Documents in our library name Chrysotile mine at near Medellin, Colombia as an asbestos mine, run by Nicolet Industries.1 They report it working in 1972.1 Fiber: chrysotile.
The documents report work here (mining, shafts or a mill) but no fiber sold or shipped; that is what our documents say, and the mine may still have sold some.1
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Location
Output the documents report
Figures as printed, in the units each document uses (short tons before about 1990, metric tons after, in most U.S. chapters). Some are a year's output, some a daily rate or a capacity, some a company's total rather than this mine's alone; the statement for that year below says which.
| Year | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 70,000 tons annually | 1 |
Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1970
- Exploration: “the chrysotile mine near Medellin now under development” (Nicolet Industries), p. 81
- Ownership: “Nicolet Industries has a 70-percent share” (Nicolet Industries), p. 81
1972
- Output: “production is scheduled to reach 40,000 to 70,000 tons annually starting in 1972” (Nicolet Industries), p. 81
See also
- Nicolet Industries: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- All asbestos mines
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1970 (January 1, 1971), p. 8.
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