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Powhatan tremolite deposits, Castella and Hazel Creek (Sims), California

The Powhatan Mining Co. of Woodlawn, Baltimore, Maryland, produced tremolite asbestos near Castella in Shasta County, California, according to the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook.1 The yearbook for 1944 named it as one of "two producers of asbestos in California" that year, with its shipping point at Dunsmuir.1 For 1945 the yearbook placed its tremolite production "near Castella and Hazel Creek (Sims), Shasta County," and for 1946 and 1947 near Castella again; the 1947 volume prints the company's town as "Woodland."2,3,4 For 1948 the yearbook lists the company among those reporting tremolite production in Shasta County, without naming Castella.5

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

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Location

Castella and Hazel Creek (Sims), California, the county named in the documents. The dot marks the county, not the mine itself.

Year by year

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

1944

  • Fiber: “tremolite asbestos” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 31
  • Worked: “the Powhatan Mining Co. ... reporting production of tremolite asbestos near Castella, Shasta County--shipping point, Dunsmuir” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 31

1945

  • Worked: “produced tremolite asbestos near Castella and Hazel Creek (Sims), Shasta County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 32

1946

  • Worked: “produced tremolite asbestos near Castella, Shasta County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 23

1947

  • Worked: “the Powhatan Mining Co. ... produced tremolite from near Castella, Shasta County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 24

1948

  • Worked: “production of tremolite was reported by ... the Powhatan Mining Co.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 25

Other names

Documents call this mine “near Castella and Hazel Creek (Sims)”, “Powhatan Mining Co.”.

See also

References

  1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1944 (January 1, 1945), p. 3.
  2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1945 (January 1, 1946), p. 3.
  3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1946 (January 1, 1947), p. 2.
  4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1947 (January 1, 1948), p. 2.
  5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.

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