Chester A. Wright, Los Angeles, California, Utah Uranium Oral History Project

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Title Chester A. Wright, Los Angeles, California, Utah Uranium Oral History Project
Alternative Title Chester A. Wright, Utah Uranium Oral History Project
Creator Wright, Chester A.
Contributor Ray, Patricia
Date 1970-07-11
Date Digital 2016-05-04
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Subject Wright, Chester A.--Interviews; Uranium miners--Utah--Interviews
Description Transcript (43 pages) of an interview by Patricia Ray with Chester Wright, on July 11, 1970. From tape number UR-174 in the Utah Uranium Oral History Project
Abstract Wright, whose family have been involved in mining for years, spoke with Patricia Ray in Los Angeles, California. Subjects: Uranium, Vanadium, and Carnotite mining, organization of independent miners, Navajo reservation, Babel detectors, Charlie Steen and Howard Balsely, grubstaking, changes in mining over the years, ore percentages, important people in the industry, early hardships (43 pages).
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Extent 43 pages
Language eng
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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/s6v14bvg
Topic Uranium miners
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/
Setname uum_uoh
ID 1054251
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v14bvg