The career of Bulkeley Wells illustrates nearly all of the changes and challenges faced by the mining business during this time period. While his name is not widely known today, Wells gained nationwide notoriety for his leadership in opposing violent labor strikes in the mining camps of Colorado between 1901 and 1904. He subsequently managed the development of several large mining and electric power projects in Colorado, California, and Nevada, as well as the formation of a company to integrate the production of uranium ore with the extraction of the contained radium for use in cancer treatment.