Interviewee

Ramón Rosas Lugo

Interviewer

Samuel Benavides

Project

Mining in Mexico

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee

1932 Mining Engineering graduate of Texas College of Mines, worked as mining engineer in Bolivia and Argentina, and in mines in San Luis Potosi and Santa Bárbara, Mexico.

Summary of Interview

Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; refugee of Mexican Revolution; student days at Texas College of Mines; discusses job experiences in Bolovia including supervising underground mining crew of 60 Bolivian women and witnessing a revolution; his job in the Santa Bárbara mines; Mexicanization of foreign-owned companies; mining union activity in Mexico.

Date of Interview

11-26-1996

Length of Interview

3 hours and 30 minutes

Tape Number

No. 917

Transcript Number

No. 917

Length of Transcript

96 pages

Interview Number

No. 917

Terms of Use

Unrestricted

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