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Childhood in Siberia, Lena Goldfields mines; escape through Mongolia to Oakland, CA,
1920; education: UC College of Mines, Montana School of Mines; metallurgist, Pan American Engineering Co., 1934-1941: introducing jigs in dredging, flotation experiments; mine manager, Argentina, Costa Rica, 1941-1943; mine analyst for Office of Price Administration, 1944-1945; staff engineer, president, chairman, Newmont Mining Corp.,
1945-1985: metal and coal mining, cement and oil ventures in Africa, Australia, Indonesia, North and South America; discussion of management philosophy, theory on gold cycles, success in the mining industry, Stephen Bechtel, George Shultz; musical studies, family history, Russian emigré community.