| Title |
Cecil Thompson, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Cecil Thompson, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Thompson, Cecil, 1899-1983 |
| Contributor |
Guttman, Steve; Donnely, John |
| Date |
1971-07-29 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Moab, Grand County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Thompson, Cecil, 1899-1983--Interviews; Truck industry--United States; Teamsters--Utah--Interviews; Uranium mines and mining--Utah; Moab (Utah) |
| Description |
Transcript (46 pages) of an interview by Steve Guttman and John Donnely with Cecil Thompson, on July 29, 1971. From tape number 43 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Steve Guttman and John Donnely spoke with Cecil Thompson (b. 1899), a native of Moab and member of the Utah State Land Board. Subjects: trucking business, uranium boom, water supply, miners, alcoholism, grubstaking, uranium stocks, Frontier Airlines, tourism, dams, state lands, potash plants, uranium mines, politics, El Paso Gas line (46 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
46 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/s64f3xph |
| Topic |
Teamsters; Truck industry; Uranium mines and mining; Utah--Moab |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054612 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3xph |
| Title |
Page 42 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054605 |
| OCR Text |
Show CECIL THOMPSON #1 bit southeast, and you can see it. JD: Did they have to state what kind of payroll they were going to have, or how many people they' re going to employ? CT: No. No. They--well, I'd say in the case of, say, ---?--- now, as an example. There's a lot of things that are known before they get to the point of plan sight. They've already drilled and they've already determined the values of the deposit, the grades, and gone through a pilot plant stage to see how the process is going to work and all those things. And then all at once they say, "Well, we've got an operation here, but we need a plant site." So it's already determine at that time that they're going to employ maybe a hundred men or five hundred men, so it's not a guessing game. It's a sure thing at that point. SG: Do you think there is much politics involved in the board itself, or do you think it's pretty much a stable organization? CT: No, I've been on a lot of boards, and I think this is about the freest board for me. I don't even know who's a Republican or a Democrat on the board. They don't pay any attention to politics. It's one of the few boards that I've been on that--I don't think that 40 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64f3xph/1054605 |
