Documents in our library name Picelj mine at mountains of Kopaonik, Serbia as an asbestos deposit. They report it working in 1966.1 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.2
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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
- Reserves: “reserves sufficient for 20 years were reported”, p. 82
- Exploration: “Preparations were under way to develop the Picelj mine”, p. 82
1966
- Mill: “a large investment program including several plants for processing the asbestos discovered at Picely” (Kosmetasbest), p. 61
Other names
Documents call this mine “Picelj mine”, “Picely, Kosovska Mitroivea”.
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1966, December 1966 (December 1, 1966), p. 6.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1960 (January 1, 1961), p. 8.
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