| Title |
Ernie Gordon, Grand Junction, Colorado, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Ernie Gordon, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Gordon, Ernie |
| Contributor |
Gibbs, Richard; Brolin, Greg |
| Date |
1970-07-08 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, United States |
| Subject |
Gordon, Ernie--Interviews; Uranium industry--United States; Uranium mines and mining--United States |
| Keywords |
Atomic Energy Commission |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Richard Gibbs and Greg Brolin with Ernie Gordon, on July 8, 1970. From tape number 96 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Gordon, a specialist in mining operations, talked with Rich Gibbs and Greg Brolin. Subjects: Vernon Pick's mine, the role of the AEC on the Colorado Plateau, early years of exploration, and reflections on his time at the AEC. In a second conversation, he covers his personal background, how large finds changed the industry, type of groundwork done by geologists, private versus AEC explorations, methods of ore sampling, the problem of disequalibrium, Mexico and South America, the importance of exploration and drilling, bribing geologists (57 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
26 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Rights Holder |
For further information please contact Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah at spcreference@lists.utah.edu or (801)581-8863 or 295 South 1500 East, 4th Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6j410jd |
| Topic |
Uranium industry; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058311 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j410jd |
