Documents in our library name Merencor Asbestos mines at farm Eldoret, Kuruman District, Northern Cape as an asbestos mine, run by Merencor Asbestos. They report it working in 1965.1 Fiber: crocidolite.1
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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Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1965
- Fiber: “the crocidolite property of Merencor Asbestos mines” (Merencor Asbestos), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 81
- Mill: “A full-scale plant incorporating the latest principles was commissioned at the crocidolite property” (Merencor Asbestos), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 81
Other names
Documents call this mine “Merencor Asbestos mines”, “farm Eldoret”.
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1965 (January 1, 1966), p. 8.
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