Fraser mine, lots 14, ranges VI and VII, Broughton Township, Quebec

The Fraser mine, on lots 14, ranges VI and VII of Broughton township in Quebec, was a chrysotile mine, and a 1920 history of the Canadian industry in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, citing Obalski, says that "the first operations in the Broughton field were the opening of the Fraser mine," in 1882, by Doctor J. Reed.¹ The same history says the mine "was subsequently acquired by an American Company, and in 1886 it was bought by the Scottish-Canadian Asbestos Company," and that it "was the only property opened in the Broughton area for many years."¹ In April 1921 the journal reported that the Fraser Mine, "which has been under repair since last November is closed down entirely."² A visitor writing in the journal in October 1925 passed the Fraser on the road from East Broughton to Robertson and said it had been closed "for about five years."³

The documents report work here (mining, shafts or a mill) but no fiber sold or shipped; that is what our documents say, and the mine may still have sold some.¹

Location

Year by year

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

1882

• Opened: “the opening of the Fraser mine, in 1882, by Dr. J. Reed” (Dr. J. Reed), as reported by Obalski (as cited), p. 22¹

1886

• Ownership: “in 1886 it was bought by the Scottish-Canadian Asbestos Company” (Scottish-Canadian Asbestos Company), p. 22¹

1920

• Idle: “closed ... the Fraser ... for about five years”, p. 24³
• Idle: “the Fraser Mine, which has been under repair since last November is closed down entirely”, p. 66²
• Description: “the only property opened in the Broughton area for many years”, p. 22¹

Other names

Documents call this mine “Fraser mine”, “Fraser Mine”.

References

1. Asbestos (Turner Brothers), 1920, July 1920 (Vol. 3, No. 11) (July 1, 1920), p. 22.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, April 1921 (April 1, 1921), p. 66.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1925, October 1925 (October 1, 1925), p. 24.