Metallurgical plants--British Columbia--Greenwood

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George Bryan interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-18 SUMMARY: Mr. Bryan speaks of how he came from Liverpool to the Boundary region in 1909, just after the copper mine closed in 1907. The price of copper dropped and a new smelter opened in Greenwood. Bryan describes what the region was like when he arrived, the saloons, his first job at the smelter, and his job as a clerk for the grocery store, which started in 1913 and served 33 families. Bryan tells stories of several people who lived in the area.

W.E. McArthur interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-18 SUMMARY: Mr. W.E. McArthur talks about the town of Greenwood, BC, and his life as the town was being built. Mr. McArthur came to Greenwood when he was thirteen years old from Bute, Montana, in 1897, with his father, who was a miner. Mr. McArthur describes stagecoaches, how the smelters arrived from Midway, and mining. McArthur also tells stories of several people who lived in Greenwood at that time