| 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 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058610 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFORD BUNCE 111 three of them, you know. Something like this. That was about it. JD: Did it ever pan out? WB: No, never turned a nickel on it. SG: Did you get involved at all in any of the penny stocks that became available? WB: Some, yes. I got out of the stock business with a whole hide. I don't think I made any money on it, and I don't think I lost much, but I finally got out with a whole hide. JD: Did you get out when they were pretty much still high or on the way down, or--? WB: Well, I kept going until I though I had wiped everything out. And finally, it went into another company. A kind called me up everyday and said, "You still got--you want to sell it?" And I said, "Yeah." "Here you are." I said, "How much?" And he said, "Well, I can get your money back." And I said, "Take it." JD: A lot of them were just worth paper in your wallet, weren't they? The certificates? WB: It turned out that way. JD: Let's move up the date a bit, and we'll go back later on to the fifties and the uranium bureau. What kind of control did the cities and the states have over these promoters that came into the area? Of course, they have a 28 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058610 |
