Show uranium discovery in US made by boy while hunting the man who gets the credit for the first uranium discovery on the colorado plateau Is J L wade now living at long beach calif he made his find rind in october IM 1888 at the mouth of disappointment creek in colorado later he be found more uranium deposits in paradox valley and in the four corners area where colorado utah new mexico and arizona come together wade was 13 years old in when he and his grandfather went on a hunting trip at the mouth of D disappointment 1 appointment creek where it empties m PU sinto into the dolores river he found a piece of queer appearing greenish ore he thought it was some strange kind of copper and gave it to his father at home lome john james wade a mining man at mances colo the elder wade ind the metal and sent it to an assayer in denver who in turn sent it to louis giroux famous geologist in the bishop district distri cL two other french scientists le and Wal lacky had known the ore in austria where it was known as the frenchmen and giroux found other deposits in the paradox country in colorado and named it for aamot who then was pre president siget of france prance at about this seme same time the standard chemical co of pittsburgh pa started extracting salts from uranium ore and in the dr howard A kelly of job johns hopkins began using radium salts te in treatment of cancer but it took world worm war 11 to bring the uranium industry to the fore frontas m a killer and aw vat ad as an a it healer now the reverse b h MK am |