2007-01-032022-02-032007-01-032022-02-03http://hdl.handle.net/11124/8006Carnotite ore, Monument Valley. This is a Kodacolor print made by Eastman Kodak Company, week ending May 28, 1955--Verso.Date scanned: 2001-03-07.Identifier: NMHFM-90.Unmounted; text on verso.Held in the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum.Donor: Lola Alexander .Photograph taken in Monument Valley showing Dennis Ward Viles (on the right) with another man, who is holding a chunk of carnotite ore. Viles was the Vice President of the Vanadium Corporation of America (V.C.A.), which owned the Monument #1 and Monument #2 Mines in Monument Valley, Arizona. The carnotite ore from these mines was trucked to the V.C.A. Durango Uranium-Vanadium Plant where uranium concentrate (yellow cake) and vanadium concentrate (red cake) were extracted from the ore.Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.htmlViles, Dennis WardVanadium Corporation of AmericaPeopleUranium mines and miningStillImage