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Independent small mines operator, 1948 to 1999, Corona Mine : oral history transcript / 1998-99
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Independent small mines operator, 1948 to 1999, Corona Mine : oral history transcript / 1998-99Creator/Contributor:
Ingle, Hugh C., 1923-1999, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Herz), interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Topics covered include: growing up with mining: pocket and placer gold mines in Oregon; Naval Air Reserve fighter pilot, 1943-1983,
combat in Korea; operations and mercury recovery processes, 1955-1970, reclamation 1998-1999; managing and operating other
small mines in California and Nevada; mining consultant in Brazil, Congo, Mexico; coal mine research for U.S. Bureau of Mines;
service on Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, 1991-1999; discusses mine safety, Cottrell furnace, Scott furnace, health
issues, theft, solving geological and metallurgical problems, ore sampling and grade control, peculiarities of manganese,
dredging for tantalum, mine leasing, adverse effect of government regulations on small mines: Corona Mine, CA, Ashby Mine,
NV, Cordilleran Exploration Company.
Date:
2000 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-nvIngle, Hugh C -- 1923-1999 -- interviewee.
Zeltner, Leo
Mackey School of Mines.
Mining engineers -- West (U.S.) -- Interviews
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Mercury mines and mining -- West (U.S.)
Note:
Hugh C. Ingle, Jr. ; with an introduction by John S. Livermore ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent,
Transcript of an interview completed under the auspices of the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office, University
of California, Berkeley.
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available.
Forms part of: the Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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.
Volume includes index.
Independent small mines operator, miner and engineer.
Type:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
[12], xvii, [1], 181, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates : port. ; 29 cm.
Language:
English
Publisher:
California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of CaliforniaCopyright 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.