Powhatan amphibole deposit, not far from Dillard, Ga., North Carolina

The Powhatan deposit was an amphibole asbestos mine in Macon County, North Carolina, near Dillard, Georgia, "across the State line," according to the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook.^1,2 The yearbook for 1945 reported that it "was worked by the Powhatan Mining Co. of Woodlawn, Baltimore, Md."¹ In 1946 and 1947 the yearbook named Powhatan as "the only producer" of asbestos in North Carolina, and in 1948 it said that "the only asbestos production in North Carolina in 1948 came from an amphibole mine in Macon County, operated by Powhatan Mining Co."^2,3,4 For 1949 the yearbook reported "no commercial production" in the state, without naming the mine.⁵

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.⁴

Location

Year by year

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

1945

• Worked: “was worked by the Powhatan Mining Co.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 3¹

1946

• Description: “The mine is near Dillard, Ga., but is across the State line in Macon County, N. C.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2²
• Worked: “Powhatan Mining Co. was also the only producer of asbestos in North Carolina in 1946” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2²

1947

• Worked: “The Powhatan Mining Co. was the only producer in North Carolina” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2³

1948

• Worked: “an amphibole mine in Macon County, operated by Powhatan Mining Co.” (Powhatan Mining Co.), p. 2⁴

1949

• Idle: “There was no commercial production reported in North Carolina in 1949”, p. 2⁵

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in North Carolina
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1945 (January 1, 1946), p. 3.
2. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1946 (January 1, 1947), p. 2.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1947 (January 1, 1948), p. 2.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 2.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1949 (January 1, 1950), p. 2.