Interview with George E. Evans, Jr., April 20, 1989
Project: Appalachia: Coal Operators Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This is a third interview with George E. Evans, a coal mine operator and former Kentucky Secretary of Energy. He describes the role of the United Mine Workers in the coal industry. He states that the high wages of the United Mine Workers helped to keep other industries out of eastern Kentucky. Evans also discusses the role of safety and regulation in the coal industry, and describes how surface mining started before there were any regulations. He explains the function of oil in America's energy industry and states that OPEC is handicapping American oil production. Evans also expresses the need for a national energy security policy, and discusses the role of the press in publicizing the coal industry.Interview Accession
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Evans, George E., Jr. Interview by Henry C. Mayer. 20 Apr. 1989. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Evans, G.E., Jr. (1989, April 20). Interview by H. C. Mayer. Appalachia: Coal Operators Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Evans, George E., Jr., interview by Henry C. Mayer. April 20, 1989, Appalachia: Coal Operators Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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