled under high pressure while aggregate and cement mix at a batch plant. Spillway tunnel driving remains active through winter at 700 feet length, with tunneling at roughly five feet daily and peak labor expected next spring as 1 300 workers are on site.
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Jensen
Brush Creek
Green River
Tyzack
Apaico
Moon Lake
Bonneville
Andy
Duchesne River
Uintah Basin
Rock Creek
Bonneville Colorado Basin
Utah Lake
Utah
Salt Lake
Bonneville Unit
Bonneville Basin
Ulntahasia
Provo River
Provo Bay
Gosh
Verbal Collision Causes 375 Damages on Vernal Ave
A 1953 Chevrolet pickup driven by Clark Woolley 55 of Vernal collided with a 1956 Ford station wagon driven by Mrs John D Stage 40 of Vernal near Vernal Avenue halting for a parking spot. Total damages listed at 375 with Woolley’s truck rear ending the Stage auto.
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US 406
Vernal Avenue
Clark Woolley
John D Stage
Vernal
Woolley
Jewel Robbery Suspect On Bond Surfaces in Utah
A Vernal jewelry burglary case unfolds with Deward and Robert Shin er posting bonds totaling 25 000 cash or 50 000 property. The suspect, Aluon A Shiner, faces district court arraignment for second degree burglary and related charges after police recover about 36 000 in stolen goods from the store and an attic above the Vernal theater. The investigation spans past thefts dating several years.
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Aluon A Shiner
Wintah County
Iater
Earl Freeman
Verna
Deward
Robert G. Shiner
Vernal
Shiner
Wm W Mott
Jack Lent
Ray Gee
Vernal Theater
Railroad ties mine to Garfield fertilizer plans
Rail service is key to tonnage from the mine to Garfield as a fertilizer plant develops. Sea Stringham notes planning continues for an elemental phosphate plant near the mine site, needing large electrical power supplied by Utah Power and Light Co line from Carbon County to Brush Creek and Moon Lake Electric’s line from Flaming Gorge Dam.
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Uon
Garfield
Sea Stringham
Utah Power and Light Co
Carbon County
Brush Creek
Moon Lake Electric
Flaming Gorge Dam
Len Stringham
Rail surveys eyed to reach Uintah Basin phosphate plant
An official of San Francisco Chemical Co notes that acquiring the Wumphreys deposit and pushing early production spurred new survey programs by two railroads serving north and east Vernal. A feasibility study of routes suggests a high likelihood of rail access into the Uintah Basin to serve phosphate operations and reduce truck shrinkage by shifting shipments to rail.
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San Francisco Chemical Co
Wumphreys
Vernal
Uintah Basin
Real Estate Firm Opens Offices In United Basin
A newly formed real estate firm, Land Corporation, opened offices in Vernal and Roosevelt Utah. President Ja J Elrod Starley leads the venture with former Reed Senator Stringham urging Uintah Basin residents to support railroad growth. The firm plans to handle large acreages across Intah county and Wyoming and establish an investment arm.
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United Basin
Western States. Land Corporation
Vernal and
Roosevelt
Ja J. Elrod Starley
Reed
Stringham
Dbaal
Uintah Basin
Prescott
Ariz
Clayton Bimmeng
West 344
Se. Vernal
Vernal
W. W. Everett
Phoenix
J. M. Mightower
Notel Vernal
North Main Street
Intah
Colorado
Wyoming
Arizona
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Harry Ratliff
K.L. Will
Ren)a
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Tress
Ashton
Omwuone
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Jiffy
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