Interviewer
W Noel McAnulty, Jr.
Project
Mining in Mexico
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee
Former general manager at mining units in Taxco, Guerrero, Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua, and La Prieta, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Summary of Interview
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts first jobs as junior engineer at Charcas and shift boss at Huayapa Mine; Taxco; describes and compare working and living conditions at O'OKiep Mine, South Africa to those in Mexican mines; describes mining units at La Prieta and Santa Bárbara; experiences at Bonanza Mine, Nicaragua, during Sandinista rebellion; later experiences in Bolivian tin mines.
Date of Interview
1-20-1996
Length of Interview
45 minutes
Tape Number
No. 893
Transcript Number
No. 893
Length of Transcript
25 pages
Interview Number
No. 893
Terms of Use
Unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Interview with Robert C. Byrd by W Noel McAnulty, Jr., 1996, "Interview no. 893," Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso.