Folder 1

#85) Uranium Drilling

#86) Uranium Drilling

#87) Closeup of Drilling Rig

Folder 2

#88) Worcester Operation on Atkinson Mesa in the Uravan Mineral Belt

#89) Vertical shaft operation with wooden headframe at Uranium Mine on Colorado Plateau

#90) Charles Canfield mining in Slick Rock District  +1 copy

#91) Dump truck with ore load

#92) Dump truck coming up gravel road

#93) Back of truck with ore load

Folder 3

#94) Dump truck

#95) Prospecting for uranium in an old vanadium mine

#96) Johnson and Youran Drilling Co., Naturita, CO Drilling rig

#97) Dry hole test drilling Slick Rock

#98) AEC Compound with trailer houses

#99) AEC Compound First Aid Station

Folder 4

#100) Grand Junction Compound parking lot prior to black topping (18 June 1957)

#101) Grd. Jct. Compound parking lot prior to black topping (18 June 1957)

#102) Grd. Jct. compound parking lot prior to black topping  (18 June 1957)

#103) Grd. Jct. compound parking lot prior to black topping  (18 June 1957)

#104) Grd. Jct. compound parking lot prior to black topping  (18 June 1957)

#105) Grd. Jct. compound parking lot prior to black topping  (18 June 1957)

Folder 5

#106) Grd. Jct. compound paving parking lot  (9 July 1957)

#107) Grd. Jct. compound paving parking lot  (9 July 1957)

#108) Grd. Jct. compound paving parking lot  (9 July 1957)

#109) Grd. Jct. compound paving parking lot  (9 July 1957)

Folder 6

#110) AEC balance room Analytical Lab.  (25 June 1957)

#111) AEC Air Handling Equipment (25 June 1957)

#112) Grd. Jct. boiler House  (1956)

#113) New boiler house building  (1956)

#114) New boiler house outside looking in  (1956)

#115) Inside New boiler house  (26 Sep 1956)

#116) Grd. Jct. Boiler house inside  (26 Sep 1956)

Folder 7

#117) Snow storm at AEC Compound  Grd. Jct.

#118) Snow storm at AEC Compound  Grd. Jct. cleaned walk

#119) Snow storm at AEC Compound  Grd. Jct. cars covered

#120) Snow storm at AEC Compound  Grd. Jct.

#121) Snow storm at AEC Compound  Grd. Jct.

Folder 8

#122) AEC Log Cabin

#123) Air photo view

#124) Air photo view

#125) Heating Plant  (May 1957)

#126) Electric shop  (May 1957)

#127) Fire Hydrant  (Oct 1957)

#128) New foundation

Folder 9

#129) Air view AEC Compound looking wets

#130) Air view AEC Compound South end of compound

#131) Pilot Plant - Grd. Jct.

#132) Pilot Plant - Grd. Jct.

#133) Pilot Plant - Grd. Jct.

#134) Pilot Plant - Grd. Jct.

#135) Pilot Plant - Grd. Jct.

#136) Alkaline leach autoclave - Pilot Plant Grd. Jct.

#137) Pilot Plant Resin-in-Pulp equipment

#138) 5’ x 6’ EIMCO Ball mill  Pilot Plant  Grd. Jct.

Folder 10

#139) AEC Sampling Plant Expansion site  (23 Jul 1956)

#140) AEC Sampling Plant Expansion site  (23 Jul 1956)

#142) AEC Sampling Plant Expansion site  (23 Jul 1956)

#142) AEC Sampling Plant Expansion site  (23 Jul 1956)

#143) AEC Sampling Plant Expansion site  (23 Jul 1956)

#144) AEC view of South dock area prior to sampling plant expansion  (23 Jul 1956)

Folder 11

#145) Starting construction SS Sampling plant expansion south dock showing new concrete slab  (4 Sep 1956)

#146) Getting sampling plant expansion slab area ready for pour

#147) AS & R finished product lab - Associated Press Photo

#148) Sampling plant with drums

#149) Sampling plant with drums

Folder 12

#150) High school science students view “yellow cake jars”

#151) Gerald Myers explains the atomic absorption spectrometer to high school science students

#152) Nielsen B. O’Rear briefs the students on activities of the Grand Junction Office

#153) Students observed taking a sample of Uranium concentrate from metal drum

#154) Leo Higgins demonstrating gamma-ray spectroscopy[e to students

#155) Leo Higgins shows students spectrum plate used to identify trace elements

Folder 13

#156) Overall view of vanadium storage looking Northwest  (18 Feb 1958)

#157) Vanadium drums looking North - older drums  (18 Feb 1958)

#158) Vanadium storage closeup view looking Northwest

#159) Copy of #158

#160) Vanadium storage looking Northwest 55 drums comparatively new (note rust on bottom and stacking arrangement)  (18 Feb 1958

#161) This corroded drum requires only a light blow with a screwdriver to pierce the metal and tear

#162) A typical old drm found to be corroded to the point it was leaking  (18 Feb 1958)

Folder 14

#163) last load - Forklift with barrels Jim Letina, Frank McGeutley, Elton A Youngberg, James C. Westbrooks  (26 Jan 1971)  + 1 copy

#164) Drums in trailer last load   + 1 copy

#165) Forklift with drums  +  1 copy

#166) Las load forklift moving drums - Daily Sentinel Photo  + 1 copy

#167) Forklift with drum with Jim Latimer, Frank McGinley AEC, Elton A Youngbert, James C. Westbrook, Allan E. Jones, Mancuo on Hyster  Last Load (26 Jan 1971) 

 + 3 copies)

Folder 15

#168) “Last Load” Hyster unloading Drum - Daily Sentinel Photo  + 4 copies

#169) “Last Load” 6 drums on pallet   - Daily Sentinel Photo  + copy

#170) Hyster unloading drums men in background

#171) Men standing in back of truck watching the drum unload

#172) 4 men looking at drums being unloaded

#173) Garrett Truck in compound  + 1 copy

#174) Garrett truck coming into the compound  + 1 copy

Folder 16

#175) In Colorado Plateau Uranium Mine, scraping up ore on movable scraper loading slide into mine car

#176) Seel headframe and ore bins at Colorado Plateau

#177) Drilling blast holes in thin-bedded uranium ore, with scraper in foreground

#178) Loading car in uranium mine.  Scoop dumping ore into car in part of a mechanical loader operated on compressed air brought into the mine by the pipe at left

#179) Frontend type tractor loader in large open stope of uranium mine

#180) Drilling blast holes in a Colo. Plateau  uranium mine.  Miner is using a Jack-let type percussion drill

#181) Pillar supported stopes in an underground Uranium mine.  Pillars and ore will be extracted in retreat mining.

Folder 17

#182) Underground low front end loader

#183) Underground dumping ore from diesel dump truck into Granby type car

#184) Yard of Government ore-buying station at Monticello, Utah

#185) Government ore-buying station and sampling Plant at Monticello, Utah

#186) Uranium ore truck dumping into bin at government ore-buying station

#187) Headframe and skip hoist at small uranium mine.  This is an inclined shaft mine

#188) Uranium processing mill at Monticello, Utah.  This is the only government owned uranium mill

#189) Exploratory drilling for uranium with truck-mounted pneumatic precussion drill

#190) Loading uranium ore into truck at government ore-buying station and sampling plant

Folder 18

#191) Only time AEC bonus for 10,000 was collected for 20 tons of ore more than 20%  U3 O8  was collected April 9, 1958 by Lisbon Uranium Corp. consisted of 22.25 dry tones averaging 22.92% uranium worth $61,016.72 per truckload.  The ore came from Big Indian Wash  Photo Left to Right:  PB. Martin, E.A. Youngberg, A.P. Kibbe, Allan E.  Jones, M.N. Gaines and John T. Sherman

#192) Paul B. Martin, Elton A. Youngberg, Payne Kibbe, Allan E. Jones, Martin Gaines, and Jack T. Sherman standing in front of sign on truck “Richest Load of Uranium Ever Delivered Lisbon Uranium Corp.

Folder 19

#193) Two survey single engine airplanes on ground + 1 copy

#194) Two men in open restricted airplane

#195) Eight survey airplanes on ground

#196) Seven Survey airplanes on ground  + 2 copies

Folder 20

#197) AEC Grd. Jct. compound from reservoir hill  (July 1963)

#198) Barbwire fence going down to river

#199) Black Bridge

#200) Chain link fence Southeast end

#201) Babwire across dike

#202) Barbwire along dike

#203) Three wheeler in front of RR Track and drums

#204) Barbwire East side of compound  + Negative

Folder 21

#205) Barbwire to river

#206) Black Bridge

#207) Barbwire corner East side

#208) Trailers with drums in background

#209) AEC Compound from the West

#210) Black Bridge area

#211) Barbwire on dike

#212) Wide angle looking Southeast at AEC Compound.  Gunnison River in center of picture, Redlands Canal in foreground  (29 Sep 1966)

Folder 22

#213) AEC float in Foresight Parade  (18 May 1963)

#214) South gate building

#215) United States Atomic Energy Com. Colo. raw materials office sign in front of Cemetery

#216) South gate building

#217) Stack of drums

#218) Stack of drums

#219) Corner of log cabin - managers office

#220) Manager’s office

#221) Lucius Pitkin Mining Division Building

#222) Lucius Pitkin Mining Division Building

Folder 23

#223) Loading docks

#224) Loading docks

#225) Gate Entrance

#226) U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Grand Junction, CO  Office sign by gate entrance

#227) South gate building and gate

#228) South gate building

#229) Office

#230) Silo

#231) Silo with drums in background  + Negative

Folder 24

#232) Concentrate drums Grd. Jct. Compound - Associated Press Photo

#233) Stack of damaged drums

Folder 25

#234) Climax mill in mid 50’s

#235) UCNC - Rifle Mill

#236) Miss Atomic Energy  + 1 copy