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Owner of the Shot Mining Company, Manhattan Mercury Mine, 1965-1981 : oral history transcript / 1996.
Phonotape 2868 C:1-6; BANC MSS 97/101 c; Phonotape 2868 C:1-6; BANC MSS 97/101 c
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Title:
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-caHomestake Mining Company.
Earthmoving machinery -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mercury mines and mining -- California
Businesspeople -- California -- Interviews
Manhattan Mine (Napa County, Calif.)
McLaughlin Gold Mine
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
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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)
Volume includes index.
Type:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (xix, 140 p.) : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
5 sound cassettes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z3h20
Phonotape 2868 C:1-6
BANC MSS 97/101 c
Phonotape 2868 C:1-6
BANC MSS 97/101 c
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.