National Mill and Mining Co. mill, Coalinga, California

Documents in our library name National Mill and Mining Co. mill at Coalinga, California as an asbestos mine, run by National Mill and Mining Co., Inc.¹ They report it working in 2 years between 1959 and 1960.^1,2 Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.

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

Location

Year by year

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

1959

• Mill: “began construction of a mill at Coalinga” (National Mill and Mining Co., Inc.), p. 2²

1960

• Worked: “reported mining asbestos for experimental purposes: ... National Mill and Mining Co., Inc.” (National Mill and Mining Co., Inc.), p. 2¹

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in California
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1960 (January 1, 1961), p. 2.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1959 (January 1, 1960), p. 2.