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A history of mining in South Africa's Northern Cape by Anthony Hocking, illustrated by Dave Gaskill and published by Hollards of Johannesburg, with copyright shared with the Northern Cape Mine Managers Association. It covers diamonds, blue asbestos, manganese, iron ore, limestone and copper from the earliest times to the present. On asbestos it covers the discovery of crocidolite, the Cape Asbestos Company, women and children hand-stamping fibre, and Westerberg, which it calls the world's biggest asbestos mine. A caption notes progress towards dust-free mills.
- Author
- Anthony Hocking
- Published by
- Hollards Publishers
- Date
- 1983
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Anthony Hocking. “Kaias & Cocopans: The Story of Mining in South Africa's Northern Cape.” 1983. Hollards Publishers. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/books/kaias-cocopans-the-story-of-mining-in-south-africas-northern-cape-1983.
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