Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Did you notice in that first one, at about 11:30, where it was showing all the states and the lower 48 where they found uranium, and they highlighted Oregon and said it was Washington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Alpo said: Did you notice in that first one, at about 11:30, where it was showing all the states and the lower 48 where they found uranium, and they highlighted Oregon and said it was Washington? I missed that. Had to take the dog out before it got that far, didn't bother to go back and watch the last few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 This is the site of the old ore mill in Durango, CO in 2019. It was used during WWII and into the 50's to process uranium ore. The mill is long gone and a lot of effort was required to clean up the tailings. The area still has a higher than normal background radiation level and some trees are just now beginning to grow again. The animas river is just to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I remember back in the early 50's my Dad and several of his friends bought a geiger counter and we went out in the Mojave Desert looking for Uranium. I remember one time we found a good reading of radiation and decided to take some samples to get them assayed. They bored some holes in the rocks and put in some dynamite and blew a big hole in the ground. The geiger counter went nuts. Later found out it was Thorium, a radioactive mineral worth nothing. They also had a black light we used at night looking for other minerals. The scorpions sure light up with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack, SASS #20451 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 If you can find it in some online archive look at the May 23 1955 Life magazine. An interesting article on uranium mining in the US. It features a mine Copper Queen and I now own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: Later found out it was Thorium, a radioactive mineral worth nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Uranium tailing piles were a particular problem because builders took tailings and used it for building foundation material as it was very easy to work. The tailings emitted radon (a radioactive gas) that entered homes, sometimes to levels considered unsafe by the USEPA. Remediation cost the government huge sums. For those who attend the last EOT in New Mexico you can visit the National Atomic Museum on south Eubank and tour their Uranium Enrichment Exhibit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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