| Title |
Grant L. Shumway, Blanding, Utah, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Alternative Title |
Grant L. Shumway, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Shumway, Grant L. |
| Contributor |
Erick, Dorothy |
| Date |
1970-07-21 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Shumway, Grant L.--Interviews; Uranium miners--Utah--Interviews; Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (57 pages) of an interview by Dorothy Erick with Grant L. Shumway, on July 21, 1970. From tape number UR-143 in the Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Dorothy Erick interviewed Shumway, a geologist, in Blanding, Utah. Subjects: Elk Ridge mine, the bust, nuclear power plants, pollution, international market, large corporations and small miners, health and safety, future of nuclear power, geology and prospecting, geiger counter, airplanes, Navajo regulations (57 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
57 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/s6km1jv6 |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1053562 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km1jv6 |
| Title |
Page 49 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1053551 |
| OCR Text |
Show GRANT SHUMWAY #1 ore out of it and it turned out real good. To begin with, I leased some properties from a person and talked the fellow into drilling it for me, and while drilling it why he found indications of ore. Back in those days if you had even a smell of ore you could sell it, you know, back in the boom days, so as a result one of the first prospects that I went on down here I sold to a guy for $3 o, 000 and bought me a drill rig and went into the business. I got numerous drilling contracts and I got geology consulting work that I was able to do, and keep abreast of things. I invested in things, and so after the drill rig came then the mine came and then after one mine, another mine and so on till it-- DE: You actually went in and did some of the mining yourself, though? GS: Well, to begin with yeah, yeah. I learned how to run a jackhammer and drive the ore cars, and run the drill rigs and so on. Yeah, I know how to do all of it. DE: Was it rather a problem to find miners though or good men to work for you? GS: Yeah, of course that's always a problem you know, because we live in such an isolated area and this first mine that I mentioned, for instance, is forty- 47 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km1jv6/1053551 |
