Documents in our library name Eldorado mine at Kuruman area, Cape Province as an asbestos mine, run by Griqualand Exploration & Finance Ltd., Hans Merensky Trust.1 They report it working in 1965.1
The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.1
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Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1965
- Worked: “Two producing mines at Eldorado and Coretse South”, as reported by South Africa Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 71
- Mill: “equipped with a modern mill, having a capacity of 7,000 tons of fiber”, as reported by South Africa Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 71
- Ownership: “Griqualand Exploration & Finance Ltd., acquired the Hans Merensky Trust asbestos interests in the Kuruman area” (Griqualand Exploration & Finance Ltd.), as reported by South Africa Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 71
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1965 (January 1, 1966), p. 7.
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