Interview: Oliver Fine
Title: Gold dredges, 1906-1951 [sound recording] : a tape recorded interview / Columbia College.
Interviewee: Fine, Oliver
Recording Location: Sonora, CA
Date Recorded: March 21, 1972
Listen
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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?54
Call Number: F868 .T915 F495 1972
Author(s): Dyer, Richard L.
Year Recorded: 1972
Physical Description: 1 online resource (4 audio files 93 min., 24 sec.)
Series Title: (Columbia College Oral History Series)
General Notes:
Contents: Tape 1, Side A. Biographical information: Grandparents (Granfall) ; Parents ; Birth date and place ; Brothers and sisters ; Childhood activities in La Grange ; Vocation ; Changes during lifetime -- Tape 1, Side B. Gold Dredges: Feasibility of dredging Tuolumne River and nearby ; Tuolumne River dredges ; Dredge south of river (1938-1951) ; Dredge owners -- Selecting the site -- Operating the dredge -- Tape 2, Side A. Operating the dredge ; Regulatory laws ; Effect on the land ; Future -- Tape 2, Side B. Winch room on dredge ; Sluice room on dredge ; Near the dredge ; Plans for a public park.
Local Notes: None
Held By: COLUMBIA
Subject Term: Gold mines and mining.
Subject Term: Dredging.
Geographic Term: Sonora (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
Geographic Term: La Grange (Calif.) -- History -- Personal narratives.
Geographic Term: Don Pedro Reservoir (Calif.).
Geographic Term: Stanislaus County (Calif.).
