The Uranium Rush & Four Corners

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A great documentary about the early history of uranium mining and its legacy. You will see the "uranium rush" early on, with thousands of prospectors heading to the Four Corners area to strike it rich. This also led, as the documentary shows, to the creation of hundreds of uranium startup companies whose stocks were traded on an unofficial penny stock exchange in Salt Lake City.

All the "easy finds" in uranium have been made, but there is a parallel to the past few years during which over 500 new "uranium junior" companies have been formed to look for uranium, in response to a price rise peaking at 1200% (yes, that 1200%, not 120%) compared to the end of 2003.

This documentary also covers the sad and avoidable impact on the health of miners and townspeople living near the abandoned mill tailings sites, with the legacy of cancer from this era. The U.S. Government finally acknowledged its responsibilities in the 1980s, and has been conducting cleanup operations that continue to today.