L Bar Uranium Mine plex, New Mexico
With each 0.1 percent uranium ore, for example, each ton contained 1,998 pounds of waste rock. It was determined to build a local mill to avoid steep transportation costs of the 99.9 percent waste material. However, water in the semi arid mesa was a concern. Sohio test wells found an aquifer that could supply the 720,000 gallons per day needed




































