Ekker Part 1: (.au 14.7k) (.wav 14.7k) Horace Ekker talks about beginning mining in 1932-33, vanadium and uranium; working by hand, horse, and mule; buying station at Thompson; legal issues; working with ECA, VCA, and Union Carbide; locating ore, the first geiger counters.

Ekker Part 2: (.au 14.7k) (.wav 14.7k) Early gieger counter; the fine art of mining; Happy Jack Mine; early miners in the region, superintendents, mills; sampling; early Hanksville, 1919; ranching and the BLM.

Ekker Part 3: (.au 14.7k) (.wav 14.7k) Hanksville, Utah; blacksmiths; Butch Cassidy; mail and pony express;

Ekker Part 4: (.au 13.0k) (.wav 13.0k) Cattle rustling and early law enforcement. entertainment, job of Deputy Sherriff; Hanksville, changes over the years.