Bennett-Martin mine, Thetford Mines, Quebec

In April 1921 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that the Martin-Bennett Company was "still entirely closed down."³ In December 1921 the journal listed Bennett-Martin with the Johnson and Consolidated Asbestos properties, which "are all closed down."⁴ In June 1922 it reported that Martin Bennett "has reopened its Thetford plant and is working day and night shifts."¹ A visitor's account in the October 1925 issue said that "the Bennett-Martin property at Thetford, which is now closed, has recently been sold to the Asbestos Corporation of Canada by Johns-Manville, Inc."²

The documents report work here (mining, shafts or a mill) but no fiber sold or shipped; that is what our documents say, and the mine may still have sold some.¹

Location

Year by year

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

1921

• Idle: “still entirely closed down” (Martin-Bennett Company), p. 66³
• Idle: “Bennett-Martin ... closed down” (Bennett-Martin), p. 19⁴

1922

• Worked: “reopened its Thetford plant and is working day and night shifts” (Martin Bennett), p. 51¹

1925

• Idle: “which is now closed”, p. 26²
• Ownership: “recently been sold to the Asbestos Corporation of Canada by Johns-Manville, Inc.” (Asbestos Corporation of Canada; Johns-Manville, Inc.), p. 26²

Other names

Documents call this mine “Bennett-Martin property”, “Martin Bennett”, “Martin-Bennett Company”.

See also

• Johns-Manville, Inc.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1922, June 1922 (June 1, 1922), p. 51.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1925, October 1925 (October 1, 1925), p. 26.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, April 1921 (April 1, 1921), p. 66.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, December 1921 (December 1, 1921), p. 19.