Pioneer in applied rock mechanics, Braden Mine, Chile, 1944-1950; St. Joseph Lead Company, 1955-1960; Colorado School of Mines, 1960-1972
By: John J. Reed ; with an introduction by Robert K. Barcus ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Barcus, Robert K.; Swent, Eleanor.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1993
Subjects: Colorado School of Mines.; Mining engineers -- Chile -- Interviews.; Mining engineers -- West (U.S.) -- Interviews.; Mines and mineral resources -- Chile.; Mines and mineral resources -- Missouri.; Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.); Rock mechanics.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
Description: Reed discusses his family mining background; studies at the University of California School of Mines; his work as an engineer at Braden Copper Company, Chile, 194-1950; polio and rehabilitation; his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1955; pioneer work in drilling and blasting; the Colorado School of Mines; being a consultant on rock mechanics after 1960.