| Title |
Jim Anderson, Teec Nos Pos, Arizona: Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Jim Anderson, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Anderson, Jim |
| Contributor |
Biel, Kathy |
| Date |
1970-08-04 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, United States; Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States; Fort Defiance, Apache County, Arizona, United States |
| Subject |
Uranium miners--Colorado--Interviews; Anderson, Jim--Interviews; Vanadium Corporation of America; Peabody Coal Company |
| Description |
Transcript (22 pages) of an interview by Kathy Biel with Jim Anderson, on August 4, 1970. From tape number 14 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Kathy Biel interviewed this Navajo miner in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. Subjects: employment, injury in mine, future of mining, royalties, housing, children (22 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
22 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/s6fj4pv2 |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Vanadium Corporation of America; Peabody Coal Company |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054031 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fj4pv2 |
| Title |
Page 12 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054018 |
| OCR Text |
Show ANDERSON PAGE 10 of the loader, which is what they call a mucker machine. And somehow it went off the track and went down on its side, and that handle, the switch that controls that bucket, somehow it went off the track and push against the rock. That's how he broke his wrist, I think. KB: What would be the most dangerous thing about mining--working on the mine? JA: Well, rocks falling is the most dangerous. You have to check before you go into the mine and then up on top, they are sometimes loose. You never can tell. KB.: Yeah. JA: Sometimes they're loose. Sometimes on the step ladder, too, you know, sometimes they're rusty, or the step ladders in the mine--oh, they're too long and sometimes get wet and rusty. And the rocks, they're dangerous. KB.: Were there ever any White men working in the mines with you? JA: Well, no just the mine inspector who came every two weeks, a month sometimes, they check. KB.: Were you afraid of the smoke down there--for lack of ventilation? JA: No, there's no-·- KB .: No problem? JA: No smoke .. KB.: Did you ever think of trying to get a job in one of the mines on |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fj4pv2/1054018 |
