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Mining operations and engineering executive for Anaconda, Newmont, Homestake, 1950 to 1995 : oral history transcript / 1996.
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Mining operations and engineering executive for Anaconda, Newmont, Homestake, 1950 to 1995 : oral history transcript / 1996Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Humphrey, William A. (William Albert), 1927-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Creator/Contributor:
Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine ProjectAbstract:
Humphrey discusses his family background, and education at the University of Arizona; his work as a mining engineer in Mexico,
Peru and Africa; his career with the Anaconda and Homestake Mining companies, and the McLaughlin Mine; and being chair of
the Doe Run Mining Company.
Date:
1996 (issued)Subject:
Mining engineers -- InterviewsMines and mineral resources
Ingénieurs des mines -- Entretiens
Mining engineers
Mines and mineral resources
McLaughlin Mine
Anaconda Company.
Homestake Mining Company.
Doe Run Mining Company.
Homestake Mining Company.
Anaconda Company.
Note:
William A. Humphrey ; with an introduction by Jack E. Thompson ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1994 and 1995. Regional
Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: Western Mining in the twentieth century oral history series; Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine Project.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available: classified as Phonotape 2854 C:1-9.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xvi, 225 pages) : portrait ; 28 cm
9 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaClassification:
622Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.