James William Wilder
Subtitle: Owner of the One-Shot Mining Company, Manhattan Mercury Mine, 1965-1981
By: James William Wilder ; with introductions by William Casburn and Donald L. Gustafson ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1994 and 1995. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Casburn, William.; Gustafson, Donald L.; Swent, Eleanor.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Knoxville District/McLaughlin Mine Project.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Homestake Mining Company.; Earthmoving machinery -- California.; Mines and mineral resources -- California.; Mercury mines and mining -- California.; Businesspeople -- California -- Interviews.; McLaughlin Gold Mine (Calif.)
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: James Wilder discusses building an earth-moving business after World War II, specializing in mining and mercury mining in San Mateo and Alameda Counties, Calif.; buying the Manhattan Mine in Napa Co., Calif.; negotiations with Homestake Mining Company when gold was discovered in 1978; and development of the McLaughlin Gold Mine, donating the profits to Lake Co., Calif.