
Hand-Loading Uranium Ore

Image taken:
circa
1950
©
1950
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Historic Photograph Archives
Courtesy of Bill Chenoweth, U.S. Department of Energy
About this image
Hand-loading ore into a wheelbarrow in a small uranium mine on the Colorado Plateau, New Mexico, 1950's
Image posted: 03-27-2020
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