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Now expanded to include the story of nuclear testing and its consequences, Uranium Frenzy has become the classic account of the uranium rush that gripped the Colorado Plateau region in the 1950s. Instigated by the U.S. government's need for uranium to fuel its growing atomic weapons program, stimulated by Charlie Steen's lucrative Mi Vida strike in 1952, manned by rookie prospectors from all walks of life, and driven to a fever pitch by penny stock promotions, the boom created a colourful era in the Four Corners region and Salt Lake City (where the stock frenzy was centred) but ultimately went bust. The thrill of those exciting times and the good fortune of some of the miners were countered by the darker aspects of uranium and its uses. Miners were not well informed regarding the dangers of radioactive decay products. Neither the government nor anyone else expended much effort educating them or protecting their health and safety. The effects of exposure to radiation in poorly ventilated mines appeared over time.

Table of Contents:
; 1; The Siren Call 2; The European Experience 3; The Dawn's Early Light 4; Deadly Daughters 5; Bonanza At Big Indian 6; Uranium Frenzy 7; Dirty Harry 8; The Burden of Proof 9; The Future ofAmerica 10 The Colossus of Cash 11 Success and Subpoenas 12 The Bubble Bursts 13 Leetso-The MonsterThat Kills 14 The American Experience 15 Senator Steen 16 A Widow Fights Back 17 Full Circle 18 A Standard Is Set 19 Compassionate Compensation 20 Aftermath;

About the Author :

Raye C. Ringholz is also the author of Paradise Paved: The Challenge of Growth in the New West; On Belay: The Life of Legenday Mountaineer Paul Petzoldt; Little Town Blues: Voices from the Changing West; and other books. Her articles have appeared in such periodicals as Field and Stream, Westways, and Utah Holiday. She lives in Park City, Utah.



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"In a perceptive and touching narrative, Ringholz (The Wilderness Handbook) recalls that the Federal government in the early 1950s subsidized uranium mining for the coming atomic age. . . . Ringholz intrigues the reader with an expert blending of science, adventure, industry mania, finance, human triumph and despairand shameful official neglect."
--Library Journal

"The frenzied search for a reliable domestic source of uranium ore needed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s is the subject of Ringholz's breezy narrative, which is populated with colorful characters. When Charlie Steen, a young, penniless geologist, struck it rich with a large find of high-grade uranium ore, the treasure hunt was off in the Colorado deserts. The fortune-seekers included solid prospectors, engineers, and financiers, but also get-rich-quick con artists and promoters of dubious penny uranium stocks. Some became overnight millionaires; many went broke. The real losers were the miners suffering from lung cancer from the deadly radon gas in the mines. This is good popular reading for general collections in public libraries."
--Harry Frumerman


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780874214321
  • Publisher: Utah State University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Utah State University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 535 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0874214327
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Saga of the Nuclear West
  • Width: 152 mm


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