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M007 - Uranium mining collection

Collection Overview

  • Creator: Viles, Denny W.
  • Dates: 1946-1998, inclusive; 1948-1959, bulk
  • Extent: 1.7 linear shelf feet (4 document cases)
  • Abstract:
  • Language: English
  • Collection Identifier: M007
  • Physical Location: This collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).

Collection Description

Organization: The series and boxes are numbered consecutively into single series.  Because we do not expect to add to this collection, the boxes are numbered in one single numbering scheme starting with 1.

Acquisition Information: These materials were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Viles.

Processing Information: The folder list was produced by Elizabeth de Jong, September 2007.  The collection was collection was arranged and described and the inventory prepared by Fort Lewis College archivist Todd Ellison (last updated September 2007). 

Subjects:

  • Uranium mines and mining--Colorado--Colorado Plateau
  • Uranium industry--Colorado

Collection Inventory

 

Series

Box

Folder

Folder title

Date(s)

1

1

1

Durango Mills, (Durango, Colorado), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles of the Vanadium Corp. of America

1951-07/
1955-04

1

1

2

Rhodesia Mining, photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles of the Vanadium Corp. of America

1951-02/
1955-09

1

1

3

Rhodesia Mining, photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles of the Vanadium Corp. of America

1951/1955

1

1

4

Jumasha Mill, (Peru), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles, Vanadium Processing Mill

1951/1955

1

1

5

Jumasha Mill, (Peru), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles, Vanadium Processing Mill

1951-07-9/
1955-09-17

1

1

6

Monument Valley, (Arizona), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles, Vanadium Corp. of America

1948/1966

1

1

7

White Canyon Mill, (Hite, Utah), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles, Vanadium Corp. of America

1950/1956

1

1

8

Marysvale (Utah) photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles

1951/1963

1

1

9

(Naturita, Colorado), photographs compiled by Denny W. Viles, Vanadium Corp. of America

1945/1959

1

1

10

Denny W. Viles personal photos

1951/1955

1

1

11

Denny W. Viles personal photos

1951/1955

1

1

12

Denny W. Viles personal photos

1906/1955

1

1

13

Denny W. Viles personal photos

1954-08-23/
1955-09-17

1

1

14

Denny W. Viles personal photos

1945-11-20/
1954-08-23

1

1

15

Denny W. Viles personal postcards

undated

2

1

1

A Summary of Uranium-Vanadium Mining in the Carrizo Mountains, Arizona and New Mexico, 1920 – 1968, by William L. Chenoweth

1997

2

1

2

Uranium … Crazy …: Two Gals on the Colorado Plateau, by Pete Maness and Lois Jacobs

1958/1959

2

1

3

Uranium mill tailings in Durango and Grand Junction (Colorado), newspaper clippings

1971

2

1

4

(Uravan, Colorado), uranium rush newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1947-11-27/
1979-11-04

2

1

5

Uranium mining publications, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1957-02/
1958-12-31

2

1

6

Denny W. Viles, personal newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1950/
1961-04-19

2

1

7

Colorado uranium mining, general newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1958-08-01/
1981-03-08

2

1

8

Naturita Mine, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1958-1-31

2

1

9

Monument Valley Mine (Utah), newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1954-07-07/
1954-12-02

2

1

10

Durango Mill, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1951-06-06/
1958-06-07

2

1

11

Anti-Trust Suit for the Vanadium Corp. of America, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles,

1957-01-08/
1957-01-09

2

1

12

Vanadium Operation at Jumasha (Peru), newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1955-09

2

1

13

Chrome and Manganese Mines near Salisbury, Rhodesia – South Africa, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1955-10-02/
1956-07-01

2

1

14

Colorado Plateau uranium rush, clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1948-11-14/
1950-03-30

2

1

15

Marysvale(Utah) uranium rush, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1949-07-13/
1959-11-08

2

1

16

Vanadium Corp. of America, general newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1950-02-19/
1951-05-17

2

1

17

San Juan Basin uranium rush, newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1950-03-12/
1950-09-28

2

1

18

Uranium boom, misc. newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

1952-02-08/
1959-02-05

2

1

19

Uranium boom, misc. newspaper clippings, compiled by Denny W. Viles

undated

2

1

20

Raw materials activities of the Manhattan project on the Colorado Plateau, by William L. Chenoweth (p. 33-41)

1997

2

1

21

Historical Review of Carnotite Mining and Processing in Southwestern Colorado, by William L. Chenoweth (33 p.)

1993-12

3

1

1

Denny W. Viles, personal correspondence

1948-03-10/
1959

3

1

2

Facts Concerning Uranium Exploration and Production, by John E. Crawford and James Paone

1956

3

1

3

Uranium Information Digest, published by the Uranium Ore Producers Association

1954-12/
1955-04

3

1

4

Uranium Resources of the Northwestern New Mexico, by Lowell S. Hilpert, [1 vol.;166 p. and folded inserts]

1969

3

1

5

“Uranium Mining in the Morrison Formation”, article, by William L. Chenweth, Reprint from Modern Geology, vol. 23, p. 427-439

1998

3

1

6

Metallurgical Studies of Rhodonite Ores, Silverton District, Colorado, by W.W. Agey, C. H. Schack and J. B. Clemmer

1962

3

1

7

Colorado Scientific Society Proceedings, published by the Society (Denver, Colorado)

1993, 1996

3

1

8

Prospecting with a Counter, by Robert J. Wright

1954

3

1

9

Facts Concerning Uranium Exploration and Production, by John E. Crawford and James Paone

1956

3

1

10

Prospecting for Uranium, published by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey

1949

3

1

11

Heavy-Mineral Placer Deposits of the Ute Mountains Ute Indian Reservation, Southwestern Colorado and Northwestern New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 2061-B, by Zech, Reynolds, Rosenbaum and Brownfield

1994

3

1

12

Mining Year Book, by the Colorado Mining Assoc. and All Western Association

1957

3

1

13

Uranium Mining Methods and Costs at Several Mines on the Colorado Plateau, by W.J. Dare

1961

3

1

14

Engineering and Mining Journal, a McGraw-Hill Publication

1953-09

3

1

15

Current issues about the effect of Uranium mining, newspaper clippings

1997-09-14

3

1

16

Standard Uranium Corp., Common stock for Herman Renkoff

1954-07-08

3

1

17

Stratigraphy of Triassic and Associated Formations in Part of the Colorado Plateau Region, by Stewart, Williams, Albee, Raup and Cadigan

1959

3

1

18

Uranium Magazine

1954-11

3

1

19

Uranium mining, articles

1988-01/
1993-03

4

1

1

“Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project: Durango, Colorado,” Groundwater Project, newsletter

undated

4

1

2

A Total Concept of the Mining Industry: 1976 Report, Colorado Mining Association

1976

4

1

3

Denny W. Viles testimony and evidence for court

[1950?]

4

1

4

Vanadium Corp. of America, correspondence and inter-office memos

1950-10-14/
1954-10-26

4

1

5

Colorado Mining Association, Certificate for Board Member of Directors of Metal Mining fund

1957-06-05/
1971-02-15

4

1

6

Maps of Uranium Mines, Omega Mine (Placerville, Colorado) and Black Mesa (Apache County, Arizona)

undated

4

1

7

The Geographical Society of America Special Paper 64, Marysvale Utah, Uranium Area, by Kerr, Brophy, Dahl, Green and Woolard

1957-08-20

4

1

8

Radium, Uranium and Vanadium Deposits of Southwestern Colorado, by R. C. Coffin, Colorado Geological survey Bulletin 16, [1vol.;231 p.]

1921

4

1

9

The Mines Magazine, articles about Uranium

1948-10/
1958-03

4

1

10

Construction, Operation, and Maintenance Report of Uranium Sludge Plants, Government Contract report

1946-02-25

 

 

 

Using these Materials

 

Please contact the Center of Southwest Studies Archives Manager at archives@fortlewis.edu or 970-247-7126 for more information on accessing the collection.

 

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on the use of this collection. The collection is non-circulating but open to the public for use in the Delaney Southwest Research Library at the Center of Southwest Studies.

 

Copyright Status: The user assumes full responsibility for observing all applicable laws regarding copyright, property rights, and libel. Please contact the Center of Southwest Studies Archives Manager for more information on the Center’s copyright policies, or for information on obtaining digital images of collection items.

 

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Uranium Mining Collection, Fort Lewis College archives, Fort Lewis College. Center of Southwest Studies.

 

CreatorViles, Denny W.
Dates1946-1998, inclusive; 1948-1959, bulk
Extent1.7 linear shelf feet (4 document cases)
LanguageEnglish
Collection IdentifierM007
Physical LocationThis collection is located at the Center of Southwest Studies on the campus of Fort Lewis College (1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO).
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