Grant L. Shumway, Blanding, Utah, Utah Uranium Oral History Project

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THE FOLLOWING IS AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY DOROTY ERICK WITH GRANT L. SHUMWAY ON TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1970 AT 9:15 P.M. IN THE SHUMWAY LIVING ROOM, BLANDING, UTAH. THIS IS A TAPE FOR THE URANIUM INDUSTRY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, CO-SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE AT FULLERTON AND THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. [TAPE #1.] DE: Well, we' re sitting here this lovely evening and I would like to have you tell us who you are and some personal data from here. GS: Well, my name is Grant Shumway. I'm a geologist. I live in Blanding, Utah where I've resided for the last fifteen years. I graduated from the University of Utah in 1950 with a BS degree in geology. After serving two years in the Armed Services I moved me and my family to Moab and began an engineering business consul ting, surveying, generally speaking, in part of the uranium boom in 1950, in the middle '50s. In 1957 I moved from Moab to Blanding. At this time I began (with a partner) exploring for uranium ores in the Blanding area. Principally, I've been involved with exploration for uranium and copper type ores as they were located in the Elk Ridge Mining District and the White and Red Canyon mining districts and somewhat in Monument Valley. I've been involved in the search for uranium minerals as far south as Chinle, Arizona, but basically my most effort that I've put forth has been in the Elk Ridge areas where in 1957 through our drilling and exploration efforts we located a sizable uranium ore