Publication

2002 - Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah, Utah

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

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Classifications

  • DDC338.2/74932/097913
  • LCCHD9539.U72 U5366 2002eb
  • LCCHD9539

Description

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.

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