| 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 33 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058611 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFORD BUNCE #1 lot of control now, and they watch the stocks very closely, but back then-- WB: Man, you could draw up a penny stock company and start selling tomorrow. Man, they was just--it was easy to get one through. JD: Didn't the city fathers or the people that were in charge of legislature think anything of this? Just the fact that a lot of Utah citizens were losing maybe their life savings on just investments. WB: Not until this thing had been going on a while. The thing is, they were ---?---. Man, if you didn't sell it and make some money, it was your fault. As far as the city or the county are concerned, they have no way of controlling it anyway. It's controlled through the Securities Co mm i s s ion and th i s t y p e o f t h i n g • A n d f i n a 11 y o n t h e tail end of the uranium boom, they did get to the point where you couldn't form a company and get it recorded in business. And they tightened it up, I guess, quite a l0t. I know it's pretty hard to get these companies through and get them going right now. JD: About what type of life did you see in Moab during the boom? Was it a tough or a hard life, or say, crowded life? WB: Well, when the people didn't have any place to stay, it was pretty rough. I mean, they slept in their cars. 29 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058611 |
