Windord Bunce, Moab, Utah, Uranium History Series

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WINFORD BUNCE 111 WB: Well, I knew all of them actually. The fact is, more or less I acted as the contractor. And I had these carpenters, maybe two or three carpenters together, and everybody that wanted to build a house, or repair a house, or put down a new floor or a new roof, or whatever they wanted, they called me. So I'd gather up one of these sets of builders and we'd go take the job. I'd figure the material, and they'd figure the labor. So then I'd get paid, and then I'd give them theirs. JD: Did you ever have people come in with maybe even samples of uranium and turn it on to the geiger counters just to test it and see what it was like? WB: Oh, yeah. They used to do this every day. Somebody'd come in if they found something, well, is this good or is it bad, and uranium is something you can't eyeball and tell how good it is. So they'd find it, and if they didn't have enough money to buy a counter, why, they'd come by and test their ore. SG: Well, did any of it really hit any high grade stuff and let out a whoop or something when they hit it? WB: Oh yeah. I seen five hundred pounds that went 97 percent. JD: It was 97 percent? WB: Uh huh. JD: Did you take a portion of this just f0r your service? WB: No. He was working on a bonus deal or something like 38