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ANTHONY A. CERAR (b. 1913), mercury miner, 1935-1995: La Joya, Knoxville, Mirabel, Oat Hill mines; WW II, Spanish miners in CA; mine safety, health hazards of mercury. JOHN CETERAS (b. 1944), organic farmer, Yolo County: community opposition to McLaughlin Mine, Davis Creek Dam; member, technical review panel monitoring water quality. HARRY M. CONGER (b. 1930), mining engineer: Asarco, Silver Bell, AZ, 1955-1964; Kaiser Steel Co., Eagle Mt., CA, 1964-1970, early environmental concerns, water quality monitoring; Kaiser Resources, Balmer, BC, 1970-1973, dealing with Mitsubishi Trading Co.; Consolidation Coal Co., 1973-1975; vice president, president, director, chairman and CEO, Homestake Mining Co., 1975-1998; environmental policy, corporate restructuring, McLaughlin Mine discovery and development, World Gold Council. JOHN JAY CORLEY (b. 1931), chairman, Napa County planning commission, 1981-1984: permitting McLaughlin Mine. WILLIAM CORNELISON (b. 1936), schools superintendent: Middletown, CA, 1979-1986, impact of Geysers geothermal project; Konocti district, 1986-1994, impact of McLaughlin Mine; Lake County, 1994-present, socio-economic changes; JOHN DRUMMOND (b. 1944), schools attorney: negotiations to mitigate McLaughlin Mine impact.

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Title
The Knoxville/Mclaughlin Gold Mine, Northern California, 1978-1995, Volume II
Creator
Cerar, Anthony A., interviewee
Ceteras, John P., interviewee
Conger, Harry M., interviewee
Corley, John Jay, interviewee
Cornelison, William H., interviewee
Drummond, John, interviewee
Swent, Eleanor, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 1998
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Western Mining Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Science, Technology, and Health
Commerce and Industry
Natural Resources, Land Use, and the Environment
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The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Cerar, Anthony A., John P. Ceteras, Harry M. Conger, John Jay Corley, William H. Cornelison and John Drummond. "The Knoxville/Mclaughlin Gold Mine, Northern California, 1978-1995, Volume II." Interview by Eleanor Swent in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998.
Interview date(s) 1994
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