Consolidated African Mines mine and mill, Barberton District, Transvaal

Documents in our library name Consolidated African Mines mine and mill at Barberton District, Transvaal as an asbestos mine, run by Consolidated African Mines Ltd. They report it working in 3 years between 1975 and 1978.^1,2,3 Fiber: chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.³

Location

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 by year

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

1975

• Output: “can annually produce 8,000 tons of fiber comparable to QAMA Grades 4-7 at its mine and mill in the Barberton District” (Consolidated African Mines Ltd.), p. 42¹

1976

• Output: “is capable of producing some 8000 tons of Grades 4-7 at its mine and mill in the Barberton District” (Consolidated African Mines Ltd.), p. 38²

1978

• Output: “is capable of producing 8,000 tons of Grades 4-7 in the Barberton District” (Consolidated African Mines Ltd.), p. 46³

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, December 1975 (December 1, 1975), p. 42.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 38.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1978, December 1978 (December 1, 1978), p. 46.