uranium-yielding

Updated: May 21, 2025

In the mad rush for the uranium-yielding pitchblende, they had swarmed over the deserts toward the dwarf mountains by the thousands. Greedy, thinking only of the fortunes that could be torn from the rugged little mountains, they had come unprepared for the heat of the Martian deserts and nine out of ten had never returned. Each boy thought, too, of the dangers they had just faced.

Carey Rockwell - Stand by for Mars!