...the second site in Grants, New Mexico was the Mining Museum...right downtown, in Grants...it is the only Uranium Mining Museum in the World...around 1959 a Navajo found a bright yellow rock and took it to Grants where he had it appraised...it was verified that is was indeed uranium...this began the uranium rush...five uranium mills were built in the area...in 1983 the mills and mines were closed...Grants was once known as the "Uranium capital of the World"...the museum was very well done and very educational...it showed pictures and traced the history of Grants thru the railroads, logging, ranching, farming and mining...we even went "underground" to a reproduction of the uranium mine...it was really worth the visit...
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