Founder of the University of Arizona’s minerals economics program and American Indian Science and Engineering Society chapter, Tom O’Neil’s career in academia was just one way he contributed to the expansion of mining throughout its ups and downs.

Watch O’Neil’s oral history video to learn about his career at the University of Arizona and the development of gold mines across the south pacific. Tom O'Neil Oral History Page.

To see more great oral history captures, visit the AIME Oral History Capture Program page.