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Kingsbury Asbestos Mines property, Melbourne Township, about 8 miles from Asbestos, Quebec

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1963, citing the Northern Miner of Toronto, described the property of Kingsbury Asbestos Mines, Ltd. as "2,000 acres in Melbourne Township, about 8 miles from the Johns-Manville Corp. operation at Asbestos, Quebec."1 The same report said that Golden Age Mines had given Falconbridge Nickel Mines a working option "to explore the property of its subsidiary," and that "some 15 million tons have been indicated grading $7 per ton, with values predominantly in Group 5 fiber."1 In December 1971 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Asarco Exploration Co. of Canada Ltd. was drilling "on claims held by Kingsbury Asbestos Co., a subsidiary of Golden Age Mines Ltd."2

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.2

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Location

Melbourne Township, about 8 miles from Asbestos, Quebec, the district named in the documents. The dot marks the district, not the mine itself.

Year by year

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

1963

  • Description: “The ground consists of 2,000 acres in Melbourne Township, about 8 miles from the Johns-Manville Corp. operation at Asbestos” (Kingsbury Asbestos Mines, Ltd.), as reported by Northern Miner (Toronto), p. 51
  • Reserves: “some 15 million tons have been indicated grading $7 per ton” (Kingsbury Asbestos Mines, Ltd.), as reported by Northern Miner (Toronto), p. 51
  • Ownership: “granted a working option to Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Ltd., to explore the property of its subsidiary, Kingsbury Asbestos Mines, Ltd.” (Golden Age Mines), as reported by Northern Miner (Toronto), p. 51

1971

  • Exploration: “is drilling at an asbestos prospect on claims held by Kingsbury Asbestos Co.” (Asarco Exploration Co. of Canada Ltd.; Kingsbury Asbestos Co.; Golden Age Mines Ltd.), p. 62

Other names

Documents call this mine “property of Kingsbury Asbestos Mines, Ltd.”, “Kingsbury Asbestos Co. claims near Sherbrooke”.

References

  1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1963 (January 1, 1964), p. 5.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1971, December 1971 (December 1, 1971), p. 6.

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