| Title |
A. DeVar Shumway, Orchard Mesa, Colorado, Utah Uranium Oral History Project, Interview 1 |
| Alternative Title |
A. DeVar Shumway, Interview 1, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Shumway, A. D. |
| Contributor |
Engle, Clare |
| Date |
1970-07-22 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Shumway, A. D.--Interviews; Uranium miners--Utah--Interviews; Uranium mines and mining--Utah; Uranium industry--United States |
| Keywords |
Union Carbide |
| Description |
Transcript (74 pages) of an interview by Clare Engle with A. DeVar Shumway, on July 22, 1970. From tape number UR-183 in the Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Shumway, a mine owner and prospector, was interviewed by Clare Engle in Orchard Mesa, Colorado, and Kathy Biel in Blanding, Utah. Subjects: early mining days, government agencies, horses in the mines, World War II and the atomic bomb, competing with Union Carbide, Red Canyon, innacurate assays and other dishonest practices, boom years, "black box" incident, future of the Colorado Pleateau, clean-up contractors, Navajos as miners, Navajos and Whites working together, dependability of Navajos, superstitions, future of mining on the reservation (Interview 1 of 2, 74 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
74 pages, 32 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/s65b28gv |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Uranium mines and mining; Uranium industry |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1054763 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65b28gv |
