| 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 22 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057490 |
| OCR Text |
Show HURST PAGE 20 but at the end of this month, the federal is going to he the prime mine inspectors, I guess. I don't know what it consists of really, but there's some change at the end of this month. KB.: But up to this time, though, you had both the federal and the State doing inspecting work? EH: Yes. The federals have only been around every other year or so. But the state of Utah is not as concerned with this as the federal is, it seems like. When we mined in Monument Valley on the reservation, we had at that time federal inspectors that came around more often than they have up here in Utah. Plus, they had the state of Arizona inspecting, and they were stricter than Utah. Plus, we had the trihe. So we had three inspectors. Down there it seemed like that's all you got done was being inspecting. But the prime interest of the state now that we're on state compensation--I mean state insurance funding, that's the main interest they have in inspecting us, to make sure we're complying with a reasonable standard of mine safety if we're going to he on their insurance. DE: Now- does this insurance cover all of this, or do you have to pay something extra to have them inspect the mine? EH: No, this is all a state facilities that they have. They hire the mine inspector, which now is really not a mine inspector, which now is really not a mine inspector as much as they used to be. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62w17/1057490 |
