"This track runs up to an old asbestos mine; it was abandoned by the Portuguese in 1963 at the start of the Frelir& war."

In 1947 the town of Wittenoom was built to service the nearby asbestos mine.

Along with the purchase came ownership of an asbestos mine in Virginia.

The company later acquired an asbestos mine in Vermont.

The asbestos mine in Lowell was of economic importance from the 1940s to the mid-1980s.

Cases of mesothelioma have also been seen in people living close to asbestos mines.

Formerly the village was the site of a large asbestos mine.

There is a large asbestos mine in the municipality.

There was also an asbestos mine that remained operational until the mid-1990s, which has now ceased its operation.

These asbestos mines are now abandoned and protected as historical sites.