Documents in our library name Silver Oak mine at Vukwe, Zimbabwe as an asbestos mine, run by Rhod. Monteleo. They report it working in 1955.1 Fiber: chrysotile.
The documents report small or short-lived production of asbestos fiber for sale.1
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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 | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 short tons per month (average) | 1 |
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: “Rhod. Monteleo | Silver Oak | 5” (Rhod. Monteleo), p. 101
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1956, June 1956 (June 1, 1956), p. 10.
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