Underground and Radioactive
Adventures of a Uranium Miner in 1970s New Mexico
Published on 5. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-4766-6996-0 (ISBN)
Description
Capturing for posterity the vanishing world of uranium mining, this candid memoir recounts the author's adventures and misadventures working underground in 1970s New Mexico, the "Uranium Capital of the World." Detailed descriptions of the tools, methods and hazards of uranium mining, along with character sketches and entertaining anecdotes, provide a colorful glimpse of a bygone way of life--drilling, blasting and mucking the sandstone of the Grants mineral belt in the San Juan Basin.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
31 photos, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
365 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6996-0 (9781476669960)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
R.D. Saunders is a retired economist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
School Days
What Next?
The New Hand
Camping
Orientation
The Underground
Moving Up
Progress
Attempted Rape
A Place to Call Home
Miner's Helper
Down the Chute
The Iron Blossom
Revenge
The Sandman
A Glimpse of the Future
Encino
Cal
Alone
Darkness
Ghost in the Stope
Ana Maria
Fuzzmobile
Beginning of the End
End of the Line
Aftermath
Epilogue
Mining Terminology
Index
Preface
Prologue
School Days
What Next?
The New Hand
Camping
Orientation
The Underground
Moving Up
Progress
Attempted Rape
A Place to Call Home
Miner's Helper
Down the Chute
The Iron Blossom
Revenge
The Sandman
A Glimpse of the Future
Encino
Cal
Alone
Darkness
Ghost in the Stope
Ana Maria
Fuzzmobile
Beginning of the End
End of the Line
Aftermath
Epilogue
Mining Terminology
Index