Documents in our library describe Mimco (Mining & Milling Corp. of America) as “first u. s. production”.1 The asbestos named is anthophyllite. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Mimco (Mining & Milling Corp. of America) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1953, January 1953
- Description: “FIRST U. S. PRODUCTION”, p. 321
Asbestos Magazine, 1952, December 1952
- Use: “if you make any of these products . . . ASPHALT & VINYL TILE ... FOUNDRY SANDS”, p. 302
- Made at: “our own mines located in North Carolina, and processed at our Spruce Pine mill”, p. 312
- Asbestos fiber: “mimco ANTHOPHYLLITE ASBESTOS”, p. 312
- Fiber grade: “7th group (anthophyllite asbestos) fibre”, p. 312
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “fiber” (as of 1952), p. 923
Kind of product
We list Mimco (Mining & Milling Corp. of America) with raw fiber and filler, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Raw fiber and filler by other makers (42)
Plastibest (Johns-Manville) · Fibra-Flo (Johns-Manville) · Asbaltic (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fibers (Johns-Manville) · Caposite (North American Asbestos) · Chlorbestos (Johns-Manville) · Diabestos (Great Lakes Carbon) · Dicalite (maker not given) · Fiberspray Asbestos (Acoustic) · Fibra Flow (Johns-Manville) · Gold Bond Asbestos Fibers (National Gypsum) · Havestos (Haveg) · Montasite (Mining & General Technicians) · Mother Lode (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Mother Lode (Pacific Asbestos) · Pavebestos (Carey Canadian Mines) · Pluto (North American Asbestos) · Portugese Asbestos (Powhattan Mining) · Powminco (Powhattan Mining) · Red Clover (Vermont Asbestos) · and 22 more: all raw fiber and filler
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1953, January 1953 (January 1, 1953), p. 32.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1952, December 1952 (December 1, 1952), p. 30.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 92. Not yet published in our library.
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