| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The siren call -- The European experience -- The dawn's early light -- Deadly daughters -- Bonanza at Big Indian -- Uranium frenzy -- Dirty Harry -- The burden of proof -- The future of America -- The colossus of cash -- Success and subpoenas -- The bubble bursts -- Leetso the monster that kills -- The American experience -- Senator Steen -- A widow fights back -- Full circle -- A standard is set -- Compassionate compensation -- Aftermath |
| Summary |
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 colorful era in the Four Corners region and Salt Lake City (where the stock frenzy was centered) but ultimately went |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-336) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Uranium industry -- Four Corners Region -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Uranium industry
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Uranindustrie
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Uranbergbau
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United States -- Four Corners Region
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Colorado Plateau
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0874214734 |
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9780874214734 |
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