Uranium-Mining Practices and Costs at Ten Salt Wash Lease Operations of Union Carbide Nuclear Co. Page: 11
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TABLE 3. - Average prices for supplies and equipment,
1955-57, Uravan-Naturita area (Con.)
Average cost
Item 1955 1956 1957
Drill steel, 7/8-in. hexagonal:
Integral with tungsten carbide chisel bit:
4-ft. length ................................each 16.10 17.75 19.50
5-ft. 3-in. length........................... do. 16.45 18.10 19.90
6-ft. length................................. do. 17.25 18.95 20.85
Carbon alloy, threaded or tapered bit end:
4-ft. length................................. do. 3.95 4.30 4.75
5-ft. length................................. do. 6.55 7.20 7.90
6-ft. length................................. do. 7.25 7.95 8.75
Drill bits, 1-use-types, 4-wing:
Type A, 1-7/16- to 2-inch, tapered socket:
Single bit................................... do. .20 .20 .245
Single bit in keg lot (300)................ do. .19 .19 .23
Type B, 1-7/16- to 2-inch, tapered socket:
Single bit.................................. do. .20 .20 .23
Single bit in keg lot (300).................. do. .19 .19 .22
Type C, 1-3/4-in., tapered socket:
Single bit.................................... do. .49 .49 .55
Single bit in keg lot (300).................. do. .49 .49 .54
Type D, I-3/4-in., insert-type, threaded:
Single bit................................... do. - - 4.80
Wire rope, preferred-plow, hemp-center, 6 by 19:
3/8-in.................................... per foot .157 .166 .18
1/2-in.................................... do. .187 .198 .21
Dynamite, 40- and 45-percent semigelatin:
In 20-box lot (1/2 ton)............. per 50-lb. box 9.75 10.50 11.25
Safety fuse, free-core: 3,000-ft. reel...........each 35.00 35.00 36.00
Blasting caps, No. 6: 10-box lot (1,000).,,,,,,, do. 19.85 21.65 23.95
TEN LEASE OPERATIONS OF UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
Club Mines
The Club mines are a group of old mines on the northeast end of Club
Mesa, mainly in sec. 33, T. 48 N., R. 17 W., Uravan mining district, Montrose
County, Colo. The town of Uravan is about 1 mile northeast of the mines. Ore
bodies of the Club group comprise one of the largest uranium-vanadium deposits
ever found in the Salt Wash member of the Morrison formation.
The Club mines consist of mine workings that underlie Yellow Jacket,
Rambler, J. M., Beta, Beta Wonder, R. A. M., Joe Junior, Mill No. 1, Surprise,
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Dare, W. L. Uranium-Mining Practices and Costs at Ten Salt Wash Lease Operations of Union Carbide Nuclear Co., report, 1959; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc170712/m1/17/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.