Mining operations and engineering executive for Anaconda, Newmont, Homestake, 1950 to 1995
By: William A. Humphrey ; with an introduction by Jack E. Thompson, Jr. ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1994 and 1995.
Contributors: Swent, Eleanor H.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Series: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series; Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine Project
Publisher: Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Humphrey, William A. 1927-; Anaconda Company.; Homestake Mining Company.; Doe Run Mining Company.; Mining engineers -- Interviews.; Mining engineers -- Biography.; Executives -- Interviews.; Executives -- Biography.; Mines and mineral resources.; McLaughlin Mine.
Genres: Interviews.; Biography.
Description: Humphrey discusses his family background and education at the University of Arizona; his work as a mining engineer in Mexico, Peru and Africa; his career with the Anaconda and Homestake Mining companies and the McLaughlin Mine; and being chair of the Doe Run Mining Company.