Regal A mine, Belingwe, Zimbabwe

Documents in our library name Regal A mine at Belingwe, Zimbabwe as an asbestos mine, run by Vanguard Coy., Ross McIntyre & Co.¹ They report it working in 2 years between 1955 and 1958.^1,2 Fiber: chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.

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

Location

Output the documents report

Figures as printed, in the units each document uses (short tons before about 1990, metric tons after, in most U.S. chapters). Some are a year's output, some a daily rate or a capacity, some a company's total rather than this mine's alone; the statement for that year below says which.

Year by year

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

1955

• Output: “Vanguard Coy. | Regal A | 40” (Vanguard Coy.), p. 10²

1958

• Worked: “Ross McIntyre &Co., produced a total of 6,240 tons in the same period from the ... Regal” (Ross McIntyre & Co.), said by W. E. Sinclair, as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 10¹

Other names

Documents call this mine “Regal A”, “Regal”.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1960, April 1960 (April 1, 1960), p. 10.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956 (June 1, 1956), p. 10.