MIXED LEGACY: ABOVE: Old buildings from a defunct United Nuclear Corporation uranium mining operation and dirt contaminated with radium are bathed in the evening light north of Church Rock on Friday. BELOW: Larry King, who lives on New Mexico Highway 566 north of Church Rock, also lives across from the old United Nuclear Corporation's mine site. As a young man out of high school, King went to work for the mining company, but now says he is opposed to future mining operations. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independnent]

Eugene Esplain of the Navajo Environmental Protection Agency speaks as residents of the Red Water Pond Road community hold signs near their homes on Tuesday. A number of state representatives from various agencies visited the area to determine how much of a role the state will play in determine whether or not uranium companies will return to New Mexico to mine. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Burt Jones of Kayenta, Ariz, holds tight to Black Sheep during Saturday's Wi;d Thing Championship Bull Riding. Jones did not receive a score for his ride. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]