The Mi Vida Mine is perhaps the most famous uranium discovery in the United States. Taking a left turn onto Steen’s Road from the 191, south of Moab, drive for 10 miles and you will come upon this scene: the abandoned mine. The rusting ore cart remains at the mouth of the adit, like a steel tongue protruding from the valley’s side. Nearby you can see the ore bin; the ore cart would transport the ore from the workings inside the mine to the bin, which would then be taken by truck to Steen’s Uranium Mill in Moab. Small pieces of radioactive uranium ore litter the ground outside the mine.