Arthur Enders mine, Apache Reservation, Globe, Arizona

Arthur Enders of Globe, Arizona, mined chrysotile on the Apache Reservation: the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1939 says that he "operates a mine on the Apache Reservation, under lease from the United States Government."¹ The yearbooks list him among the Arizona firms that made sales of asbestos in 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944.^1,2,3,4,5,6 In 1946 and again in 1947, according to the yearbooks, he "purchased, milled, and resold asbestos but did not mine."^10,11 He appears among the "active" firms and individuals of the district from 1948 through 1953, with an address of "P. O. Box 362, Globe," and among those who "produced chrysotile in the Globe district of Arizona" in 1954 and 1955.^{7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16}

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.¹⁶

Location

Year by year

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

1938

• Ownership: “Arthur Enders operates a mine on the Apache Reservation, under lease from the United States Government” (Arthur Enders), p. 5¹
• Worked: “Sales were made by the ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Arthur Enders), p. 5¹

1939

• Worked: “reported by the following companies: ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Arthur Enders), p. 5²

1941

• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Arthur Enders), p. 3³

1942

• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Arthur Enders), p. 3⁴

1943

• Worked: “Sales were made by the following companies: ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe” (Arthur Enders), p. 3⁵

1944

• Worked: “The following companies made sales in 1944: ... Arthur Enders ... of Globe” (Arthur Enders), p. 3⁶

1946

• Idle: “purchased, milled, and resold asbestos but did not mine in 1946” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹⁰

1947

• Idle: “purchased, milled, and resold asbestos but did not mine in 1947” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹¹

1948

• Worked: “Arthur Enders (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2⁷

1949

• Worked: “Arthur Enders, P. O. Box 362, Globe (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2⁸

1950

• Worked: “Arthur Enders, P. O. Box 362, Globe (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹²

1951

• Worked: “Arthur Enders, P. O. Box 362, Globe (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹³

1952

• Worked: “Arthur Enders, P. O. Box 362, Globe (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹⁴

1953

• Worked: “Arthur Enders, P. O. Box 362, Globe (active)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹⁵

1954

• Worked: “Arthur Enders (produced chrysotile in the Globe district)” (Arthur Enders), p. 2¹⁶

1955

• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Arthur Enders), p. 2⁹
• Worked: “Arthur Enders produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Arthur Enders), p. 2⁹

Other names

Documents call this mine “Arthur Enders”, “Arthur Enders of Globe”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1939 (January 1, 1940), p. 5.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1940 (January 1, 1941), p. 5.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1941 (January 1, 1942), p. 3.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1942 (January 1, 1943), p. 3.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1943 (January 1, 1944), p. 3.
6. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1944 (January 1, 1945), p. 3.
7. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.
8. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.
9. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1955 (January 1, 1956), p. 2.
10. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1946 (January 1, 1947), p. 2.
11. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1947 (January 1, 1948), p. 2.
12. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 2.
13. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 2.
14. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1952 (January 1, 1953), p. 2.
15. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1953 (January 1, 1954), p. 2.
16. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1954 (January 1, 1955), p. 2.