Mining town memories--Colorado and Mexico
Subtitle: and related material
By: Bessie Launder Richards; tape recorded interview conducted by Mel Erskine in 1967. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1967 :
Contributors: Erskine, Mel.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1967
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources -- Colorado.; Mines and mineral resources -- Mexico.; Women -- Colorado.; Women -- Mexico.; Mexico -- Description and travel.
Other titles: Mining town memories Colorado and Mexico
Description: Childhood in Colorado mining towns of St. Elmo and Buena Vista; marriage to mining engineer; life at the Pinguico and La Luz silver mines near Guanajuato (1908-1911) at Monterrey (1923-1928) and at Sombrerete, 1929; experiences during revolutions and with Mexican bandits. Photographs inserted.