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Box 2

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Contains 14 Results:

John Billsie, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Navajo miner John Billsie spoke with Kathy Biel at his home north of Blanding, Utah. Subjects: mining jobs, teaching graphic arts, jobs on the reservation, being a landowner (21 pages).

Dates: 1970

Harry Black, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Kathy Biel interviewed Black, a Navajo miner, at the Black Hat mining camp. Fern Charley interpreted. Subjects: work, family, job prospects, accidents (7 pages).

Dates: 1970

Everett Blackburn, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Blackburn was interviewed by Harry Henslick in Placerville, Colorado. Subjects: how he became interested in mining, experiences on the reservation, job at VCA, his accident, civil suit against FCA and Union Carbide, Monument mine, future of the vanadium industry, DeVar Shumway (29 pages).

Dates: 1970

Robert Blanc, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Blanc, the minerals exploration manager for Getty Oil, spoke with Linda West in Costa Mesa, California. Subjects: uranium exploration, AEC, Chama basin, uranium in Canada, uranium boom. (25 pages).

Dates: 1970

W. H. Bowman, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Bowman, a police officer in Moab was interviewed by Steve Guttman. Subjects: personal background, police force, drug abuse, alcoholism, people of Moab, sheriff (10 pages).

Dates: 1970

Norman Boyd, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Steve Guttman and John Donnely interviewed Boyd in Moab, Utah. Subjects: personal background, Moab, uranium boom, Charley Stein, moving to Moab, barbershop, mayor, problems while in office, sewer plant, miners, Moab as a retirement spot (48 pages).

Dates: 1970

B. A. Broughton, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Broughton, a Moab eye doctor, talked with Steve Guttman. Subjects: moving to Moab, optical practice, problems of Moab, tourism, schools, stocks, Indians, Glaucoma, Mexican-Americans, health care (21 pages).

Dates: 1970

Winfred Bunce, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Bunce, who was a county commissioner during the uranium boom, spoke with Steve Guttman and John Donnely. Subjects: jobs, problems as county commissioner, new jobs in uranium boom, bonds, current problems in Moab, future of Moab, Moab in 1930, penny stocks, lumber business, growth of Moab, accidents (47 pages).

Dates: 1970

Dale Bunker, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Harry Henslick interviewed Bunker in Colorado. Subjects: personal background, job availability in the 1930s, mine leases, employing Navajo miners, prospecting, safety standards, Union Carbide, water leaching process. (30 pages).

Dates: 1970

Grant Caldwell, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Mitch Haddard interviewed Caldwell, a Certified Public Accountant, in Salt Lake City. Subjects: personal background, Nissly vs. Union Carbide (13 pages).

Dates: 1970

E. R. Carter, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Carter, Moab postmaster, spoke with Steve Guttman. Subjects: uranium boom, new mail routes, service during the boom, problems with post office, tourism, effect of large companies on postal service (23 pages).

Dates: 1970

Earl and Golda Chiles, 1971

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

John McFarlane interviewed the Chiles family in Paradox, Colorado. Subjects: early claims and mines, arrowhead hunting, murder and the FBI, striking it rich, promotional schemes, entertainment, large companies and independent miners, Potash and Borax, tailings, expenses connected with drilling and mining (52 pages).

Dates: 1971

Edward W. Clyde, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Clyde, an attorney, was interviewed by Mitch Haddard. Subjects: personal background, dealings with uranium industry, problems with obtaining a mining claim, incidence of litigation, staking claims on school sections, conservation and ecology, problems in mining law, land and mining laws, minerals, human resources of the U.S.

Dates: 1970

Curtis Colvin, 1970

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Colvin, a chemist, was interviewed by Gary Shumway in Provo, Utah. Subjects: personal background, experiences at Hanford atomic plant. solvent extraction process, people at Hanford, changes in companies, experiences with the federal government, breeder reactors (35 pages).

Dates: 1970