Eleanor Swent was the lead interviewer for ROHO’s Western Mining in the Twentieth Century Oral History Project. In this interview Eleanor reflects on the origins of the series, the importance of preserving mining history, and her life in various mining communities. This interview was conducted on October 29, 2013 in order to provide a coda to all of the previous work on the Western Mining in the Twentieth Century project, and to orient new research and interviews in this ongoing project. Mrs. Swent organized the series together with Willa Baum, Langan Swent, and Douglas Fuerstenau and many others in the mid-1980s. By 2013, over 106 interviews have been recorded and made available to the public through this project. Thanks in part to her efforts as well, the endowment for the project will ensure that the series will continue long into the future.