Interviewer
Mary Hortsman
Files
Description
Clay Lewis discusses moving to Montana during the Great Depression in order to mine for gold with a dredge line company. He describes his early mining experiences near Nine Mile, Montana, the equipment he used, and how the Depression affected the people in and around Nine Mile. Lewis also details how World War Two affected the Montana mining industry, mining operations that he worked on, and his experiences with the ‘mining culture.’ He describes many families and mining operations associated with abandoned cabins in the Nine Mile area and explains how gold varies from gulch to gulch before playing guitar and singing two songs.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Mining, Montana; Nine Mile, Montana; Dredge Line Company; Great Depression, 1929-1939; Mining culture; Mining, World War, 1939-1945; Gold; Singing; Music
Original Date
3-4-1994
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Unions and Labor Oral History Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 317-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (28 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:32:07 minutes
Local Filename
OH_317_001.mp3; OH_317_001.pdf
Citation
Lewis, Clay, "Clay Lewis Interview, March 4, 1994" (1994). Unions and Labor Oral History Collection. 8.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtunionsandlabor_oralhistory/8