Documents in our library name Kinlock Asbestos mine at about 25 miles from Barberton, South Africa as an asbestos mine, run by Kinlock Asbestos, Ltd. They report it working in 2 years between 1950 and 1951.1,2 Fiber: chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.
The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.2
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Location
Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1950
- Opened: “the new mine and mill of Kinlock Asbestos, Ltd., about 25 miles from Barberton” (Kinlock Asbestos, Ltd.), p. 91
1951
- Output: “Kinlock Asbestos (Pty.), Ltd., is a substantial producer” (Kinlock Asbestos (Pty.), Ltd.), p. 92
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 9.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 9.
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