Guy G. Phillips, Globe, Arizona

The Phillips mine was a chrysotile mine in the Globe district of Gila County, Arizona, worked by Guy G. Phillips of Globe under the name Phillips Asbestos Mines.^2,9,13 The earliest word in the sources is the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1941, which named Guy Phillips of Globe among the Arizona companies making sales; it named him again in 1942.^1,3

Guy Phillips

In December 1942 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, wrote that "the most beautiful specimens of Crude Asbestos which we have ever seen" had come from Guy G. Phillips, "owner of the Phillips Asbestos Mines," one of them pale green and "from an unbroken vein 3 1/2 inches in width."² The company's own advertisement in the journal called it "for many years producers of crudes Nos. 1,2,3 and 4."⁴ In April 1943 the journal reported that Phillips "has joined the Army and the Phillips Asbestos Mines has therefore ceased operations for the duration of the war," and that he had "considerable quantities of Crude Asbestos on hand."⁵ The yearbook, for its part, listed Guy G. Phillips among the Arizona firms making sales in 1943 and 1944, and said he "also produced in Gila County" in 1945.^6,7,8 For 1947 it reported that he "produced from the Phillips mine."⁹

The 1950s

The yearbook listed Phillips Asbestos Mines of Globe as active each year from 1948 through 1953, and as a producer of chrysotile in the Globe district each year from 1954 through 1958.^{10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20} In 1953 Jack L. Neal, secretary of the Arizona Asbestos Producers Association, wrote in Asbestos that "the Phillips mine and mill operated by Guy Phillips of Gila County, has long been one of the leading producers of high quality crude and filter fibre."²¹ For 1959 the yearbook named Jaquays Mining Corp. and Phillips Asbestos Mines "the only producers in Arizona."²²

Asbestos Manufacturing Company

Phillips Asbestos Mines reported shipments from the Globe district in 1960, 1961 and 1962, and the yearbook for 1962 said that the "Asbestos Manufacturing Co. mill processed fiber from Phillips Asbestos Mines."^23,24,25 For 1963 the yearbook listed both Asbestos Manufacturing Co., as a "new producer," and Phillips Asbestos Mines among the shippers from Gila County.²⁶ For 1965 it named Asbestos Manufacturing Co. as the company shipping "from the Phillips mine."^27,28 A 1968 summary in Asbestos of the Bureau's survey for 1967 named "Asbestos Manufacturing Company's Phillips Mine" one of three producers in Arizona, and the yearbook's tables of producers listed the Phillips chrysotile mine under Asbestos Manufacturing Co. for 1968, 1969 and 1970.^29,30,31,32

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁷

Location

Year by year

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

1941

• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Guy Phillips, all of Globe, Ariz.” (Guy Phillips), p. 3¹

1942

• Ownership: “Guy G. Phillips of Globe, owner of the Phillips Asbestos Mines” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 39²
• Description: “Specimens received from Guy G. Phillips, owner of the Phillips Asbestos Mines; one from an unbroken vein 3 1/2 inches wide” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 39²
• Worked: “Sales ... were made by the following companies: ... Guy G. Phillips ... of Globe, Ariz.” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 3³

1943

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines: for many years producers of crudes Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), said by Phillips Asbestos Mines, p. 27⁴
• Output: “considerable quantities of Crude Asbestos on hand” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 38⁵
• Idle: “ceased operations for the duration of the war” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 38⁵
• Worked: “Sales were made by the following companies: ... Guy G. Phillips, all of Globe” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 3⁶

1944

• Worked: “The following companies made sales in 1944: ... Guy Phillips--all of Globe” (Guy Phillips), p. 3⁷

1945

• Worked: “Guy Phillips of Globe ... also produced in Gila County” (Guy Phillips), p. 3⁸

1947

• Worked: “Guy G. Phillips of Globe produced from the Phillips mine” (Guy G. Phillips), p. 2⁹

1948

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁴

1949

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁵

1950

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines, Drawer 71, Globe (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁶

1951

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines, Drawer 71, Globe (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁷

1952

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines, Drawer 71, Globe (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁸

1953

• Mill: “The Phillips mine and mill operated by Guy Phillips of Gila County” (Guy Phillips), said by Jack L. Neal, Secretary, Arizona Asbestos Producers Association, as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 16²¹
• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines, Drawer 71, Globe (active)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁹

1954

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines (produced chrysotile in the Globe district)” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹³

1955

• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁰
• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹⁰

1956

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹¹
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹¹

1957

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹²
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2¹²

1958

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²⁰
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²⁰

1959

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines ... were the only producers in Arizona” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²²

1960

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines reported shipments of asbestos from mines in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²³

1961

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines reported shipments of asbestos from mines in the Globe district” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²⁴

1962

• Worked: “Shipments from mines in the Globe district ... were reported by ... Phillips Asbestos Mines” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²⁵
• Mill: “Asbestos Manufacturing Co. mill processed fiber from Phillips Asbestos Mines” (Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), p. 2²⁵

1963

• Worked: “Phillips Asbestos Mines reported shipments from mines in Gila County” (Phillips Asbestos Mines), p. 2²⁶

1965

• Worked: “Asbestos Manufacturing Co. from the Phillips mine” (Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), p. 2²⁷
• Worked: “Production also was reported by Asbestos Manufacturing Company, from the Phillips mine” (Asbestos Manufacturing Company), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 20²⁸

1967

• Worked: “the three producers were Asbestos Manufacturing Company's Phillips Mine, Jaquays Mining Corporation's Chrysotile Mine and Metate Asbestos Corporation's Lucky Seven Mine” (Asbestos Manufacturing Company), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 48²⁹

1968

• Worked: “Arizona: Asbestos Manufacturing Co. | Gila | Phillips | Chrysotile.” (Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), p. 2³⁰

1969

• Worked: “Arizona: Asbestos Manufacturing Co. | Gila | Phillips | Chrysotile.” (Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), p. 3³¹

1970

• Worked: “Arizona: Asbestos Manufacturing Co. | Gila | Phillips | Chrysotile.” (Asbestos Manufacturing Co.), p. 2³²

Other names

Documents call this mine “Guy Phillips”, “Guy G. Phillips”, “Phillips mine”, “Phillips Asbestos Mines”, “Phillips”.

See also

• Asbestos Manufacturing Co.: the company's documents, people, products and plants
• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1941 (January 1, 1942), p. 3.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1942, December 1942 (December 1, 1942), p. 39.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1942 (January 1, 1943), p. 3.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1943, January 1943 (January 1, 1943), p. 27.
5. Asbestos Magazine, 1943, April 1943 (April 1, 1943), p. 38.
6. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1943 (January 1, 1944), p. 3.
7. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1944 (January 1, 1945), p. 3.
8. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1945 (January 1, 1946), p. 3.
9. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1947 (January 1, 1948), p. 2.
10. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1955 (January 1, 1956), p. 2.
11. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1956 (January 1, 1957), p. 2.
12. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1957 (January 1, 1958), p. 2.
13. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1954 (January 1, 1955), p. 2.
14. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.
15. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.
16. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 2.
17. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 2.
18. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1952 (January 1, 1953), p. 2.
19. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1953 (January 1, 1954), p. 2.
20. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 2.
21. Asbestos Magazine, 1953, October 1953 (October 1, 1953), p. 16.
22. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1959 (January 1, 1960), p. 2.
23. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1960 (January 1, 1961), p. 2.
24. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1961 (January 1, 1962), p. 2.
25. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1962 (January 1, 1963), p. 2.
26. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1963 (January 1, 1964), p. 2.
27. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1965 (January 1, 1966), p. 2.
28. Asbestos Magazine, 1967, August 1967 (August 1, 1967), p. 20.
29. Asbestos Magazine, 1968, July 1968 (July 1, 1968), p. 48.
30. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1968 (January 1, 1969), p. 2.
31. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1969 (January 1, 1970), p. 3.
32. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1970 (January 1, 1971), p. 2.