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Uranium Frenzy: Saga of the Nuclear West

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Now expanded to include the story of nuclear testing and its consequences, Uranium Frenzy has change into the classic account of the uranium rush that gripped the Colorado Plateau region within 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 within the Four Corners region and Salt Lake City (where the stock frenzy was once centered) but in the end went bust. The thrill of those exciting times and the good fortune of one of the most miners were countered by the darker aspects of uranium and its uses. Miners were not well informed in regards to the dangers of radioactive decay products. Neither the federal government nor someone else expended much effort educating them or protecting their health and safety. The effects of exposure to radiation in poorly ventilated mines gave the impression through the years.

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