electrified cables between the towers will also carry instruments to record temperatures and wind differences between them.
The meteorology group at the Laboratory will afford facilities for study and research by scientists of the permanent staff and by others who come on leave from their regular jobs elsewhere. The Weather Bureau, in addition to research, will be orienting and training U. S. Weather Bureau personnel, who will be assigned to similar work elsewhere.
Public Lands in
Colorado and Utah Reserved for Uranium Drilling.--The U. S. Department of the Interior has advised the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission that in accordance with a request from the Commission it has approved an order (Public Land Order 494) withdrawing from entry and reserving for use of the AEC approximately 115 square miles of public land in Southwestern Colorado and Southeastern Utah.
The U. S. Department of Interior, at the request of the AEC, recently approved an order (Public Land Order 459) withdrawing from entry certain lands in San Miguel and Montrose counties in Colorado. The present order (Public Land Order 494) covers certain portions of lands located in Grand County, Utah, lying in Township 24S-R25E., T24S-R26E., T25S-R25E., T25S-R26E., and certain portions of lands located in Mesa County, Colorado, lying in T49N-R17W., T49N-R18W., T50N-R17W., T50N-R18W., T50N-R19W,, T50N-R20W., T51N-R18W., T51N-R19W., T51N-R20W., T15S-R104W. ; also included in the order are portions of lands in San Miguel County, Colorado, lying in T43N-R18W., T43N-R19W., T43N-R20W., T44N-R18W., T44N-R19W.
During this summer the Commission, with the cooperation of the U. S. Geological Survey, intends to make a comprehensive study of these areas and to test by diamond drilling for uranium bearing ores. Lands found to contain no uranium will be released from the withdrawal orders and will again be open for entry. It is expected that in furtherance of AEC policy the lands found to contain uranium will become available for development and mining by private interests under arrangement with the Government. No further withdrawals are contemplated at this time until the lands now withdrawn have been thoroughly examined and arrangements have been made for their development or relinquishment.