Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc., Globe district, Arizona

The Reynolds Falls mine was a chrysotile mine in the Sierra Ancha Mountains of Gila County, Arizona, "about 50 miles from Globe," according to the U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook.^2,3,5 In 1929 Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that the Reynolds Falls Asbestos Co., Inc., of Globe "has recently been formed with a capital of $250,000."¹ In 1942, drawing on the Mining Journal of Phoenix, the journal said the mines were "being developed under the direction of Arthur Enders, of Globe," that the property "comprises 25 claims", whose owners were "planning an expansion program," and that "six men are employed at present."² The yearbook for 1945 reported that Enders "produced both spinning and short fibers" there.³ In 1952 George Kohl was listed for the Reynolds Falls Mine among the charter members of the Arizona Asbestos Producers Association, and the yearbook for 1958 named Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc., among the firms that "produced chrysotile in the Globe district."^4,5

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.³

Location

Year by year

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

1929

• Ownership: “has recently been formed with a capital of $250,000” (The Reynolds Falls Asbestos Co., Inc.), p. 53¹

1942

• Exploration: “Reynolds Falls Asbestos Mines in the Sierra Ancha being developed under Arthur Enders; 25 claims” (Arthur Enders), as reported by Mining Journal (Phoenix, Ariz.), May 15, p. 36²
• Ownership: “Property of 25 claims owned by J. E. B. Wells of Tulsa and W. H. Hazlett of Independence, Kans., planning an expansion” (J. E. B. Wells; W. H. Hazlett), as reported by Mining Journal (Phoenix, Ariz.), May 15, p. 36²
• Workforce: “Six men employed at present”, as reported by Mining Journal (Phoenix, Ariz.), May 15, p. 36²

1945

• Worked: “Arthur Enders produced both spinning and short fibers at the Reynolds Falls mine” (Arthur Enders), p. 3³

1952

• Worked: “George Kohl, Reynolds Falls Mine” (George Kohl), p. 50⁴

1958

• Worked: “Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc. produced chrysotile in the Globe district” (Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc.), p. 2⁵
• Fiber: “chrysotile” (Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc.), p. 2⁵

Other names

Documents call this mine “Reynolds Falls Asbestos, Inc.”, “Reynolds Falls Asbestos Co., Inc.”, “Reynolds Falls mine”, “Reynolds Falls Asbestos Mines”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1929, August 1929 (August 1, 1929), p. 53.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1942, June 1942 (June 1, 1942), p. 36.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1945 (January 1, 1946), p. 3.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1952, June 1952 (June 1, 1952), p. 50.
5. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1958 (January 1, 1959), p. 2.