R. O. Marsten Letters to H. B. Eastman on Ore Spillage from Asbestos Ore Hauling (1981), with 1969 Coalinga Mining Claims Report and Related Papers

Compilation of Union Carbide papers on the King City asbestos operation. It includes two July 1981 letters from the King City mine superintendent to hauling contractor H. B. Eastman about ore spillage and trailer precautions, a January 1969 report on Coalinga mining claims and ore reserves with charts, handwritten notes, a May 1973 Law Department letter on asbestos claims, and a November 1976 memo recommending a smoking ban at King City.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, R. O. Marsten to H. B. Eastman, July 14, 1981, enclosing correspondence with Mr. Berry about ore spillage
• Pages 2-4: Letter, R. O. Marsten to H. B. Eastman, July 13, 1981, listing precautions for hauling asbestos ore (covers, sideboards, speed, spill cleanup)
• Page 5: Internal memo, R. O. Marsten to F. O. Dexter, January 23, 1969, transmitting the ore reserves and claims report
• Pages 6-10: Report, 'Investigation of Ore Reserves - Vs - Number of Mining Claims Being Maintained,' UCC Coalinga Asbestos Deposits, by R. O. Marsten, January 23, 1969
• Pages 11-13: Tables of claims, assessment work and minimum royalties (figures to the report; OCR illegible)
• Pages 14-16: Charts and map of ore reserves and claims at present (figures to the report)
• Pages 17-18: Typed analysis of mining records, Coalinga claims and leases (OCR garbled; text appears rotated)
• Pages 19-20: Handwritten notes and figures (illegible in OCR)
• Page 21: Letter, Patrick J. Morgan to J. W. Rawlings, May 14, 1973, on assessment work on California asbestos mining claims and a possible sale
• Page 22: Internal memo, W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and others, November 4, 1976, on a King City smoking ban and sputum cytology testing

People and organizations

From R. O. Marsten (Mine Superintendent); Patrick J. Morgan (Law Department, Union Carbide Corporation); W. C. Thurber to H. B. Eastman (H. B. Eastman, Inc., Fresno, CA); F. O. Dexter; J. W. Rawlings (Mining and Metals Division); F. H. Larrison (King City, CA).

• R. O. Marsten (author)
• Patrick J. Morgan (author)
• William C. Thurber (author)
• Franklin D. Dexter (recipient)
• H. B. Eastman (recipient)
• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (recipient)
• James W. Rawlings (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• H. B. Eastman, Inc (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Coalinga District · Johns-Manville.

About this copy

This is document UC-3700 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 22 pages. Production numbers UCC 006215 to UCC 006236.