URANIUM DEPOSITS IN AUSTRAUA
ADEtiAlDK, .Scplv lU Large and WcH-bquipjieil scicnlilic exl^oditiont; arc inVefiigaiing >Soutn Auslralia 's kiiown uraiiium depo.sits and secking now 0110s. Mouth " Australia contains Ihe onJy known uranium doposits in the Houtliom lloiiiisphoro. ! Kccently the fjlalo Govorumont docidod to survoy Ihe ontire minorai resources of Ihe Wtato. Il is expoctc-1 that the aurvoy will Lake ht loaat throe years. The uranium deposits becaiuo a top .secret on May 7, 1944, and witliin .six weoks ihe doposits wero iu production. The area is near Mount Paiuter, ii which a 7U-mile road was buill 111 97' days by studeuts and labourers. Under , ground mining and diamond drilliug ' bcgan on Uetober .31, 194-1. Pour months later tlie JBritish Govermnenl informed Australia that the uranium position had boen revievved, and thai Australian production woiii'd not borequired. I '
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 September 1946, Page 2
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136URANIUM DEPOSITS IN AUSTRAUA Chronicle (Levin), 10 September 1946, Page 2
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