| 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 17 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1053446 |
| OCR Text |
Show B.ILLSIE PAGE 16 KB: Do you think any of them will go back to the reservation? JB: Yeah, some of them, yes. They'll---?--- finding jobs by learning some---?--- and finding a job.. If they don't find it, they'll just have to wait. That's how they work. KB: But you'd still prefer mining to teaching the graphic arts? JR: Yes. · KB: That's a lot harder work, isn't it? This might be the easier job. JB.: The graphic art, they're just sitting in that room and---?--- KB-: Oh, I see, my ink is in shape-- JB~ I've done a lot of hard works. KB.: It sounds like it. Starting when you were very young. JB.: When I got this job, then I just sat around. KB,: You' re not used to it! JB.: I'm not used to it. I ---?--- work somewhere. KK: Well, that's unusual to find a man that would rather have hard work than an easy soft job. What ahout--about your sons here? What would you like for them to do when they grow up? JB.: Well, they can take my place, I guess. KK: In mining, or the graphic arts? JB.: Get on my shoes and go out, I guess. KB: Do you think there'll b.e a job in mining for them? JK: There might be. You never know what's going to be coming up. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6185djm/1053446 |
