Documents in our library name Cape Asbestos Co. amosite deposits at South Africa as an asbestos mine, run by Cape Asbestos Co. Fiber: amosite.1
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
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Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1958
- Fiber: “amosite deposits” (Cape Asbestos Co.), p. 101
- Exploration: “the sinking of a vertical shaft in the amosite deposits” (Cape Asbestos Co.), as reported by Mining Journal (London), p. 101
- Reserves: “Increased reserves” (Cape Asbestos Co.), as reported by Mining Journal (London), p. 101
See also
- Cape Asbestos Co.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- All asbestos mines
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 10.
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