HomeMy WebLinkAbout790399.tiff BOARD OF HEALTH
Weld County Health Department DAVID WERKING, DDS. Greeley
FRANKLIN D. YODER, MD, MPH WILLIAM SLICK. Roggen
Director 1516 HOSPITAL ROAD DORIS DEFFKE, Greeley
GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 A. M. DOMINGUEZ. JR., JD.. Greeley
ANNETTE M. LOPEZ. Greeley
(303)353.0540 FRANK MYERS, M P H Windsor
HERSCHEL PHELPS. JR M.D..
Greeley
May 8, 1979 KATHLEEN SHAUGHNESSY. PHN. kill
ARTHUR G. WATSON. Platteville
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Franklin D. Yoder, M.D.
SUBJECT: Search for Uranium and/o Radium Si s in Weld County
Attached you will find a ort from John Hall concerning radium
and uranium sites and dumps:-There is no evidence that the above exist
or ever existed in this county.
We did find in query of the medical community that one physician
formerly possessed 50 mg. of radium which was transferred to a Denver
Hospital over a decade ago.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Weld County Health Department BOARD HEALTH
ea C artment DAVID WERKING DDS, Greer
FRANKLIN D. YODER. MD. MPH WILLIAM SLICK. Roggen
Director 1S6 HOSPITAL ROAD DORIS DEFFKE. Greeley
GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 A M DOMINGUEZ. JR J D . Greeley
ANNETTE M LOPEZ. Greeley
(30313530540 FRANK MYERS. M P H Windsor
HERSCHEL PHELPS. JR . M.D
Greeley
KATHLEEN SHAUGHNESSY. PHN. Ault
April 26, 1979 ARTHUR G WATSON. Ratleville
TO: Franklin D. Yoder, M.D.
FROM: John G. Hall, Director
Environmental Health Se ces
SUBJECT: Radium Dump Sites in Weld County
In addition to the information submitted in this report,
I contacted Jim Montgomery of the Colorado Department of
Health and a Dr. Thompson, Professor of Earth Science at
Colorado State University. Both indicated no evidence
of radium dump sites in Weld County.
Additionally, our section has received no word from local
physicians responding to your recent letter requesting
information on their knowledge of radium used in their
profession.
Weld
Health
Department
BOARD OF HEALTH
f • eld County [ !ea{th {/epartment DAVID WERKING. DDS. Greeley
FRANKLIN D. YODER, MD, MPH WILLIAM BUCK Roggen
Director 1516 HOSPITAL ROAD DORIS DEFFKE Greeley
GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 A M DOMINGUEZ. JR J D. Greeley
ANNETTE M LOPEZ Greeley
(303)353 0540 FRANK MYERS, M P H Windsor
HERSCHEL PHELPS. JR . M D..
Greeley
KATHLEEN SHAUGHNESSY. PHN. kill
ARTHUR G WATSON Plaltevlle
April 5, 1979
TO: John G. Hall
FROM: Byron L. Howell /i / //
SUBJECT: Search for uranium or radium dumps on sites within
Weld County
In searching for possible uranium or radium sites and dumps, I first
spoke withGary Wells, City Manager for Erie and Firestone. He knew
of no sites or dumps by memory or by record in either city. The
Erie Town Clerk and the other personnel there also stated that there
were no sites or dumps on record or otherwise.
I spoke with the assistant Town Clerk in Dacono and she stated that
there were no sites or dumps in memory or on record in the Dacono area.
She mentioned two men who knew the area well and who worked in the
mines in the area who would know if there were any sites or dumps in
the area. So, I spoke with Charles Sabados' wife. She spoke with
her husband, Charles, and there are no sites or dumps in the Dacono
area according to them.
Betty Figurillo, Town Clerk of Frederick, stated that there were no
sites or dumps in memory or on record in the Frederick area.
My conclusion is that there are no uranium or radium sites or dumps
in the Erie, Dacono, Frederick, and Firestone areas. The only mining
activity in these areas was coal mining.
A further check for uranium or radium sites or dumps was carried out
at the Greeley City Library and the Weld County Library. At the Weld
County Library, there were no old business listings to check. However,
the following books were checked; but no information concerning
uranium or radium sites or dumps was found. The book or sources I
checked are listed: -
1) Stampede to Timberline by M. Walle 978.8
2) Geology and Natural Resources of Colorado by Russel D. George 557.88
3) The Mines of Colorado by 0. Hollister 338.20978
4) Colorado Mining by D. Smith 338.209788
5) Bonanza Victorian by C. Stoehr 978.8
6) South Platte County - A History of Old Weld County by Dean Krakel
7) History of Colorado, Vol. 1, by Wilbur Fisk Stone 978.8
The Greeley City Library had no information whatsoever on uranium or
radium sites or dumps within Weld County.
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