Kromellenboog mine, Lydenburg District, Transvaal

The Kromellenboog mine was an amosite mine of Egnep, Limited, in the Lydenburg District of the Transvaal, South Africa.^1,4 In 1945 the Cape Asbestos Company, as Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported it, named it as one of Egnep's four mines on the Penge outcrop, "about 8 miles (airline) along the strike direction, to the southeast," with "its own milling and housing facilities."¹ In December 1975 the journal reported "the decision was reached to close the small mine at Kromellenboog which had produced about 10% of total production."⁴ A year later it reported that "selective mining on a reduced scale is being done at the Kromellenboog Amosite Mine," and in 1977 that Cape Industries produced amosite "at the Penge and Kromellenboog Mines."^2,3

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁴

Location

Year by year

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

1945

• Worked: “Along this outcrop the Company has four mines” (Egnep, Limited), said by Cape Asbestos Company, Limited, as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 8¹
• Mill: “Each has its own milling and housing facilities” (Egnep, Limited), said by Cape Asbestos Company, Limited, as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 8¹

1975

• Closed: “the decision was reached to close the small mine at Kromellenboog which had produced about 10% of total production” (Egnep (Pty.) Ltd.), p. 40⁴

1976

• Worked: “Selective mining on a reduced scale is being done at the Kromellenboog Amosite Mine” (Cape Industries Ltd.), p. 38²

1977

• Worked: “produces Amosite asbestos at the Penge and Kromellenboog Mines” (Cape Industries Ltd.), p. 35³

Other names

Documents call this mine “Kromellenboog”, “Kromellenboog Amosite Mine”.

See also

• Cape Industries Ltd.: the company's documents, people, products and plants
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1945, August 1945 (August 1, 1945), p. 8.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, December 1976 (December 1, 1976), p. 38.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1977, December 1977 (December 1, 1977), p. 35.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1975, December 1975 (December 1, 1975), p. 40.