FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
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Local Uranium Rush
Forecast if Metal
Discovered in Area
By RUSSELL MITCHELL
' "Recently Max Shafer, geolo
gist for the state department of
geology and mineral industries,
spoke to a group of mining
people here on the possibility of
finding uranium in Oregon.
Mr. Shafer was for a while
employed by the Atomic Energy
commission. His opinions on the
matter can be taken seriously.
No uranium has as yet been
found in southern Oregon, but
Mr. Shafer says the older geolog
ic formations of this area . are
favorable for the fabulous metal.
This is not to say that it will
be found here, only that it well
might be. If even a small deposit
is discovered. I believe the uran
ium rush will then be on.
Should Get Ready
. What should we do about it?
' Get ready. This means that peo
ple holding claims of any kind
must see that lines are secured,
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Issued by State
Highway Division
Salem .Oregon's newly re
vised Outdoor Guide is off Ihe
presses, with a number of new
park facilities listed for the
coming season.
The popular folder, published
by the travel- information divi
sion, Oregon State Highway De
partment, contains a map and
facility list showing locations of
principal state, parks, state road
side rest areas and U.S. Forest
camps which are located on
major state highways.
Historic Markers
" The folder also lists historic
markers erected by the highway
department in cooperation with
the Oregon State Historical so
ciety. The main picture page of
the folder contains state parks
regulations, informa t i o n on
overnight camping, caretakers,
"rest areas and national park
areas in Oregon. -
Major changes in facilities
shown in the park listing show
ed that camping areas will in
crease from 47 to 84 at Wallowa
Lake State park; ten camping
areas at newly .developed
i Ochoco Lake State park; 18
a. m a
camping areas at lumaio oiaie
park; change of Lakeshore For
est camp to Detroit Lake State
park, with 35 camping areas; in-
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Cove Palisades State park; in
crease to 22 camping areas at
Big Creek park on the coast
south of Waldport, and increase
to 51 camping spots at Cape
Lookout State park southwest
of Tillamook.
Other Changes ,
- Other major changes show in
creased camping areas to be
available at Honeyman State
paxk near Florence, from 29 to
57 at Humbug Mountain, south
of Port Orford, increased camp
ing areas from 18 to 48 and
Siort. Sands Beach, 'south of
Cannon Beach from 8 to 18
camping areas.
Newly listed parks are Ban
don Wayside and Fort Stevens
near Astoria.
; The .folder is designed to be
used as reference for motorists
driving Oregon highways, seek
ing recreation in parks and fo
Sssts park areas are listed nu
merically on the folder's map
and alphabetically by highways
in the list of facilities corres
ponding to the map. The list in
dicates such facilities as water
supply, comfort stations, stoves,
fireplaces, fishing, unusual for
est or trees, geologic interest,
historic interest, boat landings
and trails.
The new Outdoor Guide may
be obtained by writing Travel
Information Division, Oregon
State Highway Department,
Salem, Oregon.
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New Members Join
Trailer Association
Twenty-eight new members
joined the Association of Trail
er Owners of Jackson County at
a recent meeting, it was report
ed last week. Also, some 35 bus
iness houses in Medford and vi
cinity have joined the organiz
ation as associate members. . .
Next meeting of the group will
be on Jan. 23, when plans will
be made for presentation of mat
ters before the legislature. The
association has retained an at
torney to advise it on various
sociation's contention that assess
ment and taxation laws affect
subjects, particularly on the as
ing trailers are inequitable. .
that their claims are so definite
that no dispute can arise. Corner
posts should be clearly marked
and claim locations witnessed.
Don't try to laugh it off, folks,
one little find this spring would
touch off a rush such as is now
going on in Utah, Nevada and
Colorado.
Uranium, although rare, is
widely distributed in nature. It
is found in volcanic, metamor
phic and sedimentary rocks. It
is also found in mineral veins,
even in coal beds. The rocks of
southern Oregon contain all of
the metals and non metals us
ually associated with uranium
with one exception. That is van
adium. Quite, likely proper test
ing would also reveal vanadium,
at least in traces.
Found Here
Non-metals associated with ur
anium are calcium, sulphur, ars
enic, phosphorous and potas
sium. All of these are found here
in Southern Oregon. t
There are at least several doz
en radioactive ores, but only a
few are Economically important.
The most important, include car
notite, principal ore of uranium
found in the United States. It is
usually found in sandstone. It is
always found in connection with
vanadium. Autunite, a secondary
mineral, is found in the weather
ed zones of ore deposits and in
pegmatites. Autunite is fluores
cent in the weathered zones of
ore deposits. It is a phosphate
bearing calcium containing cop
per. The geiger counter and the
scintillometer are the most dra
matic tools for prospecting ur
anium. Since they are highly
scientific instruments they will
often be misused or misinterpret
ed. Chemical tests are reliable
though slow and costly.
Will Fluoresce
One interesting test for those
who have black lights is to drop
nitric acid on the ore and let
it dry. If uranium is present the
spot will fluoresce under the
black light. Torbernite is an exception.
Uranium may prove to be like
copper, tungsten and rnef cury.
These minerals are all found in
rocks in Oregon where normally
they would not be found. Don't
overlook anything. Uranium may
be found where least expected!
Prospecting has become scien
tific investigation. The first law
of scientific investigation is
sometimes called "Murphy's
law." Stated roughly it goes
something like this: "If anything
can go wrong, it will." That is
the whole prospect in a nutshell
. . . If uranium can dodge you,
it will.
One Timber Trad
Sold by Bureau
The only tract of timber of
fered for sale in January by the
Medford district of the Bureau
of Land Management was pur
chased by the Robert Dollar
company of Glendale at an oral
auction sale held at the District
office in Medford city hall.
The tract, located near the
head of Grave, creek, contained
5,482,000 board feet of timber.
The high bid for douglas fir,
which comprised more than 80
per cent of the stand, was $24
per thousand board feet, com
pared to an appraised price of
$15.95. Other species were pur
chased at the appraised price.
Magnolia Lumber Corp., Inc., of
Ashland and Rogue River, was
AT . -1
The bureau has announced
that it will not have any timber
advertised for sale in February,
but expects to have approxi
mately 10 million board feet of
timber in four tracts in Jackson,
Josephine and Douglas counties
ready for sale on March 17.
These four tracts will all be in
accordance with the 1955 .sale
plan recently released by the
District Forester. .
Portland Conclaves 4
Net $3,000,000 in '54
Portland (U.R) Convention
income for Portland in 1954
totalled about $8,000,000 to make
it the second highest year on
record. ; '
C. R. Linquist, chairman 'of
the Chamber of Commerce con
vention committee, said 108,160
delegates attended 399 conven
tions in the Rose City in 1954.
They spent an estimated $7,
868,640. Average length of a conven
tion was three days and at
tracted between 21 and 7,500
delegates. "
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"EVIDENCE" COMMUNIST VERSION This Chinese
Communist picture at Peiping is supposed to show "pick
up device" with which Reds say U. S. "spies" intended
to pick up an agent downed in China. Poster display is
Eresumably other evidence. In Washington, the Defense
lepartment said the device appears similar to equipment
purchased from commercial manufacturers for rescue
work but that such equipment was not carried on Col.
John K. Arnold's reconnaissance plane when lost over
Korea.
Long-Tinie Medford Resident Passes
Lee Edward Hinman, 86, a
resident of Medford from 1910
to 1944, died Wednesday at his
home in Oregon City after an
extended illness.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Hinman
was a railroad man much of his
life, starting at 15. He was with
the Southern Pacific railroad in
Medford from 1910 to 1914,
when he was forced to retire
because of paralysis. He and his
wife, who died about five years
ago, moved to Oregon City in
1944 to be near his son, Laurin
E. Hinman, who also was a resi
dent of Medford, from 1910 to
1918.
A daughter, Mrs. E. R. Van
Leeuwen, Washington, D. CM
also survives, as do two grand
sons, a granddaughter, and a
great-grandson. , v.
Mr. Hinman was a member of
the Masons, and was an elder
in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints.
Funeral services were held
Saturday in Oregon City, with
internment following in Sunset
AWARDED COHTRACT
' Portland (U.R) Army en
gineers said Saturday California
Steel Products Co., Richmond,
Calif., has been awarded a $688,-
603 contract for furnishing in
take trash racks and lifting
beams for The Dalles dam pow
erhouse. The equipment must be
delivered by April 1, 1956.-
Hills Memorial park. Bishop L.
Edward Perry,: of the Oregon
City ward of the LDS church,
conducted the services. Mrs. Van
Leeuwen came from Washing
ton for the service.
Samson
Fuel Oil Service
Under Nw Management
J. C. (Pat) Kennedy
"" Owner
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TB Seal Sale Reminder Cards
Mailed; County Returns Up
Reminder cards were mailed
by the Jackson County Public
Health association last week to
persons slow in buying Tubercu
losis seals.
According to the association's
president, Mrs. Chester Guches,
incomplete returns from the
county as a whole are at least
20 per cent above last year's
sale, with Medford averaging the
same as last year. Action on the
part of Medford's "laggard's"
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT -
iaunce H. - Johnson, failure to stop
at stop sign. $10. .
Norma nJ. Gearey, no oversiz per-
mi' S10.
Wayne E. Medford. violation of
basic rule, forfeited $10 bail.
jiowara Xi. Kusel. overheight load,
$15.
Albert E. Trautman. overload. $26,
no oversize permit, court costs only.
The government of New Yort
state earns one dollar every sec
d on the money it has invest
ed. . -. v
could bring this average above
the 1953 mark, and in line with
the state and nationwide levels.
Most Slays Here
Of funds received from sale of
tuberculosis seals, 74 per cent
will remain to be used in Jack
son county. Mrs. Guches pointed
out that all of this amount is
used for the education, preven
tion, and treatment of tubercu
losis in the county, and there
are no salaries to be paid from-it.
During 1954 tuberculosis seal
funds were used to establish the
x-ray unit now in use at the
Community hospital. A similar
unit is scheduled for the Sacred
Heart hospital this year. Public
Health association members are
expecting an increase in the gen
eral health of Jackson county
residents, since the x-ray pro
gram will not only spotlight un
known cases of tuberculosis but
will show up some 20 other dis
easesj including lung cancer. A
program to photograph all food
handlers in the county is cur
rently under way.
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