Moab’s Uranium mill

The URECO Mill (Uranium Reduction Company) stood where “the pile” now lies– Moab’s Uranium tailings project currently undergoing remediation close to the entrance to Arches National Park. 

URECO’s mill, which processed none other than Charlie Steen’s uranium ore pitchblende (check out our October 2024 column for more on the mill), operated from 1956 to 1962 when it sold to Atlas. Atlas closed the site down in 1984.