Interview with Horace Ekker

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Mines and mineral resources
Uranium mines and mining
Rural life

Beginning mining in 1932-33, vanadium and uranium; working by hand, horse, and mule; buying station at Thompson; legal issues; working with ECA, VCA, and Union Carbide; locating ore, the first geiger counters.

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Cattle
Mines and mineral resources
Mining engineering
Ranch life
Uranium mines and mining
Early gieger counter; the fine art of mining; Happy Jack Mine; early miners in the region , superintendents, mills; sampling; early Hanksville, 1919; ranching and the BLM.

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Cassidy, Butch
Postal Service
Hanksville, Utah; blacksmiths; Butch Cassidy; mail and pony express;

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Law Enforcement
Utah--Hanksville

Cattle rustling and early law enforcement. entertainment, job of Deputy Sherriff; Hanksville, changes over the years.



PART 1 Listen Transcript	Mines and mineral resources Uranium mines and mining Rural life	Beginning mining in 1932-33, vanadium and uranium; working by hand, horse, and mule; buying station at Thompson; legal issues; working with ECA, VCA, and Union Carbide; locating ore, the first geiger counters.

PART 2 Listen Transcript	Cattle Mines and mineral resources Mining engineering Ranch life Uranium mines and mining	Early gieger counter; the fine art of mining; Happy Jack Mine; early miners in the region , superintendents, mills; sampling; early Hanksville, 1919; ranching and the BLM.

PART 3 Listen Transcript	Cassidy, Butch Postal Service	Hanksville, Utah; blacksmiths; Butch Cassidy; mail and pony express;

PART 4 Listen Transcript	Law Enforcement Utah--Hanksville	Cattle rustling and early law enforcement. entertainment, job of Deputy Sherriff; Hanksville, changes over the years.