Show uranium mountain named for its ore MEEKER uranium is not new to the people of meeker in 1005 jim luland riland and hl his partner opened a mine 20 miles north of the town said though they were seek ing IU vanadium there was so 0 o muc much h uranium around the mountain and in their diggings the people of the district tagged the name uranium mountain onto the mount today the region from yellow jacket pass to the north end of ur the white river luver area approximately 20 square miles s la Is staked almost t solidly with claims with uranium mountain right in the me middle the rio blanco county recorder at meeker recalls that prospectors came in so rapidly with claims as many as in a day that it was difficult to keep a an accurate total for the entire county including oak ridge and a ha hot area are a north of rangely langely Ran gely th there ere were over 2000 claims filed many geologists feel that only t the e surface of a great uranium field has hu been scratched in the meeker district and when deep drilling la Is started they will find even more high concentrated uranium deposits A M canadas Ca port radium plant plank just jus I 1 below t the h e arctic circle as endless rubber belt carries cos coat like lump lumps of uranium bearing or from mine to mill says the national geographic society keen eyed spotter hold doubtful chunks before a gelger geiger counter suspended from thi ceiling A lashing flashing light dmn radio until 1959 1963 port radium was canadas only uranium mill A larger plant to is beaver deaver lodge BOW now swells well the output |