Defense-Related Uranium Mines Program Photo Gallery

Loadout structure at the Mike mine in the Butte Mining District of northern Wyoming. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

Ore bin at the Mesa 8 mine near Gateway, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

Remnants of cribbing, an ore bin, and a waste-rock pile at the Hangover 4 mine in southwestern Colorado. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

Mine track clinging to a cliff edge at the Fox Cistern mine in southwest Colorado. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

The La Sal Mountains framed by a mining trestle at a former uranium mine in Utah. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

An ore bin and waste-rock pile at the Buckshot mine stands roughly 1,100 feet above the confluence of the Dolores and San Miguel rivers, near Uravan, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management

An ore bin and loadout structure at the Joe Pete mine, located north of Naturita, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management