Documents in our library name Asbestos de Guatemala deposits at near El Rancho, El Progresso, and Pozo de Agua, Sierra de Chuacus, Guatemala as an asbestos deposit, run by Asbestos de Guatemala.
The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.1
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Year by year
Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.
1960
- Exploration: “announced plans to develop asbestos deposits near El Rancho, El Progresso, and Pozo de Agua” (Asbestos de Guatemala), p. 81
- Exploration: “Mill tests of a 700-pound sample were made at Globe, Ariz., and results were reported to be satisfactory” (Asbestos de Guatemala), p. 81
References
- Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1960 (January 1, 1961), p. 8.
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