Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., of Bishop, California, produced amphibole asbestos in Inyo County, according to the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook; the sources name no mine.1 The Bureau first reported that the company expected "to start production of asbestos in Inyo County about May 1, 1950," and then, for 1950, that "production of amphibole was reported by the Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc."1,5 For 1955 the yearbook placed its production "in the Ubehebe district of Inyo County."2 In 1956 the company "produced a small quantity of amphibole asbestos in Inyo County," and the yearbooks for 1957 and 1958 reported amphibole asbestos produced in small quantity by Huntley "at Lone Pine, Inyo County."3,4,6
The documents report small or short-lived production of asbestos fiber for sale.3
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Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1950
- Fiber: “production of amphibole” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 21
- Worked: “In Inyo County production of amphibole was reported by the Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 21
- Opened: “expects to start production of asbestos in Inyo County about May 1, 1950” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 25
1955
- Worked: “Amphibole asbestos was produced by Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., in the Ubehebe district” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 22
- Fiber: “Amphibole asbestos” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 22
1956
- Worked: “produced a small quantity of amphibole asbestos in Inyo County” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 23
- Fiber: “amphibole asbestos” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 23
1957
- Worked: “Amphibole asbestos was produced in small quantity by Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., at Lone Pine” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 24
- Fiber: “Amphibole asbestos” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 24
1958
- Worked: “Amphibole asbestos was produced in small quantities by Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., at Lone Pine” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 26
- Fiber: “Amphibole asbestos” (Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.), p. 26
Other names
Documents call this mine “Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc.”, “Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., at Lone Pine”.
See also
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1955 (January 1, 1956), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1956 (January 1, 1957), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1957 (January 1, 1958), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 2.
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