Powhatan Mining Co. property, Dillard, Georgia

Near Dillard, in Rabun County, Georgia, the Powhatan Mining Co. of Woodlawn, Baltimore, Maryland, worked a small amphibole asbestos property, according to the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook.^2,3,9 The earliest of these reports, published in 1941, noted that "a small output was reported in 1939 near Dillard, Rabun County, some distance north of the deposits formerly operated," without naming a company.¹ The yearbook for 1941 reported that amphibole asbestos was produced near Dillard by the Powhatan Mining Co., and near Clayton by Philip S. Hoyt.²

In the yearbooks for the next years Powhatan stands alone in Georgia: in 1942 "the only activity reported from Georgia" was Powhatan's "continued operation of its amphibole asbestos property near Dillard," and the company was again "the only operator" in 1943 and "the only producer in Georgia" in 1944 and 1945.^3,4,5,6 The yearbook for 1946 said that "the only asbestos production in Georgia in 1946 came from an amphibole mine near Dillard," and the yearbook for 1947 that Powhatan "was the sole producer of amphibole."^7,8

The yearbooks for 1948 and 1949 call the fiber anthophyllite: Powhatan "mined anthophyllite in Rabun County near Dillard" in 1948, and "produced anthophyllite in Rabun County, Ga., near Dillard" in 1949.^10,11 For 1951 the yearbook said only that the company "produced amphibole from mines in Meriwether and Rabun Counties," and for 1952 that it "reported a small production of amphibole asbestos in Georgia from deposits at Gay, Meriwether County, and Dillard, Rabun County."^9,12 The yearbooks for 1953 and 1954 report "a small production of amphibole asbestos from Rabun County," without naming Dillard.^13,14

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁵

Location

Year by year

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

1939

• Worked: “A small output was reported in 1939 near Dillard, Rabun County, some distance north of the deposits formerly operated”, p. 5¹

1941

• Worked: “Amphibole asbestos was produced ... by the Powhatan Mining Co. (Woodlawn, Baltimore, Md.) near Dillard” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 3²

1942

• Worked: “the Powhatan Mining Co., which continued operation of its amphibole asbestos property near Dillard, Rabun County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 4³

1943

• Worked: “The only operator was again the Powhatan Mining Co., from its amphibole asbestos property near Dillard, Rabun County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 3⁴

1944

• Worked: “The only producer in Georgia in 1944 was the Powhatan Mining Co. from its amphibole asbestos property near Dillard, Rabun County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 3⁵

1945

• Worked: “The only producer in Georgia in 1945 was the Powhatan Mining Co.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 3⁶

1946

• Worked: “from an amphibole mine near Dillard, Rabun County, operated by Powhatan Mining Co.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2⁷

1947

• Worked: “Powhatan Mining Co. was the sole producer of amphibole. The mine is near Dillard, Rabun County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2⁸

1948

• Worked: “Powhatan Mining Co. mined anthophyllite in Rabun County near Dillard” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2¹⁰

1949

• Worked: “Powhatan Mining Co. produced anthophyllite in Rabun County, Ga., near Dillard” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2¹¹

1951

• Worked: “produced amphibole from mines in Meriwether and Rabun Counties” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2¹²

1952

• Worked: “reported a small production of amphibole asbestos in Georgia from deposits at ... Dillard, Rabun County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2⁹

1953

• Worked: “reported a small production of amphibole asbestos from Rabun County, Ga.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2¹³

1954

• Worked: “reported a small production of amphibole asbestos from Rabun County, Ga.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2¹⁴

Other names

Documents call this mine “Dillard”, “amphibole asbestos property near Dillard”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Georgia
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1940 (January 1, 1941), p. 5.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1941 (January 1, 1942), p. 3.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1942 (January 1, 1943), p. 4.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1943 (January 1, 1944), p. 3.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1944 (January 1, 1945), p. 3.
6. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1945 (January 1, 1946), p. 3.
7. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1946 (January 1, 1947), p. 2.
8. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1947 (January 1, 1948), p. 2.
9. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1952 (January 1, 1953), p. 2.
10. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.
11. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.
12. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 2.
13. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1953 (January 1, 1954), p. 2.
14. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1954 (January 1, 1955), p. 2.