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Interview No. 914, Carolina Moriel Garza
Interview No. 914, Carolina Moriel Garza
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes mining camps La Prieta, Santa Bárbara and San Francisco del Oro; discusses education, social life, recreational activities, and housing.
Interview No. 922, María Del Refugio Solis De Bastiani
Interview No. 922, María Del Refugio Solis De Bastiani
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; biographical data; discusses social activities and education offered at mining camps in Mexico, particularly El Esmeralda Mine (Eagle Picher) and La Prieta and Santa Bárbara (ASARCO); her childrens' bi-cultural identification; social responsabilities and obligations of mine mangers' wives.
Interview No. 918, María Boevide De Rosas
Interview No. 918, María Boevide De Rosas
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; experiences as wife of mining engineer including frequent moves, social life in mining communities in Bolivia, Argentina, Mexico; discusses Bolivian revolution and husband's decision to accept position as mine foreman in San Francisco Mines near Parral; describes living arrangements provided mine workers and management.
Interview No. 920, Encarnación Sáenz Baca
Interview No. 920, Encarnación Sáenz Baca
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recalls work experiences; describes duties and responsibilities; discusses differences between housing provided for mine workers and for management; comments on American personnel, mining operations, equipment, and production; describes diseases specific to mining industry; social activities in mining communities.
Interview No. 919, Mary Navarro De Barssé
Interview No. 919, Mary Navarro De Barssé
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; biographical background; describes living conditions of mining camp including housing, furnishing, schooling, social activities, and medical facilities; details teaching experiences; comments about Mexicanization of foreign-owned mining companies.
Interview No. 915, Amelia Rosas De Valdez
Interview No. 915, Amelia Rosas De Valdez
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes 43 years working experiences as secretary in Charcas, San Luis Potosí; discusses mine accidents; occupational hazards, effect of payment changes from U.S. dollars to Mexican pesos at the time Mexicanization; describes housing and camp social activities.
Interview No. 917, Ramón Rosas Lugo
Interview No. 917, Ramón Rosas Lugo
Combined Interviews
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.
Interview No. 921, Paula Reyes De Sáenz
Interview No. 921, Paula Reyes De Sáenz
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recollects spouse's career with ASARCO; describes housing social activities, and interaction with families living near ASARCO's mining camps; the celebration of North American holidays.
Interview No. 913, Guadalupe Baca De Ibarra
Interview No. 913, Guadalupe Baca De Ibarra
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; discusses husband's mining career; describes social activities of mining communities, housing, education system; details role of mine manager's wife.
Interview No. 892, Robert F. Limon
Interview No. 892, Robert F. Limon
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recollections of family's decision to leave Mexico during Mexican Revolution; move to U.S. and Argentina; details work as mining engineering for ASARCO units at San Luis, Potosí, La Prieta, Chihuahua, Taxco, Guerrero, and Plomosas, Chihuahua, 1944-1962; living conditions at mines; mines fires; changes in ASARCO following Mexicanization; IMMSA's (Industria Minera Mexico, S.A.) acquisition of Towne Mines' interests at Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua; impressions of Jorge Larea, CEO of IMMSA.
Interview No. 916, Juan Holguín Franco
Interview No. 916, Juan Holguín Franco
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; discusses work experiences with Fresnillo, ASARCO, and IMMSA (Industria Minera México); changes in technology; developing the Inguaran Mine; modernization of mines at Santa Bárbara and Charcas; comments about Jorge Larea, CEO of IMMSA; employment with the government of the state of Oaxaca.
Interview No. 911, Ruperto G. Aguilar
Interview No. 911, Ruperto G. Aguilar
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; Describes years at TCM; relates early professional career; experiences as independent mine operator; offers opinions of principal changes in mining in Mexico including implementation of new technology and mechanized equipment.
Interview No. 912, Kathryn Byrd
Interview No. 912, Kathryn Byrd
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; childhood recounts experiences moving with her husband to Mexico; details of housing, social activities in Mexican mining camp; decisions of move to South Africa; racial tensions there; relocation to other mining camps throughout the world.
Interview No. 907, Margaret M. Humphreys
Interview No. 907, Margaret M. Humphreys
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes childhood in mining camps in New York and Honduras; life in mining camp as wife of mining engineer; social interaction of company management and mine workers; describes domestic activities, food procurement, birthing experiences, medical care, living conditions; tells about life in San Francisco del Oro in Chihuahua, including raising children there.
Interview No. 909, Luis A. Jáuregui
Interview No. 909, Luis A. Jáuregui
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts experiences as engineer at Fresnillo 1946-1949; describes work as land surveyor; development of barite mining and processing for domestic markets.
Interview No. 910, Evaristo Valdés López
Interview No. 910, Evaristo Valdés López
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes early job experiences in San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, and Santa Eulalia; recalls starting his manufacturing company and supplying Mexican mining industry followed Mexicanization.
Interview No. 908, Salvador Treviño
Interview No. 908, Salvador Treviño
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts schooling and early jobs as miner; details his involvement with Mexican government as director of Comisión de Fomento Minero; tells of his years as owner-manager of various Mexican mines; discusses mining laws of Mexico from 1931-1990; tells his experiences as Director General of Peñoles; describes exploration efforts of various mining companies.
Interview No. 898, José J. García
Interview No. 898, José J. García
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project ; details job activities and responsibilities; changes in working conditions, personnel makeup, and social life in mining camp after Mexicanization; mining communities of San Antonio and San Luis at San Francisico del Oro Mine.
Interview No. 905, Kelly Spilsbury
Interview No. 905, Kelly Spilsbury
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; discusses working and living conditions in Mexican mining operations; details changes in ASARCO after Mexicanization; impressions of Jorge Larea, former CEO of ASARCO Mexicana.
Interview No. 893, Robert C. Byrd
Interview No. 893, Robert C. Byrd
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts first jobs as junior engineer at Charcas and shift boss at Huayapa Mine; Taxco; describes and compare working and living conditions at O'OKiep Mine, South Africa to those in Mexican mines; describes mining units at La Prieta and Santa Bárbara; experiences at Bonanza Mine, Nicaragua, during Sandinista rebellion; later experiences in Bolivian tin mines.
Interview No. 904, José Anthony Quintana
Interview No. 904, José Anthony Quintana
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; describes hospital facility and medical services provided to 3,000 mine employees and their dependents; treatment of work related injuries; surgical procedures performed at mine hospital, which were a "first" in Mexico; living conditions at mine camp of Colonia San Antonio.
Interview No. 894, Gabriel Elizondo Ruiz
Interview No. 894, Gabriel Elizondo Ruiz
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project ; describes career steps taken to become general manager at Santa Bárbara, the first Mexican national to hold this position; recounts methods implemented by IMMSA following Mexicanization to increase mine production and modernize mines and mills.
Interview No. 903, Melchor Moriel
Interview No. 903, Melchor Moriel
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; details complexities of negotiating union labor contracts with mining companies; shares recollections of living conditions at La Prieta and San Francisco Mines.
Interview No. 899, Arturo M. Domínguez Morales
Interview No. 899, Arturo M. Domínguez Morales
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; Experiences as manager of small mine in remote sierras of Chihuahua; operating practices and the environment; living and working conditions at mining camps; especially San Francisico del Oro Mine, prior to Mexicanization; changes at mines after Mexicanization; activities and changes in mission of Mexican government agencies, Comisón de Fomento Minero and Consejo de Recursos Minerales.
Interview No. 895, Louise Ferrari De Petrucci
Interview No. 895, Louise Ferrari De Petrucci
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; details duties as camp administrator; reflect on changes after Mexicanization.
Interview No. 906, Joseph De Bastiani
Interview No. 906, Joseph De Bastiani
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project ; recounts experience as underground miner in Canada; discusses changes after Mexicanization of mining industry; compares operating practice of Canadian mines to Mexican mines in late 1940s and early 1950s; Eagle Picher sale of Mexican labor secretary Adolfo Lopez Mateos, later president of Mexico.
Interview No. 897, Enrique Gaitán Cortez
Interview No. 897, Enrique Gaitán Cortez
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts early experiences of operating gold mine at Minillas, Durango, mercury mines at Atontonilco, Zacatecas, and Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, and antimony mines at Tanger and Pacheco, Zacatecas; first flotation mill at Velardeña, Durango; Mexican government agency Comisión de Fomento Minero; mining property selection; decline of independent miners.
Interview No. 901, Aurelio Torres Felix
Interview No. 901, Aurelio Torres Felix
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; praises ASARCO as the "best engineering school in Mexico"; discusses effect of Mexicanization on mining industry in Mexico.
Interview No. 902, Wilfredo García Reyes
Interview No. 902, Wilfredo García Reyes
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; recounts general working conditions at Torreón smelter in late 1940s and 1950s; relations of foreign supervisors with Mexican workers in 1950s; changes at smelter after Mexicanization; demise of independent mining; increased awareness of effect of mining on environment.
Interview No. 900, John T. Humphreys
Interview No. 900, John T. Humphreys
Combined Interviews
Part of Mining in Mexico Oral History Project; shares memories or early jobs in mining industry in Montana, Honduras and Nicaragua in 1940s; working and living conditions; high points of career managing San Francisco del Oro near Parral, Chihuahua; economic factors affecting mines in 1950s; Mexicanization.