| Title |
Leon Frazier, Provo, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Leon Frazier, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Frazier, Leon |
| Contributor |
Haddard, Mitch |
| Date |
1970-07-22 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Provo, Utah County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Frazier, Leon--Interviews; Lawyers--Utah; Uranium industry--United States; Natural resources--Law and legislation |
| Keywords |
Attorneys; Atomic Energy Commission |
| Description |
Transcript (49 pages) of an interview by Mitch Haddard with Leon Frazier, on July 22, 1970. From tape number 47 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Mitch Haddard interviewed Frazier, a Provo attorney, twice. Subjects: personal background, uranium mining, ecology concerns, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), public lands, mining law, litigation, property ownership and patents, state regulations, mining corporations, problems of small miners (49 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
9 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/s69k6j8n |
| Topic |
Lawyers; Uranium industry; Natural resources--Law and legislation |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1055189 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k6j8n |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1055128 |
| OCR Text |
Show LEON FRAZIER #1 that even the A.E.C. would be interested in testing the properties led to great speculation. You see, it was almost like putting the stamp of approval on the property, when in fact and reality, the A.E.C. was just interested in acquiring information, I'm sure. But they would use this, these people, to show that their properties were better than the rest, "We've got the A.E.C. interested in it." And then, of course, when the A. E. C. started buying up the ores and had a guarantee program, then this resulted in the development of the mill in Moab, I'm sure to process the Steen ores and the other ores in the Moab area. And of course, it had a great effect on the mining companies; Climax, Becklin (?), and many of these large companies then began getting in the milling program because they had a guaranteed market for their product, you see. And there's no question but what it had a legal effect on what was done. Many of the mills were developed and converted, other mills converted. And then you began getting the larger mining companies interested in it. You had sort of a mini-conglomerate development along back in '58, '59, '60; sort of a "shakeout" in the industry. It was no longer the legal problems of getting the money for the companies to get the drilling done. It 16 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k6j8n/1055128 |
