Preface: In search of treasure -- Introduction: Sacrificial land -- Empty except for Indians : early impressions of Navajo rangeland -- Prospecting for magic ore in America's new frontier -- Cowboys ...
Last year, the Legislature allocated $20 million to clean up abandoned uranium mines, while experts have said hundreds of ...
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — When Evie Tsosie walks, her limp is noticeable, something that wasn’t always the case. She recalls the day it all changed. She was working at the Peabody coal mine on the northern ...
From 1975: Midnite Mines Inc. announced that it had uncovered new uranium deposits on its claims on the Spokane Indian Reservation. This came on the heels of an announcement a week before by the ...
The end of World War II brought the Four Corners a uranium boom. Eight decades later, yellowcake may be making a comeback, but the deadly effects of radioactivity seem to be forgotten. In the 1950s ...
Uranium mining in Canada accounts for 13 percent of global output, making the Great White North the second largest producer of uranium in the world, behind only Kazakhstan. Canada hosts 9 percent of ...
When Premier Tim Houston recently raised the idea of reconsidering the province's ban on uranium exploration, the suggestion ...