Miners came to Colorado for gold, stayed for silver, and survived after the 1890s by diversifying into a wide range of base and industrial metals such as lead, copper, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, radium, and uranium. Often ignored or discarded…

Built in 1943, the Department of Energy Grand Junction Office, also known as the “Manhattan Engineer District Grand Junction Office” and the “Atomic Energy Commission Grand Junction Operations Office,” stands at 2591 Legacy Way in Grand Junction. During…

Uranium mining in Colorado dates to the late nineteenth century, when uranium resources were discovered in the southwestern part of the state. The region’s Uravan Mineral Belt is rich in carnotite, the ore that produces uranium and vanadium. Both…