| Title |
Windord Bunce, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series |
| Alternative Title |
Winford Bunce, Utah Uranium Oral History Project |
| Creator |
Bunce, Winfred |
| Contributor |
Guttman, Steve; Donnely, John |
| Date |
1970-07-29 |
| Date Digital |
2016-05-04 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Moab, Grand County, Utah, United States |
| Subject |
Uranium industry--United States; Bunce, Winford--Interviews; Lumber-yards--United States; County officials and employees--Utah |
| Description |
Transcript (47 pages) of an interview by Steve Guttman and John Donnely with Winford Bunce, on July 29, 1970. From tape number 29 in the Uranium History Series |
| Abstract |
Bunce, who was a county commissioner during the uranium boom, spoke with Steve Guttman and John Donnely. Subjects: jobs, problems as county commissioner, new jobs in uranium boom, bonds, current problems in Moab, future of Moab, Moab in 1930, penny stocks, lumber business, growth of Moab, accidents (47 pages). |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
47 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/s641944z |
| Topic |
County officials and employees; Uranium industry; Lumber-yards |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Finding Aid |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03439/ |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058629 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z |
| Title |
Page 25 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058603 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFORD BUNCE #1 reclamation, tourism, the whole bit. This was just created this year, and we hope for great things to happen with it. This is something that takes ti me . SG: Are there any special types of industries that you 're trying to get, or--? WB: Actually, now, we're looking for a small--well, twentyfive to a hundred or two hundred people operation. Maybe a woman's sewing indust ry, or something like this, would fit in. For big industry, you've got to have natural resources on the location. You see, you couldn't put a steel mill down here 'cause you'd have to import all your iron, all your coal, and everything else. But that's how come we got potash, because the potash is here. We've got uranium mills and stuff because the uranium was here. So, your big industry you get because your natural resources is here to develop it. You've got to look out for the small businesses that people here need. Other jobs can fill in--electronics plant, or something, you know. The freight ---?--- situation that you can haul it in and haul it out. SG: Is the isolation of Moab any pr oblem in trying to get industry into the area? The fact that-- WB: I think it is. I think it is. I really can't say for sure, anymore than what the Employment Security Office in Salt Lake has told me. The reason they haven't been down 21 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058603 |
