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Dawn Mining Company
| Name: | Dawn Mining Company |
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| Biography/History: | Dawn Mining Company operated the Midnite Mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation and a yellowcake processing mill in Ford, WA between 1955 and 1982. Contaminated structures, soil, and tailings have been buried into deep evaporation ponds at the mill site; the Midnite Mine was declared an EPA Super Fund site and cleanup is ongoing. |
| Related Objects: |
4046.1 (Detector, Radiation, Navy Radiac Set, circa 1960)
4046.10 (Sign, Radioactive Materials Sign, circa 1960)
4046.11 (Sign, Radioactive Materials Sign, circa 1960)
4046.12 (Sign, Radioactive Sign, circa 1960)
4046.13 (Instrument, Chemical, Triplett Fluorimeter, 1955)
4046.2 (Counter, Geiger, Mount Sopris Instrument Co. Geiger Counter, circa 1960)
4046.3 (Counter, Geiger, Geiger Counter, circa 1960)
4046.4 (Lamp, Mineralight Shortwave Ultra Violet Lamp, circa 1960)
4046.5 (Detector, Radiation, Tracerlab, Inc. Radiation Survey Meter, circa 1960)
4046.6 (Detector, Radiation, Cutie Pie Victoreen Survey Meter, circa 1960)
4046.7 (Model, Midnite Mine Model, 1977)
4046.8 (Drill, Mining, Eberline Ore Evaluator Probe, circa 1960)
4046.9 (Colorimeter, Colorimeter, circa 1960)
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