Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 172, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1950 Page: 13 of 16
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A MOUNTAIN OF IRON ORE—Venezuela's Cerro Bolivar which, according to pre-
liminary estimates, will insure America’s steel-economv of enough iron to last until
around the year 2000.
Bowling's Healthy
Bowling's Fun
Varsity Alley*
118 S. Locust Ph. 1067
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Mr. and Mn. Charlie Kevlar
and daugMar of Irriag ageat the
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Mr. end MH. Bud KoDy Meant
ly vlalted Mr. and Mn. WMt
Mercer in Danton.
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and daugMar at near FMeoe.
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ATTLEE WILL CARR? ON—British Prime Minister Clem*
rounded by newsmen and spectator* outside No. 10 Down
he declared that his labor Government would carry on. Ho _______
ment as he emerged from an emergency 7S*minute cabinet section, whore it wai
tided to continue in office despite the ocant and *hak> parhamentarjr majority
by the Labor Party in Thursday’s election. (AP Wirepv *;
"There’s o MATIBIAL Difference"
Plans — Isitmatea — Building Loans Arranged
Temple Lumber Company
115 S. Austin Ave. P»»«"a 170
proved that Conoco Supsr Motor Ofl—with proper crankcase Mm
and regular cere ■ can keep your Mwcsr aew/OaeoVne Bniaaie wes
as good for tto tar 5,000 mtai m far Ae Jbot JAOO Bribe... Miudk
there wee aa average dttteonoo for the Coot of only 4/100 of a arifa
per gallon! Conoco Motor Oil wee dofataty proved to to
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Miaato Downing vidled Mr. ata
Mn. ttd Brown near Denton. t
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Tteaa to now experiencing Ute nwrt j
prosperous cohdltfon in the atairi
history, a. O. McDonald. AMtom,
president of tbe Texas Wholesal-
er Grocers Association, said dur-
ing tbs 37Ux annual oanvantian at
tbs association here.
- Texas to now procssting 00 to SB
per cent of all foods produced. Me.
Donald asserted, but added that
growers are overlooking rich possi-
bilities
He said that 90 per cent of the
best canned fruit used in Texas to
being brought from California. He
said that If Texas farmers and or-
chardlsts would- grow what the
packers want, the latter would
come to Texas and create a vast
froit Industry — something the
stale does not now have.
McDonald said Texas produces
the best grapefruit and the best
spinach in the world, and he point-
ed to a packing plant at Crystal
City where canned spinach to tbe
leading product as an example of
Industry being brought into tbe
state.
A huge corn products plant at
Corpus Christi to helping convert
much cotton acreage in that area
Into grain sorghums, be said. -
He predicted food prices had
become pretty well stabilised and
said only a very small percentage
of Texas people were now being
poorly fed.
“Get Year Raaff From a Certified Reefer"
When you buy your Boot from us, you get tho bout
materfoh, baet woriuMMhta. boot price, ptae 10 poor
Buorontoo.
Denton Roofing end Metal Works
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six branctaow cars wars drive* MMIOO mlta ta 10 Wtok*. At Ita ata
of this test—equiveleat to 5 yonis’ ooata aritafo—gagbm taotori
no wear of any cwuoftoncr... ia fita. aa average of Ibbb thaa oae
one-thouaatath of aa tach oa crankshafts ata cytiodBnt A*BBriBg
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as their gueets recently Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Fslta and family of Fort
Worth ‘and Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert
Felts of Dallas.
Mr and Mrs. Ixmao Medlin and
daughter of Roanoke visited Mr.
and Mre. Gilbert Bams and fami-
ly recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Forrester
and family of Lane visited Weldon
Brown and family last week.
Marsh Footer of Argyle visited
his son and family Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Footer.
Mr. and Mre. J W. Turner spent
the weekend with Mre. Mattie
Reed, and family in Dallas.
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By BRVCE BIOMAT
NBA Staff Correspondent
PITTSBURGH —(NEA)— Christ-
mas in 1940 was a little unusual
for J. G Munson, vice president
nt U S. Steel. He spent part of
The day listening to two young
veologuite tell him why he .should
jUkv Santa Caus with 9180.000 of
||1' company’s money,
i hough hundreds of thousands
had already been paid out fruit-
lessly on the same gamble. Mun-
son told the two to gb ahead. With
a third geologist borrowed irom
a rival firm, they were the rem-
nants of a small band of men who
had been methodically scanning
the globe for a year. Their goal::
A great new source of iron. _____________
The search was almost deeper j unexplored land
ste The high-grade ores of the I venruela
They became interested in two
small mountains, and moved in for
a good look One April morning
at six they started to climb to the
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Up to 36 months to pay.
WHITLOCK
800 N. Locust - Phono 1017
Holds Rich Deposits Of Ore
Alaska, British Columbia. New-
foundland, Mediterranean and
Waat Coast Africa. Puerto Rico,
Cuba. Mexico. Central America,
Brasil and Venesuela.
Geologists took to the air to spot
likely-looking areas. Some plodd-
ed over land to study prospects
at close hand. Roads were built
and machinery hauled by crude
transport to key places. A great
deal of Iron was found, but none
In huge masses.
By Christmas of 194C Munson's |
two visitors and their borrowed 1
associate were among the tew
still eager for the hunt. Packing
Munson's hopeful Christmas gilt,
the trio headed back to Venezuela
for a last bold Uy. Carefully they
photographed 10.800 square miles j
____ . > oi unexplored land in eastern i
ste The high-grade ores of the venruela 1U3 L iBsa. vet ru xkjuvwi, a iuuv
great Mesabi Range Ln Minnesota I became interested in two *lde and ^.“1-* hal’.mlle’
ior decade* the nation's chief
source, were expected to play out
in 10 to 30 years. A big new
st like on the’ Quebec-Labrador
border would help some produc-
ers. but not Big Steel. Staring it
in the face was the propoct oi
spending billions to turn out usable
ores from the vast fields of krw-
grade. Iron-bearing taconite rock
in Minnesota. __
The world had been combed re-1 Mrs. Major Moore visited friends
peatedly for rich deposits. U 8 in Wichita Falls recently.
Steel s flies were fat with geolog- | jgrg Pauline Doosier and Haugh-
ists pessimistic reports. But early , t<T o{ DaiiM visited Mr. and Mrs.
in 1948 It decided to have ' Just , reeently
one more look around" before , Mr fcnd Mrg Bob simpson oi
plunging deeply into tocoiilte.
That last look was something
Hundreds of properties were ex ,
smined in «uch scattered spots as '
too-
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I Gainesville last weekend.
Mrs J. I. Coulter visited Mr»j i
Joseph Coulter in Denton last Mon-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Marshall
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Cole in Denton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Felps of
SOO 000 000 tons of the dwindling “
Mesa bl ore.
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claims on
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never re-
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ent w»s
in the eur-
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which said
ent is get-
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unclaimed
long is a wholesome chunk of
some 1.000 000,000 tons of ore. Otn-
er deposits within a 30-mlle ra-
dius boost the reserves by 300,-
000.000 tons. The price tag on the
find 910 billion.
Little Cerro Bolivar. 2.500 miles
America’s Middle
ports, is lucky insurance
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CASE NO. 9 — David Demarest
Lloyd, above a White House
aide since 1948. confirmed a story
in tl>e Washington Post that he
has identified himself a* "Case
No 9" in the list oi 81 persona
Senator McCarthy <R-Wls- wants
i investigated Sen McCarthy has
{ brought about a Senate in vestige-
i tion of his charge* that many
1 present or former State Depart-
ment employes were Communists
or had Communist front connec-
, tions iAP Wirepholoi
tkmiiiee. Mr. aari Mrs. MvertL H
I L. Hin and children of Dentae, Miv”3
Fart Werth.
Melvon Houk of Dellas vltao* il
JUa peronta, Mr. aa* Hre, John
Houk, recently.
Mrs Julia ta> of.UtaeJMt to
rUHing Mr sen and faotfly, Mr.
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sited Mr. ata Mre. KmI Franks
ia Denton teat week.
Wayne wukereon of Fonder ro>
oently vtoltod Mr. ata Mre. Kirk
Downing.
Mr. and MH- Buster Shockey
and family ef Argyle spent Batur>
day with Mr. ata Mra. win
Shockey.
Benjamin Jackeon of Oarrotttan
spent the weekend with Mr. ata
Mn. Lincoln Powell ata family.
Bunday with their eon and family,
Mr. and Mn. W. C. Felta spent
Mr. and Mra. Tolbert Falta in Dal*
tea.
Mr. and Mre Hurley Maoon ata
family and Mr. and Bln. Hensel
Mason ata family ef FM WtaB
visited Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Maaon
Sunday.
W T. Coggin* here recently
Mr and Mrs Martin Lee Cole
and sons and Mr and Mrs Lum-
bley Cole of Denton vtalted Mr.
and Mrs John Snellgrode last
week.
Mrs Walter Peden and Cecil ' i
McClellan of Dalhart visited Mr.
and Mre. James Amyx recently. | ‘•■'TO
Mr and Mrs. L. C. Smith of Bny-
der vtalted Cltotn Smith last week. , M
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stamps of. ■
Tulia and Mr. and Mrs Lockett. Aj
Eee of Union Hill visited Mr and .
Mrs E. L. Elrod here last week UM
Mr and Mrs Paul Patterson of
Denton visited Mr. and Mrs Ru-
i fa* Holder Sundav
Mr and Mrs Robert SUnpsoii of
Pilot Point visited Mr and Mrs.
Clint White Sunday ?
Mr and Mrs Waynon Waide of
Pilot Point Visited Mr and Mrs.
Joe Waide recently
Mr ano Mrs Hsrce Ramsey and IM
son of Sanger visited relatives |M
here Sunday.
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3.0(X>-foot summit of one of the
pair, now called Cerro Bolivar.
From 8:30 until 4:30 In the after-
noon they walked the mountain
top They were astounded. Cerro
Bolivar was almost pure Iron, in
apparently unbelievable amounts.
Quickly and quietly, all avail-
able diamond drills were rushed
from other test areas and bases.
Neary 100 holes were drilled, and
tunnels were blasted to cross check
tbe findings.
Scientists blinked as magnet-
ometers, measuring Iron content,
gave the highest readings ever re-
corded—an i
As tests went forward, It be-
came i
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greatest Iron ore deposit In his-! week,
tory. Only the Mesabi Itself is in
its class. Cerro Bolivar, a mile
Mrs. J. H. Oooper returned home
Thursday after four days visiting
her daughter in Dallas.
Mrs. Luke Hargrove of Morton
was a recent guest of Mr. and Mre.
Luther Greer and her grandmoth-
average of 65 per cent. | er- Mrs. Alice Shiflett.
_____ •••er.t for" ard. It be-: Misses Ann Smith snd Shirley
______ plain that U. S. Steel had Cooper vlilted their grandparents,
1 found the richest and perhaps the I Mr and Mrs. J. H. Cooper, last
* o-rteofsat irrsrs nrn rtmrwxslt Irs Filet- I
Mre. Charlie Smith of Fort Worth
visited Mrs. G B. Smith here last
week
Mr and Mrs. Claude Chambers
of Fort Worth and Mr. and Mrs.
R L Gilliland of Ponder visited
Mr and Mrs. Oather Yeatts 8un-
I day.
I Mr and Mrs. Jack Brisco visit-
ed Mr and Mrs. Arthur Felps in
. .. . „ ,, ! from America's Middle Atlantic
Miss Nellie Sirrunons of Dallas j jg ]Ucky insurance until
around 2000 AD for the U. S.
economy founded on steel. It im-
' measurably brightens our nation-
al security outlook, because draw-
ing on its reserves may allow
! military stcckpiUng of possibly
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