Documents in our library name Powhatan amphibole mine at near Gay, Georgia as an asbestos mine, run by Powhatan Mining Co.1,2,3 They report it working in 3 years between 1950 and 1952.1,2,3 Fiber: amphibole (unspecified). Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.
The documents report small or short-lived production of asbestos fiber for sale.3
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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.
1950
- Worked: “Powhatan Mining Co. produced amphibole in Meriwether County, Ga., near Gay” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 21
1951
- Worked: “produced amphibole from mines in Meriwether and Rabun Counties” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 22
1952
- Worked: “reported a small production of amphibole asbestos in Georgia from deposits at Gay, Meriwether County” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 23
See also
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1950 (January 1, 1951), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1951 (January 1, 1952), p. 2.
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1952 (January 1, 1953), p. 2.
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