Documents in our library name Diablo Asbestos Deposit at northwest of Van Horn, Texas as an asbestos deposit, run by Lewter Oil Company. Fiber: amphibole (unspecified).1 Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.
The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.2
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Location
Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1976
- Exploration: “contains fiber of sufficient quality and quantity to warrant development for strip mining; the amphibole variety called Richterite” (Lewter Oil Company), p. 272
1977
- Fiber: “The amphibole variety of asbestos called Richterite” (Lewter Oil Company), p. 221
See also
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1977, December 1977 (December 1, 1977), p. 22.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 27.
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