Some Moab history - Charles Steen

[Jim]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Steen

An interesting read. What is now the Sunset Grill was a home he built. The mine, Mi Vida, is south of town, east of 191, before the turn to the west for the Needles District / Elephant Hill.

I could see a trip to the mine entrance.

Mine:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mi+Vida+Mine/@38.1900692,-109.2598479,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipMMrrPCsWeJyVAzxZJ7kiTSgi H5fTQx5pOLKEHI!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleu sercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMMrrPCsWeJyVAzxZJ7kiTSg iH5fTQx5pOLKEHI%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i4000!8i3000!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMzjCsDEx JzI0LjAiTiAxMDnCsDE1JzM2LjAiVw!3b1!8m2!3d38.19!4d-109.26!3m4!1s0x87381213290a114f:0x2e93d4ba4bb3db0c !8m2!3d38.1900692!4d-109.2598479?hl=en

[Jim]

Related - the Moab Tailings Pile - removal project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab_uranium_mill_tailings_pile

[FINOCJ]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Charles_A._Steen_%281919-2006%29_the_dat_after_his_discovery.jpg/170px-Charles_A._Steen_%281919-2006%29_the_dat_after_his_discovery.jpg

:D

[FINOCJ]

My fathers' first job in summer of 1957 after he graduated from Colo School of Mines was working on a mobile drilling rig that was prospecting for Uranium. He didn't work it for very long (a few months at most iirc) as he ended up taking a fall from the derrick or something like that and breaking a leg...when he healed he went another direction and the uranium drilling boom was dying.

[goSlo]

That is interesting, thanks for sharing it.

We actually have reservations at Sunset Grill for Monday night.

[ColoJeeper]

Another interesting read about Arches National Park and the Moab area is "Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness" written by Edward Abbey who was the very first park ranger in Arches National Park.