Talk:Koegas mine

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Did you know... that the Koegas mine was once the largest producer of blue asbestos (example pictured) in the world?

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The result was: promoted by Jack Frost (talk) 10:37, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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British workers making asbestos mattresses in 1914

... that the Koegas mine extracted asbestos for the manufacture of "mattresses" (example pictured)? "Apart from the ' Cape Asbestos Company ' another syndicate has taken up asbestos mining and it is reported that the production which in 1908 was 300 tons will be considerably increased during 1909. ' The prices for ' Cape ' asbestos range from 600 to 1,300 marks ($140 to $310) per ton. The ' Blue Cape ' asbestos, is used principally for insulating purposes, in the manufacture of mattresses and boiler coverings." from: Cirkel, Fritz (1910). Chrysotile-Asbestos: Its Occurrence, Exploitation, Milling, and Uses (PDF). Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau. p. 239.
- ALT1:... that at the Koegas mine in South Africa child workers stamped down asbestos fibres, watched over by a whip-armed supervisor? Dr Gerrit Schepers, a government health inspector for the silicosis medical bureau, visited Cape's brown asbestos mine at Penge in 1965 and discovered "exposures were crude and unchecked". "I found young children completely included within large shipping bags, trampling down fluffy amosite asbestos, which all day came cascading down over their heads. They were kept stepping by a burly supervisor with a whip. I believe these children to have had the ultimate of asbestos exposure." from: Steele, Jonathan (15 September 2001). "Blue death". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:46, 15 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Reviewing...Interesting, 5X expanded, reads well, no copyvio issues, hook interesting, QPQ provided. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've scrubbed ALT1, it was about a different mine... - Dumelow (talk) 07:54, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blue asbestos from the Koegas region

Suggesting ALT2: ... that Koegas mine was once the largest producer of blue asbestos (pictured) in the world?"Audrey van Schalkwyk, a 54-year-old senior nurse, was 12 years old when she went mining with her parents at Koegas, once the world's largest blue asbestos mine, two hours from Prieska."

to proposed hook, which is in the article and followed by an in-line citation containing the hook fact. Both images clear and appear with an appropriate licence. ALT2.... depends on if it "was the largest ever" or "was once the largest". Thank you @Dumelow:...Whispyhistory (talk) 08:17, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Whispyhistory, added "once" to ALT2 - Dumelow (talk) 08:50, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

for both hooks. Thank you. Whispyhistory (talk) 19:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]