Nixon Uranium Company Opens Green River HQ
James N. Nixon president of Nixon Uranium Corp announces Green River hosts the area’s first large uranium company headquarters. He notes interests in Triple D Uranium and Black Panther Mining with the Yellow Queen Mine shipping ore and adjoining Four Corners Uranium Corp properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Nixon
Nixon Uranium Corp
Green River
Four Corners Uranium Corp
Morrison Formation
Triple D
Four Corners Corp
San Rafael
Black Panther
Vaughey-Vaughey
Blackburn
Henry Mountains
Elaterite
Woodside
Nixon Uranium Co
Penasco
Taos County
Newperce
Early 1914 Green River Dispatch Front Page Headlines
The March 12 1914 Green River Dispatch front page is reproduced here to show the long noted presence of carnetite and uranium in the Green River area. The reproduced text presents the original headlines and first column story from page one.
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Green River Dispatch
Green River
Malcom Politano
Old
Jon
Green River Granted Green Light for Growth and Development
Green River Utah receives a strong growth signal due to its strategic location in uranium country. The town sits on busy highways U S 6 and 50 and on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway line. Water and electric power are ample, with water nearby and Utah Power supplying electricity. The article notes growth prospects continuing on page 2.
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Green River
U. S
Denver and Rio Grande
Utah
Utah Power
Miner G T Halladay Hurt In Carnotite Mine Accident
G T Halladay of Grand Junction suffered a crushed head severed leg and other injuries when a massive rock fell at the Standard Chemical Co carnottite mine in the Henry Mountains. He was transported 105 miles to Green River then home to Grand Junction where his wife and three children await. He remained unconscious for about 15 minutes during rescue before medical care.
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G. T. Halladay
Grand Junction
Standard Chemical Co
Henry Mountains
75th Anniversary Of Green River Area History
Emery county marks its diamond jubilee noting Green River history from settler Tom Farrer in 1879 to the town once named Blake City. The county formed seventy five years ago with name changes and boundary shifts since 1988.
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Green River
Emery County
Tom Farrer
England
Farrer
Blake
Salina
la Sal
Blake City
Congress
Green River Journal
Citizens of
Voice
The Old Prospector Calls for Tolerance Across Faiths
A reader called Dear Editor quoting Adlai Stevenson on learning to live together despite religion. The Old Prospector notes historic conflicts like the Thirty Years War and says people grow more tolerant in religion, in-laws, and politicians, though he questions some trends.
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Adlai Stevenson
First Courthouse of Emery County Built in 1683
The first official Emery County courthouse was built in 1683 at Castle Dale with Justice Welling ton Seely's contract totaling 350 dollars. The single room lumber structure measured 14 by 18 feet and was adobe lined, serving until 1892 when a two story native brick building replaced it. In 1880 Emery County census listed 5076 residents. Green River then Blake Utah had 375 and Price 502. Emery County then included Grand County and part of Carbon County, while Grand County total reached 541.
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Emery County
Castle Dale
Wellington Seely
Orange Seely
Green River
Blake
Utah
Price
Grand County
Carbon County
Green River Journal Debuts With Uranium Focus and Local News
The Green River Journal marks its first edition after a 32 year gap. Publisher Gene M. Davis pledges broad coverage from Emory to Wayne counties and Grand county, emphasizing public welfare and growth. A uranium section, features, and Kids' Korner debut, inviting local mining, prospecting, and community stories.
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Green River
Gene M. Davis
Emery
Wayne Counties
Grand County
Prospectors Uranium
Special Features
Kids’ Korner
Old Utah Waterwheel Still In Use Near Green River
A large waterwheel near Green River Utah dating from the 1880s remains in daily operation. Enlarged from 22 to 26 feet in 1940 by Howard Hastings and his son, it irrigates about 70 of up to 150 acres. The Hastings also maintain a kitchen garden fed by the wheel and claim the farm as top quality land in the Green River Valley with corn and hay as main crops.
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U. S
Green River
Utah
Howard Hastings
Hastings
H. L. Hastings
Hastings Lush
Green River Valley
Local CAP Unit Plane Lands At Green River Air Strip
The U S Air Force Civil Patrol plane landed at Green River Air Strip in June. Pilot Eddyjo Ekker flew it from Salt Lake City aboard a 90 to 2 passenger Aeronca. Green River CAP logs at least 20 hours during four week rotation and has 18 members including Joe Baker as commander and George Hatch as communications officer.
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U. S. Air Force
Green River
Eddyjo Ekker
Salt Lake City
Aeronca
C.A.P
Joe Baker
Dale Phillips
James Hurst
Pearl Baker
Noel Baker
Roger Flackey
Green River C.A.P
Calyx
George Hatch
Leland Tidwell
Leroy Dennison
Billie Dennison
Leland Carroll
Gloria Ekker
Jim Nolen
Jay Vetere
Roy Ekker
Dorothy Blake
Charlie Croman
Roger Fluckey
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Grant
E. V
Oscar Beebe
Progressive
Emery County School Board
Seeley Peterson
Ferron
Ray McCandless
Muntington
George Eept
Orangeville
B. Eden
Cleveland
Jack McKay
Broadway
Truck Lines
The
Evtrome Beht & W
Lee F. Gledhill
Gustavson and Sugdem
Davis and Butler
Provo
Empire Steel
Salt
L. J. Oward and Son
American Fork
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