Arizona Asbestos Corporation, Gila, Arizona

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook named the Arizona Asbestos Corporation, of 172 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, among the companies that made sales of chrysotile in 1937, and listed it among the companies, "all of Globe, Ariz.," that reported sales of Arizona asbestos in 1939.^1,2 In April 1941 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Gladding, McBean & Co., of Los Angeles, "recently took over the asbestos lease held by Norman F. Barber (Arizona Asbestos Corporation) as well as his mill and mining equipment," and would keep Barber as manager, "using a large portion of their production for their own requirements and selling any surplus."³ The yearbook for 1941 listed Gladding, McBean Co. among the sellers, "formerly owned by Arizona Asbestos Co."⁴ Its list of Arizona sellers for 1942 again named Gladding, McBean & Co., without naming a mine or county.⁵

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.²

Location

Year by year

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

1937

• Worked: “Sales of chrysotile were made by the ... Arizona Asbestos Corporation, 172 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, Calif.” (Arizona Asbestos Corporation), p. 4¹

1939

• Worked: “reported by the following companies: ... Arizona Asbestos Corporation ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Arizona Asbestos Corporation), p. 5²

1941

• Ownership: “recently took over the asbestos lease held by Norman F. Barber (Arizona Asbestos Corporation)” (Gladding, McBean & Co.), p. 34³
• Buyers: “using a large portion of their production for their own requirements” (Gladding, McBean & Co.), p. 34³
• Ownership: “Gladding, McBean Co., 2901 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. (formerly owned by Arizona Asbestos Co.)” (Gladding, McBean Co.), p. 3⁴
• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Gladding, McBean Co. ... (formerly owned by Arizona Asbestos Co.)” (Gladding, McBean Co.), p. 3⁴

1942

• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Gladding, McBean & Co., 2901 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif.” (Gladding, McBean & Co.), p. 3⁵

Other names

Documents call this mine “Arizona Asbestos Corporation”, “Arizona Asbestos Co.”, “Gladding, McBean Co.”, “asbestos lease held by Norman F. Barber”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1938 (January 1, 1939), p. 4.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1940 (January 1, 1941), p. 5.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1941, April 1941 (April 1, 1941), p. 34.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1941 (January 1, 1942), p. 3.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1942 (January 1, 1943), p. 3.