Dublin Consolidated amosite facility, near Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, Transvaal

Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty.) Ltd., a subsidiary of Turner & Newall Ltd., ran an amosite operation near Pietersburg in the Transvaal, South Africa: in 1975 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, described "an Amosite facility near Pietersburg," and in 1977 it reported that the company "mines Amosite near Pietersburg, in the Northern Transvaal," with "a portion of these rights" tributed to S. A. Kirton (Pty) Ltd.^1,3 Turner & Newall's reports, as the journal printed them, said that late in 1976 the company "encountered some mining difficulties which served to reduce production," and in 1979 that "the mining difficulties have been overcome."^2,4

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.²

Location

Year by year

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

1975

• Worked: “an Amosite facility near Pietersburg, in the Transvaal” (Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty.) Ltd.), p. 42¹

1976

• Worked: “again produced a satisfactory profit although late in the year it encountered some mining difficulties which served to reduce production” (Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty) Ltd.), said by Turner & Newall Ltd., as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 45²

1977

• Worked: “mines Amosite near Pietersburg; A portion of these rights are tributed to S. A. Kirton (Pty) Ltd.” (Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty) Ltd.), p. 36³

1978

• Worked: “The mining difficulties have been overcome at Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty) Ltd.” (Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines (Pty) Ltd.), said by Turner & Newall Ltd., as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 46⁴

See also

• Turner & Newall Ltd.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, December 1975 (December 1, 1975), p. 42.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1977, May 1977 (May 1, 1977), p. 45.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1977, December 1977 (December 1, 1977), p. 36.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1979, June 1979 (June 1, 1979), p. 46.