Show Mon monticello ficello capital of san juan monticello UTAH a magic line among uranium seekers age tt ello a southeastern gout heastern utah community which has grown from relative unimportance a few short years ago to a key center of the uranium empire that surrounds it although monticello has suffered the he usual growing pains it tried to keep stride with the changing times attempting to provide adequate school facilities housing and ether other necessities to take care of he the ever increasing population monticello is a town of changing people changing needs the man sitting next to you at the restaurant table today may be far tar away tomorrow or cut out in the fields acids searching for the magic mineral the man living next door today may pull pun out tomorrow if he hears bears of a strike in another locality but for the most part the economy alof of the town Is fairly well stabilized b zed ed incomes of families are sometimes fabulously high but they live modestly for the most part and they are religious law abiding citizens for example chere there are churches representing several denominations the church of jesus christ of latter day saints better known as the mormon church has by far the largest congregation of any in monticello but all are well attended and supported two new ew schools have recently ly been completed and new buildings and additions already are being planned provision has been made for future growth the new high school being located on an especial ly large plot of ground so the building could be expanded one of the very important phases of life in monticello is the popularity of hunting and fishing mantl cello is the base for such ouch operations easily accessible from here several choice spots spot are within a half hours driving time from the heart of monticello and of course completely surrounding roun aing monticello are the many mines busy day after da day producing the stuff from which is made the terrible A bomb the mineral which has been responsible for the towns owns growth job opportunities are numerous for skilled and semiskilled workmen men are re coming into the district from far away to work as carpenters miners tradesmen families are lot not coming with most of the men because of the present lack of adequate housing facilities and because some of the jobs such as carpentering are of a more or less temporary nature but the opportunities are ever present and many are taking full advantage of them those men will grow with the community will in years to come be remembered as the pioneers of the uranium age |