| 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 28 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057496 |
| OCR Text |
Show HURST PAGE 26 for the same price that the mine supply agent was getting them for, so everybody just bypassed the one man. Consequently, it's more or less kept the supplier out. All that mining isn't contributing too much right now. DE: Well, now I think Kathy has some questions to ask you about mining, the use of labor, and especially the Navajo. Perhaps she'll want to ask you something about accidents or if you've had any in the mines. Kathy? KB: You do employ Navajo miners, don't you, in your mine? EH: We did when we was on the reservation, but we haven't had any since we've been in Utah. Mostly we're employing Zuni because we supply board and room. Most of the Navajos will want their families with them, and we can't afford to supply the board and room for them. So that's one of the reasons we're not using them at the present. KB.: Why do you supply board and room? Is this the general practice? EH: Well, when you camp out, why, you've got to make it so that somebody's willing to go out and work for you. We supply transportation for the men, and we supply living quarters and the board because you--it's just as easy to cook for one as--I mean, it's just as easy to cook for all of us as it is for one, and so you-- KB: Don't most of the other mining operations follow the same policy? EH: Well, the ones that are from Blanding, that I know of from here do. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z62w17/1057496 |
