| Title |
John Billsie, Blanding, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
John Billsie, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Billsie, John |
| Contributor |
Biel, Kathy |
| Date |
1970-08-10 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Uranium miners--Utah--Interviews; Billsie, John--Interviews; Vanadium industry--United States |
| Description |
Transcript (21 pages) of an interview by Kathy Biel with John Billsie, on August 10, 1970. From tape number 10 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
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). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
21 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/s6185djm |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Vanadium industry |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1053452 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6185djm |
| Title |
Page 10 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1053439 |
| OCR Text |
Show BILLS IE JB: At---?---, the other side of Bear's Ears. KB: Do you know the name of his mine? PAGE 9 JB: No, let me see. I got a pay period here somewhere with his company name on in. I think--I don't have--it's got this company name on it, I think. KB: But it's for Ralph Noonan? JB.: Yeah, it's from Ralph Noonan. See it's R. G. Noonan. KB: Has he shut down this mine? JB.: Yeah, it was shut down. KB: Was it played out, too? JB.: Yeah, it's been played out. KB: Was that the last mine you worked at? JB: Yeah, that's the last mine that I worked for this man. KB,: You haven't been back to mining since, huh? JR: No, anyway I haven't. You can't find any mining jobs. KB: Have you thought about going ou~ to La Sal Creek at the DeVar Shumway-from Colorado? JB: That's over in La Sal, isn't it? KB.: Uh huh. JB.: No, I never have. No, I never have gone out there. KB.: How did you like mining as a living. Did you think it was a great job? |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6185djm/1053439 |
