Box 2
Contains 14 Results:
John Billsie, 1970
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).
Harry Black, 1970
Kathy Biel interviewed Black, a Navajo miner, at the Black Hat mining camp. Fern Charley interpreted. Subjects: work, family, job prospects, accidents (7 pages).
Everett Blackburn, 1970
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).
Robert Blanc, 1970
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).
W. H. Bowman, 1970
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).
Norman Boyd, 1970
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).
B. A. Broughton, 1970
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).
Winfred Bunce, 1970
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).
Dale Bunker, 1970
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).
Grant Caldwell, 1970
Mitch Haddard interviewed Caldwell, a Certified Public Accountant, in Salt Lake City. Subjects: personal background, Nissly vs. Union Carbide (13 pages).
E. R. Carter, 1970
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).
Earl and Golda Chiles, 1971
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).
Edward W. Clyde, 1970
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.
Curtis Colvin, 1970
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).