Letain Asbestos property, near Cassiar, British Columbia

Documents in our library name Letain Asbestos property at near Cassiar, British Columbia as an asbestos deposit. Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.¹

Location

Year by year

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

1958

• Exploration: “Two of these prospects in British Columbia, (Letain and Rose River) are being investigated and opened up”, p. 10¹

1961

• Exploration: “A brief report ... on the Letain Asbestos property near Cassiar, British Columbia, was made available”, as reported by Northern Miner (Toronto), p. 9²

1966

• Exploration: “is taking a hard look at its Letain group, 60 miles southeast of its main mine at Cassiar” (Cassiar Asbestos; Kutcho Creek Asbestos Company), as reported by The Northern Miner, p. 21³

Other names

Documents call this mine “Letain Asbestos property”, “Letain group”.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1958, October 1958 (October 1, 1958), p. 10.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1961 (January 1, 1962), p. 9.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1967, January 1967 (January 1, 1967), p. 21.