Sorsen Asbestos Corp., Globe, Arizona

Documents in our library name Sorsen Asbestos Corp. at Globe, Arizona as an asbestos mine, run by Sorsen Asbestos Corp.¹ They report it working in 1953.¹ Fiber: chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is shown below with its source.

The documents report work here (mining, shafts or a mill) but no fiber sold or shipped; that is what our documents say, and the mine may still have sold some.²

Location

Year by year

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

1953

• Exploration: “driving two exploration tunnels and are in 70 feet with one and 50 feet with another” (Sorsen & Williams Mining Co.), said by Arizona Asbestos Producers Association (Newsletter, April 1953), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 46²
• Exploration: “exploring their property with the aid of Defense Minerals Administration” (Sorsen Asbestos Corporation), said by Jack L. Neal, Secretary, Arizona Asbestos Producers Association, as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 18³
• Worked: “Sorsen Asbestos Corp., P. O. Box 1431, Globe (active)” (Sorsen Asbestos Corp.), p. 2¹

Other names

Documents call this mine “Sorsen Asbestos Corp.”, “Sorsen & Williams Mining Co.”.

See also

• Asbestos exposure sites in Arizona
• All asbestos mines

References

1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1953 (January 1, 1954), p. 2.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1953, May 1953 (May 1, 1953), p. 46.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1953, October 1953 (October 1, 1953), p. 18.