Independent small mines operator, 1948 to 1999, Corona Mine
By: Hugh C. Ingle, Jr. ; with an introduction by John S. Livermore. Interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1998 and 1999. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Swent, Eleanor.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine Project.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Corona Mine (Calif.); Nevada. Commission on Mineral Resources.; Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.); Mining engineers -- West (U.S.) -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: Growing up with mining: pocket and placer gold mines in Oregon; Naval Air Reserve fighter pilot, 1943-1983, combat in Korea; Corona Mine, CA operations and mercury recovery processes, 1955-1970, reclamation 1998-1999; managing and operating other small mines in California and Nevada; mining consultant in Brazil, Congo, Mexico; coal mine research for U.S. Bureau of Mines; service on Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, 1991-1999; discusses mine safety, solving geological and metallurgical problems, ore sampling and grade control, peculiarities of manganese, dredging for tantalum, mine leasing, adverse effect of government regulations on small mines.