WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
WESTERN GOLD AND URANIUM, INC.
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
67 South 500 EastSt. George, Utah
Telephone ORchard 3-3528 in the 1958 telephone book (WESTERN GOLD & URANIUM INC)
HISTORY
The Western Gold & Uranium Corporation purchased Silver Reef's mines in 1948, and in 1951, they began mining uranium in the area. These operations did not last long and the Western Gold & Uranium Corporation sold their mines to the 5M Corporation in 1979.In 1950, Alexander W. Colbath sold his Silver Reef properties to Western Gold and Uranium, Inc. They worked the claims for uranium and in 1957 built a mill for processing the silver-uranium ore. It was still in operation in 1968.
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TBDREFERENCES
http://wchsutah.org/mining/western-gold-uranium-mill.phphttp://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6150&context=etd
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19781209&id=KZIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XVsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6881,2924902&hl=en
http://raptorguy14.deviantart.com/art/Western-Gold-and-Uranium-in-Silver-Reef-Utah-330856352
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255334838_REPORT_ON_WAGON_DRILLING_FOR_URANIUM_IN_THE_SILVER_REEF_PHARRISBURG_DISTRICT_WASHINGTON_COUNTY_UTAH
http://digital.library.unlv.edu/api/1/objects/nts/1257/bitstream