Prospector, geologist, public resource advocate
Subtitle: Carlin Mine discovery, 1961; Nevada gold rush, 1970s
By: John Sealy Livermore. Interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1992, 1997, and 2000 and by Maurice Fuerstenau in 1997. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Swent, Eleanor.; Fuerstenau, Maurice C.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2000
Subjects: Cordex Syndicate.; Geologists -- United States -- Interviews.; Gold mines and mining -- Nevada.; Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.); Carlin Mine (Nev.)
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: Livermore family in California from 1850, Montesol Ranch, Redington Oat Hill quicksilver mines; education: Miss Paul's School, San Francisco, Thacher School, Ojai, CA, Stanford and early training in Alaska; WWII experiences: USGS Strategic Minerals Program, Navy Civil Engineering Corps; geologist, 1946-52: El Paso Mines, CO, Humphreys Gold Corp., FL, Standard mine, NV; Newmont Mining Co. 1952-70: Resurrection, Iowa Gulch mines, CO; Cuajone, Peru; exploration in Turkey, Iran, Chile, Ireland, Spain; Ambrosia Lake, NM; Zellidja, Morocco; Algeria; Eureka, NV; Similkameen, BC; Carlin, NV, discovery, 1961; partner, Cordex Syndicate, from 1970: Pinson Preble, Dee, Florida Canyon mines, NV; exploration, Colombia, Honduras, China; public service activities in Nevada: mining law mediation, Walker Lake conservation, Mackay School of Mines; developing water resources at Montesol Ranch; Corona mine, CA, reclamation; visit to Cuba, 1999-2000.

includes biographical information, oral history "The discovery of the Carlin Mine", and clippings on Carlin Mine.