Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie Seemann, 2011-09-07
Summary
Interview with Walter "Bimbo" Cheney, former cowboy, now surface miner with Newmont Mining Corporation in Elko, Nevada, one of the world's largest gold mining companies. He discussed his previous occupation as cowboy, reasons for leaving that occupation to become a miner, similarities and differences in the occupations, and a description of his present job as miner.
Recorded at the Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada, September 7, 2011.
Western Folklife Center Occupational Folklore Project, 2011-2012 (AFC 2011/064: 00179) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
In English.
Tags
Date
01/01/2011
Location
elko
Source
Library of Congress
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