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Owner of the Shot Mining Company, Manhattan Mercury Mine, 1965-1981 : oral history transcript / 1996.
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Owner of the Shot Mining Company, Manhattan Mercury Mine, 1965-1981 : oral history transcript / 1996Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Wilder, James William, 1924-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Casburn, William.Creator/Contributor:
Gustafson, Donald L.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Creator/Contributor:
Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine ProjectAbstract:
James Wilder discusses building an earth-moving business after World War II, specializing in mining and mercury mining in
San Mateo and Alameda Counties, Calif.; buying the Manhattan Mine in Napa Co., Calif.; negotiations with Homestake Mining
Company when gold was discovered in 1978; and development of the McLaughlin Gold Mine, donating the profits ro Lake Co., Calif.
Date:
1996 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caEarthmoving machinery -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mercury mines and mining -- California
Businesspeople -- California -- Interviews
Engins de terrassement -- Californie
Mercure -- Mines et extraction -- Californie
Gens d'affaires -- Californie -- Entretiens
Mines and mineral resources
Mercury mines and mining
Earthmoving machinery
Businesspeople
Manhattan Mine (Napa County, Calif.)
McLaughlin Gold Mine
California
Homestake Mining Company.
Homestake Mining Company.
Note:
James William Wilder ; with introductions by William Casburn and Donald L. Gustafson ; 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/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1997.064--PIC).
Type:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xix, 140 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm
5 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.