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Mining borax, shaft-freezing in potash mines, U.S. Borax, Inc., 1954 to 1988 : oral history transcript / 1994.
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Mining borax, shaft-freezing in potash mines, U.S. Borax, Inc., 1954 to 1988 : oral history transcript / 1994
Mining borax, shaft freezing in potash mines, U.S. Borax, Inc., 1954 to 1988
Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Kendall, Robert Eli, 1923-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Hesse, Christian.

Creator/Contributor:

Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Kendall discusses his father striking it rich in 1900 in Tonopah, Nevada, and other historical mining events; his own experiences mining in Boron, Calif., and Saskatchewan.

Date:

1994 (issued)

Subject:

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Borax mines and mining -- Nevada
Potash mines and mining -- Saskatchewan
Mining engineers -- Interviews
Borax -- Mines et extraction -- Nevada
Potasse -- Mines et extraction -- Saskatchewan
Borax mines and mining
Mining engineers
Potash mines and mining
Allan Potash Mines
Nevada
Saskatchewan
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company.
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company.

Note:

Robert Eli Kendall ; with an introduction by Chrisian Hesse ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent, 1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Interviewed for the Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2750 C:1-2.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
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:

Interviews.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (xiv, 37 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm.
2 cassette tapes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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.

Related Item:

Mining borax, shaft-freezing in potash mines, U.S. Borax, Inc., 1954 to 1988 : oral history transcript 1994 : Kendall, Robert Eli, 1923- : (OCoLC)1085994892