AEC & Chenoweth Collection ➔ William Chenoweth Collection 1982
14 folders
Newspaper Clippings

Historical artifact -- Newspaper Clipping

Identifier:
1982.171.1
Description

Folder 1

#1) 16 Feb 1953 Geologist Steen rises from poverty to Riches in 6 months

#2) 16 Feb 1953 Senator McNichols discussing uranium miner’s problems with UOPA directors

#3) 23 Aug 1953 Denver Post - Uranium need of atom age spur Grand Junction Boom

#4) 16 Aug 1953  Denver Post -  Photo AEC Exhibit of ores from mines on Navajo Reservation

#5) 23 Jan 1954 Daily Sentinel - Members of the exploration sub committee

#6) 2 Feb 1954 Daily Sentinel - Top AEC Officials discuss uranium ore procurement program - Harold Worcester Obit

#7) 7 Mar 1954  Daily Sentinel - Uranium men unite in flight “Claim Jumpers”

 

Folder 2

#8) 11 Mar 1954  Times Independent - Committee to work out organization to protect prospector from claim jumper

#9) 7 Apr 1954 Daily Sentinel - Military liaison of AEC Survey the ore procurement program

#10) 26 Apr 1954 Daily Sentinel - Deputy chiefs division director names by AEC - Large ore chunks rejected at Monticello Mill

#11) 26 Apr 1954 Daily Sentinel - Chief Climax official picture

#12) 2 May 1954 Very easy to make a million ladies staking a claim

#13) 9 Mar 1955) Gunnison News - Uranium speaker gives chamber hope for Big Mill

#14) Daily Sentinel - Ore journey through mill to get price tag

 

Folder 3

#15) 29 Mar 1955 Daily Sentinel - AEC wins support from Uranium Industry on its leasing policies

#16) 30 Mar 1955 Two million spent on a ore mill expansion

#17) 30 Mar 1955 Daily Sentinel - Lt. Gov. McNichols comes out for lottery on AEC leases

#18) 30 Mar 1955 Daily Sentinel - AEC Holds out plums, waves club

#19) 31 Mar 1955 Daily Sentinel - Kay calls for competitive bids on AEC land

#20) 15 Apr 1955 Denver Post - Brig. Gen. Kenneth Fields to take AEC Post

#21) 15 Apr 1955 Daily Sentinel - Fields family-stockholders to vote on merger

 

Folder 4

#22) 6 May 1955 Daily Sentinel - Miss Atomic Energy Contest

#23) 7 May 1955 UOPA Re-elect all officers - Miss AE Candidates in Parade

#24) 7 May 1955 Karon Keeler Denver  Miss Atomic Energy

#25) 8 May 1955 Daily Sentinel - Queen and Admirers - pocket size kit invented for uranium seekers

#26) 12 May 1955 Riverton Ranger - Wimpfen Tours G Hills and station - Atomic Energy - the sizes of bombs

#27) 17 May 1955 Riverton Ranger - End prospecting on Natl. Monument - AC ask bids in Black Hills - Encampment rancher report uranium strike

#28) 26 May 1955 Community Grows in Gas Hills

 

Folder 5

#29) 23 June 1955  Daily Sentinel - Two GJ men write book to guide prospectors

#30) 23 June 1955 Times Independent - Uranium claim assessment work deadline July 1 - Officials at Moab Mill signing

#31) 26 June 1955 S.L. Tribune - Ernest E. Thurlow U ore sleuth

#32) 27 June 1955  $1000,000 film on uranium set this fall

#33) 19 Dec 1955  Multi-million dollar piles

#34) Denver Post - A ore detecting kit developed

#35) 18 Jan 1956 S.L. Tribune  Boyles Brothers drilling operation SE of Moab - Continental rattlesnake pit open cut operation

 

Folder 6

#36) 18 Jan 1956 Daily Sentinel - File on restored land

#37) 25 Jan 1956 Denver Post - Grants 3-day Uranium fete to start Friday --Save that uranium

#38) 26 Jan 1956 Daily Sentinel Rotarians visit Charles Steen & Mi Vida mine - AEC brought ore in 1955 from 478 producers

#39) 31 Jan 1956  Daily Sentinel - Last inspection tour

#40) 31 Jan 1956 Denver Post - Win AEC uranium ore -buying contract - Happy Jack mine deal called off - Pitkin firm all set for a contract

#41) 1 Feb 1956  Daily Sentinel - Safety award presented - National Lead to get AEC safety award

#42) 1 Feb 1956 Denver Post  - Grants Honors uranium Queen and Top prospector

 

Folder 7

#43) 3 Feb 1956 AT uranium miner meeting

#44) 3 Feb 1956 Denver Post - Atomic power generator grabs spotlight at Western Miners’ meet

#45) 3 Feb 1956 Daily Sentinel - Uranium men give gloomy picture

#46) 9 Feb 1956 Times Independent - They’re hauling it away to the mill --First load of ore from mine shipped

#47) 9 Feb 1956 Weekly Reflex, Kayville, Utah - Kaysville uranium buys equipment in preparation for mill opening--uranium digest writes story on Kaysville Mill

#48) 12 Feb 1956 S.L. Tribune - 8 Million uranium layout retraces Moab skyline

#49) 19 Feb 1956 Denver Post - Low-grade uranium ore being processed in South Dakota school of mines

 

Folder 8

#50) 223 Feb 1956 Denver Post - Oil uranium pace progress

#51) 23 Feb 1956 Times Independent - Ore comes out of new mine - Adopt policy of waiting on A-ore Report

#52) 27 Feb 1956 Denver Post - High Grade Titanium obtained from scrap - uranium ore awaits freight rate approval--Uranium ore hunting firm pick Jack Morrison Leader

#53) 1 Mar 1956 Times Independent - Work progresses on new Moab Mill

#54) 16 Mar 1956 Denver Post - UTACO find rich vein in Utah

#55) 27/28 Mar 1956 Daily Sentinel - National Lead will operate Monticello Mill -- Swedish scientists visit AEC

#56) San Juan Record - National Rep. Complete details--meetings on the geology of A-ore deposit announced

 

Folder 9

#57) 1 & 3 Apr 1956 Daily Sentinel - Foley metal ask AEC ok for big uranium mill -- McCormick named V.Pres of UTEX Corp--Moab uranium moves office to Grand Junction - Local Tour set

#58) 8 Apr 1956  S.L. Tribune - US lifts “secret” label on new U-ore process--Brower Dellinger National LEad names Chief Fox AEC Mill

#59) 18 Apr 1956 Western Colo Reporter - Senator O’Mahoney says construction of two mills for Riverton likely--nerve center of Plateau

#60) 26 Apr 1956 Times Independent - Monarch Mining Co, Badger ore shipment--UTACO ships 172 tons

#61) 25 Aug 1959 Albuquerque Tribune - Slaten assumes post as Deputy with AEC

#62) 13 Sep 1959 U-Institute hurls purchase

#63) 13 Sep 1959  Reception for General Patrick Hurley

#64) 30 July 1953 Montezuma Valley Journal - Tri-city Chamber of Commerce meeting at Mesa Verde

 

Folder 10

#65) Feb 1968 Booklet background information Grand Junction office U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Grand Junction, Colorado

 

Folder 11

#66) July 1969  Page 1 & 2 Booklet background information on GJ office U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

 

Folder 12

#67) Early history on uranium

 

Folder 13

#68) History and trends of the uranium plant flowsheet

 

Folder 14

#69) 28 July 1944 Union mines plan of camp North Continent mines inc, Slick Rock, Colo.  

#70) 1950  Fuel truck and AEC sign in from of cemetery


 
Content Date:
1950 – 1970
Rights:
copyright not evaluated
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Creation of this resource was supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.

William Chenoweth’s geologic career began in 1953, when he received hi...