COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES URANIUM MINING AND PROSPECTING 56844
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2024
- CBS created The Search, an educational series produced by the Public Affairs Department, in the 1950s to share scientific research with viewers in an easy-to-understand manner. The 26-episode series aired over 1954 and 1955. This episode, “Colorado School of Mines: Uranium Prospecting and Mining, Golden Colorado,” is hosted by Charles Romine and shows all the phases of the uranium rush happening on the Colorado Plateau. The film begins with footage of atomic bombs detonating (00:50; 01:08) as Romine narrates the incredible power of atomic energy that can be used for destruction or for helping human life. The key to atomic power is uranium, and Romine (01:47) takes viewers on a tour of mining uranium on the Colorado Plateau. Romine visits with Professor Paul Keating, a pioneer in uranium fields, who explains the geology of uranium and some of its early uses by the Ute and Navajo Indians. Next, Romine meets with prospectors to learn about the early stages of mining. He speaks with a prospector who owns a mine on Davis Mesa (04:28); the prospector explains how to stake a claim (05:19). Romine then goes to the Montrose County courthouse (05:48) where he learns how to file a claim for mining. Afterward, Romine visits with a successful miner in Grand Junction (07:49) and learns how to start a mine, including financing one. One way to finance is through selling stock; the film shows the Salt Lake Stock Exchange (11:26) where people are speculating on stocks. Romine travels to the Colorado School of Mines (12:19) to learn about the university’s Prospector Service, observing the samples sent in to the lab (12:46). The lab identifies what the minerals or metals are in the samples, but also allays the samples, determining the amount of mineral or metal, using instruments such as the Geiger counter (13:33). A lab technician explains how a Geiger counter works (14:54). Next, Romine observes an exploration operation, watching mining equipment in action (16:48) and going on an aerial survey (18:44) to locate likely uranium deposits. Once a site is located, the operation builds roads (19:42) into the sides of the mesas and create a functional camp on top (20:06) with their own testing laboratory (20:32). Once the exploration operation determines that the mine has commercial-grade uranium, large-scale mining operations commence, such as the U.S. Uranium Corporation in Paradox Valley (21:10). The episode concludes with Romine and Keating discussing mining uranium and the future of uranium.
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Being inside the Uranium mine healed that guy's eye.
I love the giant chunk of uranium oxide sitting on the end table. Wonder if he had any negative effects
Most likely not, natural uranium ore is fairly safe to be in proximity of and wouldn't be much above background radiation after three feet of separation. However, I wouldn't suggest handling it excessively, licking it, sleeping with it, ect. Large quantities of uranium stored in a small room with no ventilation is a hazard due to the production and accumulation of radon gas.
@@hightechstuff2 Correct me if i'm wrong, but due to Radon's short half life of 2.5 days, isn't a buildup of it impossible?
@@junglejim9551 True, however, you also have the decay isotope daughters of radon which are also alpha emitters and most have longer half-life. The problem with radon, being a gas, it is easily transported to the soft tissue of the lungs where alpha particles can potentially do quite a bit of damage. Also remember, the shorter the half-life, the more active the element is.
@@junglejim9551 radon is heavy, but due to its fast decay rate, it irradiated the very room materials, the room becomes radioactive it self!
Clearly affected the host’s eye! He just used the excuse that a rock hit it.
Hunk of uranium ore in the eye: Nothing to worry about. Love it.
SueBobChicVid
Well, the risk of eye infection is still greater than the risk by radiation, tho.
Great Film! Bedrock CO is one of my favorite areas to explore old mines on my adv motorcycle 👍
Wooden acting at its best!
Hate to be a miner down there - a nasty place to work if ever I saw one.
This was amazing
Uranium fever!
Uranium minerals are some of the most beautiful to collect; especially from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Australia still has untapped Uranium resources.
They weren't mining for uranium, they were mining for radium. Uranium is another product that comes from radium mining but radium is number one and is also why it is never mentioned.
18:51 - at the beginning he had both eyes
It always amazes me about stuff like this. Kind of like how asbestos was a wonder building material for a while.
Placeb0 uranium is a lot more useful than asbestos.
URANIUM FEVER, ITS SPREADIN ALL AROUND!
The pay in mining was good although the miner turnover rate was high.
Uranium fever
Great video.
CBS TELEVISION
*not for television use*
Blasted teleprompter was sticking.
The old people are so crazy. They started mining directly without any safety equipment. Absolutely madness 😐😐😐
Most of these men lived beyond their years in all sorts of physically demanding, hazardous locations. And, uranium was/is worth quite a bit as we built our nuclear stockpile. You could say the same about asbestos, or petroleum - pretty much any natural resource. They weren't doing it because they wanted to live a long life, they did it because they could and felt it was worth the risk.
URAAAAAAAANIUM FEVER HAS GONE AND GOT ME DOWN
Guys wear respirators when mining radioactive stuff!
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