Documents in our library name Biltong mine at Shabani area, Zimbabwe as an asbestos mine. They report it working in 1953.1 Fiber: chrysotile.
The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.1
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Output the documents report
Figures as printed, in the units each document uses (short tons before about 1990, metric tons after, in most U.S. chapters). Some are a year's output, some a daily rate or a capacity, some a company's total rather than this mine's alone; the statement for that year below says which.
| Year | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 380 tons per annum | 1 |
Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1953
- Output: “Biltong ... about 380 ... tons per annum”, said by W. E. Sinclair, M.I.M.M. (Consulting Mining Engineer), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 121
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1953, September 1953 (September 1, 1953), p. 12.
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