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A two-page US Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations (Serial No. 2179) from October 1920, by mineral technologist Oliver Bowles. It gives asbestos production figures for Rhodesia from 1909 and for South Africa's provinces in 1917-1920, describes the Rhodesian chrysotile deposits and how they were worked, and notes the rapid growth of amosite mining in the Transvaal's Lydenburg district.
- Author
- Oliver Bowles
- Published by
- U.S. Bureau of Mines
- Agency
- Bureau of Mines
- Date
- 1920
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 25241 · asbestosclaims.law/library/25241
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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Oliver Bowles. “Asbestos in South Africa.” 1920. U.S. Bureau of Mines. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 25241. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/25241.
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