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Box 6

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Elbert E. Lewis, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Richard Gibbs spoke with Lewis at the offices of E.E. Lewis, Inc., a subsidiary of Beaver Mesa Uranium. Subjects: personal background, uranium mining, Moab during the boom, health concerns, tailings, ore sampling (32 pages).

Dates: 1970

Dan Kazzie, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Kathy Biel and Harry Henslick interviewed this Navajo miner and ore hauler at his home in Cane Valley, Utah. Subjects: working for the V.C.A. mines, accidents (9 pages).

Dates: 1970

Ned Kazzie, 1970

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

Kathy Biel and Harry Henslick interviewed Kazzie, a Navajo miner and ore hauler. Fern Charley translated. Subjects: personal background, the accident that left him paralysed, mining accidents, working conditions, children (6 pages).

Dates: 1970

Thomas E. Keele, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Suzanne Simon spoke with Keele at his home in Blanding, Utah. Subjects: personal background, the Depression, CC camp, Uravan, Madame Curie mine, mining processes, Manhattan Project, metals reserve, Monument Two mine, trucking for VCA, AEC bonus, South Elk Ridge Uranium Company, Happy Jack mine, Myron Free's store in White Canyon, boom period, cost of drilling, early prospecting, Charlie Steen (45 pages).

Dates: 1970

M. H. Kerr, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Kerr, director of the Utah State Tax Commission, talked with Mitch Haddard in Salt Lake City. Subjects: assessment of taxes, tax laws, small mining companies, problems with tax assessment (24 pages).

Dates: 1970

Jack Kissinger, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Kissinger, a machinist for Union Carbide, spoke with Clare Engel in Uravan, Colorado. Subjects: the union at Union Carbide, Navajos, workers at Uravan, fraternal organizations, union benefits, grievance committee (15 pages).

Dates: 1970

Nathan B. Knight, Jr., 1970

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

Knight, a native of Moab, was interviewed by Suzanne Simon. Subjects: prospecting for uranium, Kunkle-Dunsen Vanadium Mining Company, mining equipment, building roads, tractor accident, 1950s best years for miners, benefits of the AEC program, mining camps, flying (30 pages).

Dates: 1970

S. L. Lake, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Lake, an engineer at Union Carbide, spoke with Richard Gibb in Golden, Colorado. Subjects: personal background, ore sampling, Union Carbide, uranium tailings, metallurgy in Grand Junction, miners, the AEC (21 pages).

Dates: 1970

Walter Langenbaugh, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Langenbaugh spoke with Suzanne Simon in Cortez, Colorado. Subjects: family and pioneer background, homesteading, school and church, ranching, sawmill jobs (19 pages).

Dates: 1970

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Larrison, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Larrison, a chemist for Union Carbide, and his wife, a nurse, spoke with Clare Engle in Uravan, Colorado. Subjects: personal background, Uranium and Vanadium, medical situation in Uravan, school, church, village missions, volunteer work, facilities, housing, recreation, town spirit (35 pages).

Dates: 1970

John C. LeBret, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

LeBret was interviewed at the office of the Midnite Mines in Spokane, Washington, by Nancy Hunsaker. Subjects: personal background, discovery and milling of the Midnight Mine, locations of deposits in the area, leasing, descriptions of ore, legal problems, effect of uranium on the stock market, other mineral mining in the area (17 pages).

Dates: 1970

James B. Lee, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Lee was interviewed by Mitch Haddard. Subjects: legal cases involving uranium, patenting, mining methods and laws, violence over claims, conflicting claims, conservation and ecology, safety requirements, patenting, revitalizing old claims, mining laws (38 pages).

Dates: 1970

Lynn Lee, 1970

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Lee, the director of Indian Education and Rehabilitation for San Juan school district, was interviewed by Kathy Biel. Subjects: Indian education, the Headstart Program, bilingual education, attitudes toward school, adult education, the BIA and public schools, Indian college students (42 pages).

Dates: 1970