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Pioneer in applied rock mechanics, Braden Mine, Chile, 1944-1950; St. Joseph Lead Company, 1955-1960; Colorado School of Mines,
1960-1972 : oral history transcript / 1993.
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Pioneer in applied rock mechanics, Braden Mine, Chile, 1944-1950; St. Joseph Lead Company, 1955-1960; Colorado School of Mines, 1960-1972 : oral history transcript / 1993Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Reed, John J. (John Joseph), 1923-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Barcus, Robert K.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Reed discusses his family mining background; studies at the University of California School of Mines; his work as an engineer
at Braden Copper Company, Chile, 194-1950; polio and rehabilitation; his Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley,
in 1955; pioneer work in drilling and blasting; the Colorado School of Mines; being a consultant on rock mechanics after 1960.
Date:
1993 (issued)Subject:
n-us-mo -- n-usp-- -- s-cl---Mining engineers -- Chile -- Interviews
Mining engineers -- West (U.S.) -- Interviews
Mines and mineral resources -- Chile
Mines and mineral resources -- Missouri
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Rock mechanics
Mécanique des roches
Mines and mineral resources
Mining engineers
Rock mechanics
Chile
Missouri
West United States
Colorado School of Mines.
Colorado School of Mines.
Note:
John J. Reed ; with an introduction by Robert K. Barcus ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1991. Regional Oral History
Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Interviewed for the Western Mining in the Twentieth Century Oral History series.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2735 C:1-14.
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. (xiii, 260 leaves) : facsims., plans, port. ; 29 cm.
14 cassette tapes.
Language:
English
Origin:
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.