| Title |
Arvilla Warren, Monticello, Utah, Uranium Oral History Project |
| Alternative Title |
Arvilla Warren, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Warren, Arvilla |
| Contributor |
Erick, Dorothy |
| Date |
1970-08-12 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Monticello, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Warren, Arvilla--Interviews; County officials and employees--Utah--Interviews; Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (34 pages) of an interview by Dorothy Erick with Arvilla Warren, on August 12, 1970. From tape number 137 in the Uranium Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Dorothy Erick spoke with county recorder Arvilla Warren in Monticello, Utah. Subjects: personal background, importance of Steen's strike, uranium boom and California gold rush, requirements on mining claims, recorder's book, names of claims, patenting a claim, oil discovery at Anna and Big Indian, claim taxes and San Juan county, Charlie Steen, national press on uranium boom (34 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
34 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/s6bz8d25 |
| Topic |
County officials and employees; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1055571 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz8d25 |
| Title |
Page 29 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1055560 |
| OCR Text |
Show ARVILLA WARREN #1 covering more area than any other county in the state, we have more than 1,500 miles of roads to be maintained and rebuilt and more being built into the scenic areas, such as Canyonlands, Halls Crossing, Hovenweep; many other beautiful areas. DE: Well, when you say 1,500 miles of roads does this mean that you are, they are already in and they are being maintained now? AW: No, not essentially. Most new roads being built always. 1,500 was just an early-- DE: Well, in other words you are gradually increasing the number of miles of road that is passable? AW: Yes this is true and much road has been built and improved through state roads and with federal aid. DE: You were going to mention some of the people that you recall did come into the state---?---. Once you said something about movie stars. AW: Well, of course, the movie stars didn't come personally. They were in the background; Roy Rogers, George Montgomery, such noted people as Dale Webb, many others probably tttat I have forgotten. DE: Was this mostly investment money? AW: . I'm sure it was. We had lots of money being invested by people who never did appear. We even had people come in that were sent to invest this money or to use it, didn't 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bz8d25/1055560 |
