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Image Not Available for Uranium mine showing uranium ore being loaded by a "backhoe" machine.
Uranium mine showing uranium ore being loaded by a "backhoe" machine.
Image Not Available for Uranium mine showing uranium ore being loaded by a "backhoe" machine.

Uranium mine showing uranium ore being loaded by a "backhoe" machine.

Creator United States Information Service (USIS)
Date1950s
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2005
Category
    Object number2005/5176
    LocationNot currently on display

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