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Zouolife Gets Expert Opinion ... I EXHIBIT ' W R G -16 28 Asbestos Production Useless editor's Note: The follow log ita freight rats u w# assume erticU and Ictiers appeared ia (hat freight Lanffi srt already the Joa* M. 1K7 mat ol I he established on aU grades d aa> Flathead Muoilur under the bestaa. headline "Save tabby Asbrstos Very truly yours. IHtxwi Nut Cuiumcrrially Valu The Zendhts Company.' able." Tg the Sluckluililg-rs of The Not F Zunuhlc Campany So muen puu-icity has been We art Quoting man tf ita replica received la Dus inquiry: .ccc.ihy iven ill* oc-u: rarer I "Wg urg in ug-ivi ui years amnhibjlc jjbsstos in the Kamy of June ith. togattar with u Creek intnin| district in ahich pic tf Amotutaie Aihaolsa. our Znnniita denusil is located and we liavc had requests rom "We regret t* advian you that there is iboniuuiy no market so many n( our stnckiioldcrs for for llua kutd of tihrsloa and information rcgardirtis this mui- we would advian van not. Is era! that we are taking tins me- spend any money in'jlsvtiop. (hod of informing them concare- inn Hits doaaasL This type of ing it. asbosun is . vary common bince first locating the mb*, tliroughaut tta emirs United eral claims which cemomsd Jw States, but it has practically no nucleus of the Zana ilt hoMhim the occursnce ol tho amphttai* commartsaf value.' Uiadmm. Soey-Mgr, (By C. Keaatey has been knaura. Miny years tg* samples were subanittsd to vinous, ssbcstpi romaa.ues lr inspection and reports as te its couuMretal value and appliea- and Miilinan Company. Amblor. Poop > "We bag u neknowledae tta receipt of your letter of the Ith lions. Until a start urn* a*o the last investigattuns that *ore mad* in cannecttat with than mineral were in ita fan al Id iata. mnnttar with sample of AmphitaU Antaainn. sod in roium wouW sav that wa have ao una far AmphitaU Asbaatm LIBBY'S OPEN PIT--In 1934, mining at the Zonolit# silt wu done by pick and hand shovel. The Universal Insulation Company was mining underground, the Zonolite Company worked the open pit Facilities at the site were at a mini mum. (Photo courtesy the Zonolite Company.) "M Kaot, Tnpulottertsua,ndcIvnuicwoeresavgerienr,cge.wivCnehodtsntduimteit*e*dwaa7rner^n: lew muaUts from varwun sources that this intnarai wan of commemal vsfuo premnlid us to maka furttar invest ign non. The follcwia* ic. ter, l gether with mnpUo ui Ita phibule in a dean. pun 1 were submitted la. nal antf various corns, but to manuiaefcaeee tf asbestos preoucts *ta an yar- h. rested." mv f C Kelly. Ken-hov and Uilliun Cimpnny, Ampl.l_e_r. Pme__n__n.) Rnatymg ta yaws af ta BB. raferanaa ta f sap d oar pr (By W. f. tabta. Vta L tdr ~li-------- Car and as a ta uaad as a hi iidt NcoMmUpUotes with earth and chalk law priced that than an profit in attempting In anptat tta ampfuboln. Curram qam a chalk fn such as tta Journal- datian and sovemy-hvo earns H five dollars par tan. laid down ia New York. Freight ratal aUaa on ita AmphitaU generally Ihroataom tta maunUun regions ef tta United Stales. On tta CdevdU roaervatua- trim and Grtm Fata. it is very and to tta mountains Wyoming, n com- prism a largt port of the for mation. The Zenotin Company an# wari Maai taw itivt ni gCf. wauM ranee from fifteen ta (The rtperil were richt tuck i.t twenty dollars per tun in car in 1937. The ZuaohUt Cumpony for ci lata ta Chicago and casters mar- sub dues not voe iu ikpuMts <d WMl kata with higher proportional* rates ta tta west. AmphUaU Astasia*. for many of tho some resawn given hack til u tf l AmphiboU Jtlvslm occurs in tta S'l.i tuJu.' mg Five Libby Families Evacuated Jam Uie Kuwf Baring Kootenai River Flood eff 1946 wab wiU> Mimfima floods art a common spnagtimo ptanomcna. Tlao spring Itamtam and Big Turn- tracts is |m tarts as i rwvcat*mrnmfy incuMrt. Sirvtfil re- SMfcttfS fcait# Hie NfUfcl AUuUJ ver Utc WIm tar wort Ita. da WK, Ldmy timrav Umt fKaratr unts. s . '^i COMPANIES MERGE--In 1939, the Universal Insulation Company and th* Zonolit* Company merced. The Zonolit* Cotnpany had no milling facilities and row the entire mountain was avail was tta haptaa nma d a taer That the tat was awed to prevent HMMI a rinriaft. Fare* Sarvira aTTkiais cslimK wmM ufct (wo ItUf \l $ti aN rwta and bn#fn hack prattoe# (mi tamoa d ingwifictott turn (ha ran*, tta smmmm kn#|t tear Fail waa *mh Nt :MW- ihrt shw able for preceding through the Universal Insul ation Company mill. The new company wag th* Universal Zonolite Insulation Company. This name was changed in 1948 to Zonolit* Company. The picture above shows th* mill that was in Rad Cram quarters ia tta Lib by Sctaat lleuss. acesrObg ta tta Bad Cram Disaster Cheer- They en joyed Ita dteneMr. swimmmg dawn Saesnd Sheet between the nib ocy cow moo that year. Dm pr* ea. Hargreaves aim ttat seven to too ` ifA weak star ta Fined, Dr. Jem* tf. Cabta CUy lUakb existence at the time of the 1939 merger. (Photo UUs Wl their courtesy the Zonolite Company.) j[ Ju tteed. The Keeteaai Blew Omcar. warned U ta Bossta My ef ini ratal adieu-- and tvyfmd "rtadtag from tta -- chasers of ubesue aa tta op- peratua. Asbeslm bunked. I ita hsgtaM erase H I (tal, aa ef ta en market as wotl as hrnliin West *Oth Strait, New Tort, Friday. May a. and wNhbt a handling asbatas lor suU la .-'f.Y ) * weab tad re redid la It dm. by ta res-- flood ictr manufacturers and jobbers: "Gentlemen: "Wo have your letter of tta ith with sampW af amphitaU Kali senrica rut off for U |we Spebma was woefes when "If reade-- have horn using any water far r--oig *r dnnk- D "sl Inclosed, herewith, a small asbestos, the Kootenai River and Ha tn- mg ether than approved city wa cor: sample of SmptnboU asbestos. "We are net interested in Jus butartes washed out sectiane ef ter supdiee. they are oreed ta pas "In Jeve'ortr* -iur Zmolite material for th* reason that th* Great Northern line. com* into either the iffi-e '<