Prospecting for uranium and other radioactive ores

Prospecting for uranium and other radioactive ores, June 1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Prater, Lewis S. (Lewis Seward), 1915-2000
Title: Prospecting for uranium and other radioactive ores
Dates: June 1950 (inclusive)
1950-061950-06
Quantity: 1 item : 4 unnumbered leaves, 14 leaves.
Collection Number: MG 5139
Summary: Report by Lewis S. Prater regarding prospecting for various radioactive ores printed by the Idaho State Board for Vocational Education in Cooperation with Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Lewis Seward Prater was born 23 June 1915 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Lewis and Eliza Prater. He married Clara McCoy on 26 June 1936 in Butte, Montana where he was attending the Montana School of Mines. Following graduation, he was employed by the Republic Steel Company in Chicago, Illinois. Then they moved to Moscow where Prater was employed by the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. Lewis S. Prater died 19 June 2000 in Moscow, Idaho.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Study by Lewis S. Prater and printed by Idaho State Board for Vocational Education in Cooperation with Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. Regards radioactive prospecting.

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Preferred Citation

FOR DOCUMENTS Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Subject Terms

Mines and mineral resources.
Mining Geology
research (function)

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