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Medford United Press Full Leased Wire V -xr ' Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1955 Pages 1-6 Plain Utah Citizen Has Look of Misery After Turning Dirt Piles Into Fortune New York Xl.R) Jack Turner, a mudfence-plain, leather-tough citizen from Utah who grew up among cattle, sheep, cactus, and acres of throwaway dirt containing a worthless mineral called urani um, is in town with a look of misery on his face. He is struggling under a mon estrous burden: 21-million dol lars. And it's growing bigger all the time. Being a multi-millionaire can weigh down a fel low like . . . well a yoke of solid gold. Turner came out of the Army broke at the end of Worl War II. Before the war he had made a so-so living mining venadium around his native Moab, Utah. When he was drafted, he sold his four mines. One of them, in Wild Steer canyon, which he sold for $500, has since made five mil lion dollars. Scrap Piles Pay Off He was working at a $4,000-a-year job in California when, in 1948, he read that big money was beginning to be paid for the uranium-laden ore that he used to throw away in big scrap piles. He hurried back to Moab, traded his antiquated Chewy for a truck, and began hauling, ore from dumps that he knew about. Turner, at 37, is a wiry sort with blue eyes, hornrim glasses, a receding hairline, and the slightly lined face of an outdoor man. He has a tendency to talk like Herb Shriner, the Hoosier entertainer. "I went, out as soon as I got back," he said, "to one mine I'd. had well, it was right out side town, was there where it was and shoveled up dirt I had thrown away before, and I got paid for it. That was the initial start. Twisted Knobs on Oil Job "In California, working for an oil company, I set on my hind end and twisted knobs. It was a dewaxing plant, was what it was. My first year in the urani um business, 1948, 1 doubled the S4.000 I'd made the year before. In 1949, I doubled my intake of 1948 and I just kept on doub ling. My wife, Aggie, used to drive a truck and come out and do the cooking for us when I was getting started." In 1952, Turner discovered one of the most valuable ore bodies in the whole uranium rich region. Now he owns some 1,000 claims, 15 to 20 operating mines, and as many more non operating mines. How does it feel to make a quick switch from low income to millions? "The only difference it's made for me is work harder, that's all. It's a terrible lot different from working with a pick in a mine- It just seems to keep a guy busy every minute, that's all conferences, mergers, law yers, paperwork. I'd like to be able to spend some time with my family. Fun Must Wait "I want to do things I'd ex pected to do if I'd ahad that much money. Make a few trips. Why, I been planning a fishing trip to Vancouver for 18 months now. Aggie is waiting for me right now, to come get her and make that trip. And she's Tun ing out of patience." 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