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I have just ordered some testing equipment. I am not looking forward to what I may find.
I talked to the head of civil defense from back in that time period. It seems the government would give $10,000 for new uranium discoveries. He put a call out on the radio for rock samples ... well $10,000 was a lot of money in that time, and people from all over the county brought him thousands of pounds of rocks.
He tested them and they were all radioactive so he sent them off to be assayed. They were going to be rich! Well, the rocks were radioactive but no uranium ore was in them. So he tested the leaves, the trees, the grass, rocks, bushes, dirt, even the tires on the cars. They were all radioactive off the Geiger counter scale!
Those rocks were a good cross section of the surrounding areas. Being that he tested thousands of pounds from folks throughout the area. The $10,000 reward could buy you a ranch back in those days. It was like the lottery and everyone wanted to play. At that time the radio was bigger out here than TV.
I have had the first weekly local meeting about this problem. Unfortunately the apathy is unbelievable its like a third world country where life does not have much value. More information is constantly coming up, like hot spots in certain areas. I will keep up the meetings and start testing when the equipment is up and running.