OCR Text |
Show The Charlie Steen Family in the mid-1950s. Hudson followed my father's lead and purchased one of Charlie Mayhew’s rotary rigs. He brought his teenaged sons out from Oklahoma to work on the rig, and commenced drilling for uranium. All four of the first holes they drilled hit very high-grade uranium ore at a depth of approximately 500 feet. When they moved. their rig over to the other “claims called the North Alice claim group, they hit even mire urariium. Hudson and Richardson and their partners eventually sold out to the Homestake Mining Company, who operated the La Sal and North Alice mines for more than ’a decade, Hudson took his winnings back to Oklahoma and. successfully invested in numerous businesses. Frank. Richardson was a true prospector to the end of his fe; and a pros; for never quits” prospecting: Richardson used a good portion of his uranium money pursuing his goal of finding a fortune in gold and silver ore in the Red Mountain district between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado. Hudson and Richardson were outstanding examples of the type of men who’seized the opportunity presented them when Charlie Steen announced that his million-dollar drill hole had come in on the Mi Vida claim. Of course, there were other people and more deals.than anyone can remember. Millions were gambled on goat pasture, and tens of millions were spent acquiring and developing the prospects that became mines on the Lisbon Valley anticline. An entire region was opened up because of the Uranium Boom that was ignited at the Mi Vida mine. mining engineers, surveyors, miners, drillers and truckers working in what had been one of the most remote areas in America. : oe Nothing has ever been as it was before Charlie Steen drilled into the Mi Vida uranium ore deposit and unlocked the location of over one-billion dollars worth of one of the most sought-after minerals in history. To read all four installments of MARK. STEEN'S "My Old Man:" The Uranium King Go to: www.canyoncountryzephyr.com to ‘archives’ --- Feb/Mar, Apr/May ~ & June/July on-line issues. 140 South 200 East 800-447-4106 or 435-259-8921 TRY OUR WEB SITE: fandango@moabutah.com Kyle & Carrie Bailey's COTTONWOOD CONDOS Overnight Accomodations Full Kitchen Units Away from noisy Main Street (435) 259-8897 338 E. 100 South Moab, UT 84532 [hi HIGH DESERT GARDENS | 435.259.4531 ~ Colonel, you need our é Lk ap M e \ em. CALL ug! WE HAVE SOLUTIONS! 2971 S. Hwy 191*(Next to the Branding Iron}*Open Mon-Sat 10:00 - 5.00 %& Native Grasses For Large Areas * @ {MON JUDId e j|MON JUDide {MON JUDId'« jMON JUDId ¢ {MON JUDIde jMON JUDId © ge epee e Plant Now! ©Plant Now! © Plant Now! « Plant Now! ePlant Now! « Plant Now! « In 1954, my Dad stood on a prominent ridge high above the bustling Mi Vida and Big Buck mines and waved an arm around the horizon, west towards the canyonlands of the | Colorado River, north to the La Sal mountains, east to the Paradox Basin, and south _ towards the Abajo mountains. There were literally thousands of prospectors, geologists, |