| Title |
Elmer Hurst, Blanding, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Elmer Hurst, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Hurst, Elmer |
| Contributor |
Biel, Kathy |
| Date |
1970-07-28 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Hurst, Elmer--Interviews; Uranium miners--Utah--Interviews; Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (42 pages) of an interview by Kathy Biel with Elmer Hurst, on July 28, 1970. From tape number 12 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Hurst was interviewed by Kathy Biel and Dorothy Erick in Blanding, Utah. Subjects: personal background, mining experience, contracting business, radon levels, Navajo employees and problems, tribal council, superstitions, wages, Navajo leadership, uranium royalties (42 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
18 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/s6z62w17 |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057513 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62w17 |
| Title |
Page 18 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057486 |
| OCR Text |
Show HURST PAGE 16 Jack mine. And so they took the allocation the Happy Jack had, which was a large allocation, and moved it to their mines in Lisbon Valley to increase their allocated ore where they had the ore. So at the present time, the Happy Jack is an unallocated ore. Has to be. They buy it under the price of the open market, and their contract with us is designed around the open market prices--at what they can afford to mill unallocated ore. KB.: So by individuals taking over and getting this, they' re able to continue it even though the price on the open market is low. Is that right? EH: Yes, it affects the price, or haul. We have to pay the haul to the mill, and the haul is a hundred and sixty-six miles one way. And then on our price schedule, the way it's fixed, it's not as good as it would be if it was allocated ore. KB: You were going to tell us about some of the problems that you do have now beside this, having to pay the freightage yourselves. Something about the increase costs of materials, and so on. EH: Well, of course, materials have gone up on most everything. Explosives is. probably cheaper through the Near-Explosive System, a new explosive that they have on the market now. That's been the only thing that's helped the miners as far as price that I can think of. But with everything going up, and them dropping |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62w17/1057486 |
