Documents in our library name Monarch blocks at Fort Victoria District, Zimbabwe as an asbestos deposit, run by Asbestos Supply Company of London.1 Fiber: chrysotile. 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
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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.
1928
- Exploration: “recent work on them has disclosed many seams of fibre of good quality”, p. 501
- Ownership: “sold in England thru the Asbestos Supply Company of London”, p. 501
- Exploration: “as well as the Monarch and other properties”, p. 502
Other names
Documents call this mine “Monarch”, “Batagori, Windsor and Balmoral blocks”.
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1928, May 1928 (May 1, 1928), p. 50.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1928, October 1928 (October 1, 1928), p. 50.
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