San Juan County uranium mine development collection
Scope and Contents
This collection pertains to the development of a uranium mine in San Juan County, Utah, owned by Thomas Kearns from 1914 to 1918. Files include business correspondence between Kearns and the mine foremen, mining associates, and government agencies; business correspondence between John (J.F.) Fitzpatrick, Kearns’s personal secretary, and the mine foremen, miners, mining associates, and government agencies; water appropriation documents concerning the ownership of water rights around the mine property; bills, invoices, receipts and other records concerning the business of the mine. Materials dated from 1910 to 1965, with bulk dates from 1914 to 1918.
Dates
- 1910-1965
- Majority of material found within 1914-1918
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Extent
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
Purchased from Beehive Antiques in 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased; Beehive Antiques; 2014.
Appraisal
Utah and American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Sharol Sorensen; 2021.
- Title
- San Juan County uranium mine development collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Sharol Sorensen
- Date
- 2021 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States