| Title |
Duncan Harrison, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Duncan Harrison, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Harrison, Duncan |
| Contributor |
Gibbs, Richard |
| Date |
1970-06 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Uravan, Montrose County, Colorado, United States; Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Harrison, Duncan--Interviews; Uranium miners--Colorado--Interviews; Vanadium industry--United States; Vanadium Corporation of America; Uranium industry--United States; Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (25 pages) of an interview by Richard Gibbs with Duncan Harrison, in July 1970. From tape number 93 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Harrison was interviewed by Richard Gibbs. Subjects: personal background, involvement with the uranium industry, Blanding and Uravan during the boom, mining, vanadium production, litigation, Lackaluker Mining Company, Hidden Splendor Mining Company, independent miners during the boom, AEC leasing program, safety of mines (25 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
21 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/s6h43zh0 |
| Topic |
Uranium miners; Uranium industry; Uranium mines and mining; Vanadium industry; Vanadium Corporation of America |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057543 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43zh0 |
| Title |
Page 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1057536 |
| OCR Text |
Show DUNCAN HARRISON #1 them coming the Atomic in two or three times . And , Energy Commiss ion, t hey inspectors that came in too. of course, had t heir RG: Now were the mines ventilated at this time? DH: Yeah, most all those mines were ventilated. RG: Were they concerned with radiation in the mines? DH: Oh yes. From the period of '47 on, that's when I went back with VCA, I went through quite a hassle over radiation and dust, what have you. We got out name splashed all over the front page of the papers. RG: Could you explain that a little more. DH: Well, it was the state board of health, I believe of Colorado. I remember one man, Dr. Jacoe, J-a-c-o-e, and we had a dust problem which we were trying to correct in the Delta, Naturita, and we had radiation problems. They accused us of being lax in our concern of the workers and so forth, which could have been true. But after all we were all right in the middle of it too. And I don't look like I'm very unhealthy, do I? RG: No, you don't. [Laugh] Do you put much stock in this radon daughter concentration theory? DH: I think they've over emphasized it. I think they've gone overboard on the effects of it. Of course, time will tell. 19 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h43zh0/1057536 |
