American Fiber Co., Globe, Arizona

American Fiber Co., later listed as American Fiber Corp., mined chrysotile in the Globe district of Arizona: the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook named "American Fiber Co., Globe" among the district's active firms and individuals in 1953, and among those that "produced chrysotile in the Globe district of Arizona" in 1954.^1,2 As American Fiber Corp., the firm appears on the same yearbook list of chrysotile producers in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958.^3,4,5,6 For 1959 the yearbook said that Jaquays Mining Corp. and Phillips Asbestos Mines "were the only producers in Arizona," but that "shipments were also made by two other firms, American Fiber Corp. and Metate Asbestos Corp."⁷

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁷

Location

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1953

• Worked: “American Fiber Co., Globe (active)” (American Fiber Co.), p. 2¹

1954

• Worked: “American Fiber Co. (produced chrysotile in the Globe district)” (American Fiber Co.), p. 2²

1955

• Fiber: “chrysotile” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2³
• Worked: “American Fiber Corp. produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2³

1956

• Worked: “American Fiber Corp. produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁴
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁴

1957

• Worked: “American Fiber Corp. produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁵
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁵

1958

• Worked: “American Fiber Corp. produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁶
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁶

1959

• Worked: “shipments were also made by two other firms, ... American Fiber Corp.” (American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁷

Other names

Documents call this mine “American Fiber Co.”, “American Fiber Corp.”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1953 (January 1, 1954), p. 2.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1954 (January 1, 1955), p. 2.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1955 (January 1, 1956), p. 2.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1956 (January 1, 1957), p. 2.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1957 (January 1, 1958), p. 2.
6. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 2.
7. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1959 (January 1, 1960), p. 2.