Charles Ireland, Arizona

Charles Ireland was an individual operator whom the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook lists among the firms and individuals active in Arizona asbestos mining in 1948, 1949 and 1951, giving his address as "P. O. Box 374, Globe."^1,2,3 These lists do not name his mine; the 1951 entry adds that his "lease ended May 1951," and that the "operation [was] taken over by Frank Witte."³

Year by year

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

1948

• Worked: “Charles Ireland (active)” (Charles Ireland), p. 2¹

1949

• Worked: “Charles Ireland, P. O. Box 374, Globe (active)” (Charles Ireland), p. 2²

1951

• Worked: “Charles Ireland, P. O. Box 374, Globe (active)” (Charles Ireland), p. 2³
• Ownership: “lease ended May 1951—operation taken over by Frank Witte” (Frank Witte), p. 2³

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 2.