half century as mining and exploration geologist with the Anaconda Company
By: Vincent D. Perry ; with an introduction by William A. Humphrey ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1990.
Contributors: Swent, Eleanor.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1991
Subjects: Anaconda Mining Company -- History.; Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources.; Geologists -- California -- Interviews.; Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives.; Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco.; Fires -- California -- San Francisco.; San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906 -- Personal narratives.
Genres: Personal narratives.
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: Perry discusses the San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906; education (University of California College of Mining, Columbia University); Argonaut Mine fire; mine geologist for Anaconda Co., Butte, Montana, 1924-1928; chief geologist for Anaconda Co., Salt Lake City, 1937-1956; mining explorations; comments on ore resources, geologic methods, management practices, liquidation of Anaconda Co.