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Volume 5: William Kritikos (1922-1995), civil engineer, Oat Hill Mine operator, 1955-75: discusses mining waste dumps, beneficiation of mercury ore, reprocessing wastewater, marketing cinnabar in China. John Landman (b. 1915), rancher: discusses ranching in Morgan Valley, working for Reed mercury mine in WWII, detrimental impact of McLaughlin mine on ranching. Roberta Lyons (b. 1951), journalist, environmentalist: discusses growing up in Lake County, 1960s; "hippies" in Colombia, 1970s; establishing Lake County Land Trust. Roger Madsen (b. 1923), mechancial engineer, Homestake Mining Co.: discusses working in Lead, SD; Grants, NM; designing pumpls, let-down valves for autoclave system, McLaughlin Mine. Beverly Magoon (b. 1934), craft teacher, general store owner: discusses changes in Lower Lake commerce from 1971. Edward McGinnis (b. 1923), Napa County highway department foreman: discusses pioneer family roots in Berryessa Valley, destruction in 1956; working at Skaggs Springs and Reed mines, WWII; guarding German POWs as infantryman.

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Title
The Knoxville/Mclaughlin Gold Mine, Northern California, 1978-1995, Volume IV
Creator
Gustafson, Donald, interviewee
Hanchett, Bonny Jean, interviewee
Hickey, James H., interviewee
Jago, Irene, interviewee
Jonas, James, interviewee
Koontz, Dolora, 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
Gustafson, Donald, Bonny Jean Hanchett, James H. Hickey, Irene Jago, James Jonas and Dolora Koontz. "The Knoxville/Mclaughlin Gold Mine, Northern California, 1978-1995, Volume IV." Interview by Eleanor Swent in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998.
Interview date(s) 1993
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