Pan American Fiber Corp., Globe district, Arizona

Pan American Fiber Corp. was one of the companies that the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook says "reported shipments of asbestos from mines in the Globe district of Arizona" in 1960 and 1961, and it appears in the same list of shippers for 1962.^1,2,3 The yearbook does not name the company's mine, and for 1963 it reports simply that "Pan American Fiber Corp. discontinued mining operations."⁴

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.²

Location

Year by year

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

1960

• Worked: “Pan American Fiber Corp. reported shipments of asbestos from mines in the Globe district” (Pan American Fiber Corp.), p. 2¹

1961

• Worked: “Pan American Fiber Corp. reported shipments of asbestos from mines in the Globe district” (Pan American Fiber Corp.), p. 2²

1962

• Worked: “Shipments from mines in the Globe district ... were reported by ... Pan American Fiber Corp.” (Pan American Fiber Corp.), p. 2³

1963

• Closed: “Pan American Fiber Corp. discontinued mining operations” (Pan American Fiber Corp.), p. 2⁴

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1960 (January 1, 1961), p. 2.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1961 (January 1, 1962), p. 2.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1962 (January 1, 1963), p. 2.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1963 (January 1, 1964), p. 2.