Show uranium discoverer dies broke WINDOW ROCK ariz dan phillips 60 year old uranium prospector whose discovery of the rich four corners N if field on the colorado pla plateau brought him more than 1500 a month for two years died almost penniless of an auto injury last wednesday A legend on the navajo reservation er for financing ceremonies automobiles and lavish gifts for friends and relatives phillips suffered a skull fracture in in the accident a month ago he died in a shiprock N M hospital according to an associated press story educated in indian bureau schools phillips was widely known in utah arizona new mexico and colorado his his body will be taken to cortez colo for burial friends said phillips who discovered one of the richest uranium fields in the world died penniless because of his charities and gilts |