Interviewer
W Noel McAnulty, Jr.
Project
Mining in Mexico
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
1941 graduate, Texas College of Mines, divisional manager in ASARCO's Mexico City office, 1962-1978.
Summary of Interview
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recollections of family's decision to leave Mexico during Mexican Revolution; move to U.S. and Argentina; details work as mining engineering for ASARCO units at San Luis, Potosí, La Prieta, Chihuahua, Taxco, Guerrero, and Plomosas, Chihuahua, 1944-1962; living conditions at mines; mines fires; changes in ASARCO following Mexicanization; IMMSA's (Industria Minera Mexico, S.A.) acquisition of Towne Mines' interests at Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua; impressions of Jorge Larea, CEO of IMMSA.
Date of Interview
11-6-1996
Length of Interview
1 hour and 5 minutes
Listen to the Interview
Tape Number
No. 892
Transcript Number
No. 892
Length of Transcript
29 pages
Interview Number
No. 892
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Robert F. Limon by W Noel McAnulty, Jr., 1996, "Interview no. 892," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.