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<br />001725 <br /> <br />control benefits. ]urther investigation of these important elements <br /> <br />must be continued and the results carefully considered in order that <br /> <br />maxi:nwn benefits may be obtained from the project plan. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Mines has probed the mineral resources of the area <br /> <br />to discover how these resources micht best oe mined, processed, and <br /> <br />utilized to s)ipport an increased metallurgical and industrial economy <br /> <br />that might become a reality through project development. <br /> <br />The Bureau of Land Management, through the Grazing Service e.nd the <br /> <br />General Land Office, haa conducted cadastral surveys,land classification, <br /> <br />and mining investigations, in addition to is"uing leases and patents and <br /> <br />invalidating improper minerp~ claime on all Fe~erally-owned landB subject <br /> <br />to such claims, including national forest and reclamation wi thdrawl.l.l:lI. <br /> <br />Tha.t agency has also administered the surface of the lande under its <br /> <br />jurisdiction principally for grazing and has handled the disposition <br /> <br />of those lands. Over 1,000,000 acres of Federal, State, county, and <br /> <br />privately-owned lands are in grazing districte in the project area, and <br /> <br /> <br />much of the economy of the Easter1Slope is closely integrated with that <br /> <br /> <br />land. Continuation of this important >Iork is strongly urged. <br /> <br />Ths Public Health Service made a preliminary sanitary survey of the <br /> <br />Upper Arkansae River Basin in 1948 to evaluate the public health problems <br /> <br />that would be encountered in connection with the initial de~elopment of <br /> <br />the Gunnison-A~kansas Project. A report >Iae issued by that agency <br /> <br />summarizing existing conditions as related to public health in the <br /> <br />Arkansas Basin, Colorado. <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />The ATkansas Velley area, although one of the moet prolific agri- <br />65 <br />