| 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 46 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_uoh |
| ID |
1058624 |
| OCR Text |
Show WINFOHD BUNCE #1 don't know who they are, and nobody knows who they are. You can't even get a credit line on them or anything. So , no, it made it a lot worse because before that time, everybody was here. They was not going anywhere. They owned a home, they were all tied up here, and they couldn't go anywhere. So if you didn't get your money this year, you might get it next. JD: How about when the A.E.C. finally started building roads in the area and started increasing the different places that people could go to for drilling and mining? What happened to the county after the A.E.C. pulled out? Did the county try to maintain most of these roads or what happened? WB : 0 h , o h , t h e y wa s a 11 ma i n t a in e ct • Th e r o a ct s t he A• E . C. built in cooperation with us at the time were still good, permanent--built up better roads than they were then because they were built where the county wanted the roads. JD: You think there was quite a big of agreement, close work, close ties between the county and the state and federal governments so that this would come about? Do you think there was a good degree of workability between these different organizations? WB: Oh, I think there was. I know we worked real close with A. E. C. The state, they don't get into this kind of road 42 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s641944z/1058624 |
