Industrial Minerals Corporation property, Newdale, North Carolina

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1942 reports that the Industrial Minerals Corporation, of Asheville, "began production from a new property near Newdale, Yancey County, early in 1942 and marketed substantial quantities before the end of the year."¹ The same yearbook says amphibole asbestos was the "only variety mined in the State" of North Carolina, and that, "according to report, the asbestos-bearing rock mass is at least 200 feet wide and 400 feet long."¹ For 1943 the yearbook called the company, "operating at Newdale, Yancey County," "the largest producer of amphibole asbestos in the United States," and said that "substantial quantities were sold, chiefly for welding-rod coating."²

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.

1942

• Fiber: “Sales of North Carolina amphibole asbestos, only variety mined in the State”, p. 4¹
• Opened: “The Industrial Minerals Corporation (Asheville) began production from a new property near Newdale, Yancey County, early in 1942” (Industrial Minerals Corporation), p. 4¹
• Description: “the asbestos-bearing rock mass is at least 200 feet wide and 400 feet long” (Industrial Minerals Corporation), p. 4¹

1943

• Output: “The Industrial Minerals Corporation, operating at Newdale, Yancey County, is the largest producer of amphibole asbestos in the United States” (Industrial Minerals Corporation), p. 3²
• Buyers: “Substantial quantities were sold, chiefly for welding-rod coating” (Industrial Minerals Corporation), p. 3²

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in North Carolina
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1942 (January 1, 1943), p. 4.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1943 (January 1, 1944), p. 3.