Stoltzburg mine, farm Stoltzburg No. 202, Carolina district, Eastern Transvaal

The U.S. Bureau of Mines' Minerals Yearbook for 1946, drawing on the South African Mining and Engineering Journal, reported that Stoltzburg Asbestos Holdings "was preparing to open a mine" on farm Stoltzburg, number 202, in the Carolina district of South Africa.⁴ For 1948 it reported "reserves of over 5,000,000 tons of ore ranging from 3 to 5 percent asbestos," mining by "ring stoping or block caving," and a mill expansion "to bring capacity up to 350–400 tons of fiber per month."³ In Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, the engineer W. E. Sinclair named "Stolzberg" in 1953 among mines "producing chrysotile asbestos," and a 1959 history named "Stolzburg" first among the mines near Carolina.^1,2

The documents report this mine producing asbestos fiber for sale.¹

Location

Year by year

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

1946

• Exploration: “Stoltzburg Asbestos Holdings, Ltd., was preparing to open a mine on farm Stoltzburg No. 202” (Stoltzburg Asbestos Holdings, Ltd.), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 5⁴

1948

• Mill: “Expansion of the mill to bring capacity up to 350–400 tons of fiber per month was in progress” (Stoltzburg Asbestos Co.), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 10³
• Reserves: “has revealed reserves of over 5,000,000 tons of ore ranging from 3 to 5 percent asbestos” (Stoltzburg Asbestos Co.), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 10³
• Description: “The deposit is being prepared for mining by ring stoping or block caving” (Stoltzburg Asbestos Co.), as reported by South African Mining and Engineering Journal, p. 10³

1953

• Worked: “Stolzberg ... producing chrysotile asbestos”, said by W. E. Sinclair, M.I.M.M. (Consulting Mining Engineer), as reported by Asbestos (magazine), p. 12¹

1959

• Worked: “several mines are located, principally Stolzburg”, p. 8²

Other names

Documents call this mine “mine on farm Stoltzburg No. 202”, “Stoltzburg Mine”, “Stolzberg”, “Stolzburg”.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1953, December 1953 (December 1, 1953), p. 12.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1959, August 1959 (August 1, 1959), p. 8.
3. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1948 (January 1, 1949), p. 10.
4. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1946 (January 1, 1947), p. 5.