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Airborne Uranium Prospector

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://kansasheritagecenter.omeka.net/items/show/228

Dates

  • Creation: November 5, 1955

Description

A photograph of Arch Nash, an employee of the Scott-Petty Mining Company and former B-29 pilot in World War II and the Korean War, who flew is airplane over Southwest Kansas in search of uranium. His plane carried a scintillometer, which was used to detect gamma radiation and locate uranium deposits.

Repository Details

Part of the Kansas Heritage Center Repository

Contact:
Dodge City Public Library
1001 N 2nd Avenue
Dodge City Kansas 67801 United States