Lucky Seven mine, Gila County, Arizona

The Lucky Seven mine in Gila County, Arizona, was Metate Asbestos Corporation's chrysotile mine, and the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook first names it in 1964, when Metate was one of three companies that "reported shipments of chrysotile from Gila County," Metate's "from the Lucky Seven mine."¹ The same yearbook says "it was reported that Johns-Manville Corp. set up bagging operations at the Metate Asbestos Corp. plant" that year.¹ Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, passing on the Bureau of Mines' Arizona reports, said production "also was reported by Metate Asbestos Corporation from the Lucky Seven mine" for 1964 and again for 1965, and the yearbook for 1965 lists Metate's shipments from the mine.^2,3,4 For 1967 the journal named "Metate Asbestos Corporation's Lucky Seven Mine" as one of the three producers in Arizona, in a year when "output in Arizona was 14% below 1966."⁵ The yearbook's tables of United States producers list Metate Asbestos Corp. and the Lucky Seven mine for 1968, 1969 and 1970.^6,7,8

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁵

Location

Year by year

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

1964

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corp. from the Lucky Seven ... mine” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 2¹
• Mill: “Johns-Manville Corp. set up bagging operations at the Metate Asbestos Corp. plant” (Johns-Manville Corp.), p. 2¹
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 2¹
• Worked: “Production also was reported by Metate Asbestos Corporation from the Lucky Seven mine” (Metate Asbestos Corporation), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 25²

1965

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corp. from the Lucky Seven mine” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 2³
• Worked: “by Metate Asbestos Corporation, from the Lucky Seven mine” (Metate Asbestos Corporation), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 20⁴

1967

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corporation's Lucky Seven Mine” (Metate Asbestos Corporation), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 48⁵

1968

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corp. | do. | Lucky Seven | Do.” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 2⁶

1969

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corp. | do. | Lucky Seven | Do.” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 3⁷

1970

• Worked: “Metate Asbestos Corp. | do. | Lucky Seven | Do.” (Metate Asbestos Corp.), p. 2⁸

Other names

Documents call this mine “Lucky Seven mine”, “Lucky Seven”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1964 (January 1, 1965), p. 2.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1966, October 1966 (October 1, 1966), p. 25.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1965 (January 1, 1966), p. 2.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1967, August 1967 (August 1, 1967), p. 20.
5. Asbestos Magazine, 1968, July 1968 (July 1, 1968), p. 48.
6. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1968 (January 1, 1969), p. 2.
7. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1969 (January 1, 1970), p. 3.
8. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1970 (January 1, 1971), p. 2.