| Title |
Esther Somerville, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Esther Somerville, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Somerville, Esther |
| Contributor |
Guttman, Steve |
| Date |
1970-08-11 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Moab, Grand County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Somerville, Esther--Interviews; Teachers--Utah--Interviews; Education--Utah--Grand County; Moab (Utah); Uranium mines and mining--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (32 pages) of an interview by Steve Guttman with Esther Somerville, on August 11, 1970. From tape number 46 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Somerville, a Moab school teacher, was interviewd by Steve Guttman. Subjects: background, job as city recorder, claims, uranium boom and Moab, schools, post office, other counties (32 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
32 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/s61p073z |
| Topic |
Teachers; Education; Utah--Moab; Uranium mines and mining |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058200 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p073z |
| Title |
Page 14 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058179 |
| OCR Text |
Show ESTHER SOMERVILLE #1 was during the boom years. SG: What are you doing now, approximately? ES: Well, in 1970 we haven't recorded very many. I haven't totaled it up, but-- SG: It's a little over three hundred? ES: That's all. SG: Has it been running around that figure for the last couple of years, or is this low? ES: It's lots lower. In '69, we recorded 5,113; in '68 there were 6,687; and in 1 67 we had 6,000. But now it's dropped again. That was April. I think that we have had a few location notices in August, about 27, I believe. SG: So you probably won't even hit a thousand this year? ES: No, I don't think so. SG: By just looking at the volume in the recorder's office, you can pretty well tell what state the uranium business is in. ES: Yes, it's kind of a barometer for the situation. SG: I imagine during the late 1950s, it was also kind of slow? ES: Yes, it was. In 1956 we filled nine books of the mining record. I took this with me up to a convention several years ago, a convention of county officers. But I haven't prepared anything on those statistics 12 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61p073z/1058179 |
