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4:31 pm
Fri November 30, 2012
Jeffrey City Sheriff Deputy J.D. Darnell looks back on Jeffrey City during the boom and bust
By Irina Zhorov
Credit Irina Zhorov
Jeffrey City is mostly empty today, though it once was home to a significant uranium boom that brought thousands of workers to the town.
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J.D. Darnell is a resident of Jeffrey City and has served as Sheriff's Deputy since the 1970s. The town is a lot quieter now than it was during the last uranium boom, which brought miners to the region, and plenty of excitement. That was all over by the mid-80s.Darnell looks back on Jeffrey City then, and now.
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