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Mom talks about moving around from Grand Junction, Colorado to the Happy Jack uranium mine in Fry Canyon, Utah near and Indian reservation. This video is part of a continuing series of interviews with my mother about her life and travels with my father.
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The Mokee Dugway is located on Utah Route 261 just north of Mexican Hat, UT. It was constructed in 1958 by Texas Zinc, a mining company, to transport uranium ore from the "Happy Jack" mine in Fry Canyon, UT. to the processing mill in Mexican Hat. The three miles of unpaved, but well graded, switchbacks descend 1100 feet from the top of Cedar Mesa (on which you are now standing). The State of Utah recommends that only vehicles less than 28 feet in length and 10,000 pounds in weight attempt to negotiate this steep (10% grade), narrow and winding road.
Mom talks about moving around from Grand Junction, Colorado to the Happy Jack uranium mine in Fry Canyon, Utah near and Indian reservation. This video is part of a continuing series of interviews with my mother about her life and travels with my father.
More on the area:
The Mokee Dugway is located on Utah Route 261 just north of Mexican Hat, UT. It was constructed in 1958 by Texas Zinc, a mining company, to transport uranium ore from the "Happy Jack" mine in Fry Canyon, UT. to the processing mill in Mexican Hat. The three miles of unpaved, but well graded, switchbacks descend 1100 feet from the top of Cedar Mesa (on which you are now standing). The State of Utah recommends that only vehicles less than 28 feet in length and 10,000 pounds in weight attempt to negotiate this steep (10% grade), narrow and winding road.
http://www.frycanyon.com/ruins.html
http://www.swaviator.com/html/issuejf02/FryJF02.html
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