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mtd.6i 8/U8 Your Ref:818/51 --3F1 "51 LH/OS 1 7th September, 1951 th:: u;rp;-;K ^~crk?a.r y for auras. I .-no.::: chans you for your memorandum of the 31st : ia -vhich you enclosed a copy of a report of the Assistant, V ntllation Inspector concerning the Australian -.lue asbestos `.-ine at Wittenooo Gorge. 16 would he aureola ted if you could let me have u coi>y of the dust counts and the temperacure readings . ;cV.ioned in p-iru.jr :ph 1 of Inspector Paichney'o report. un reading this report it is noted that the a:nount of dust particles in the area is high and that the ventilation, of this mine needs, more supervision. It to be noted that the a^ea in the vicinity of the treatment plant i:? still very dusty. The interest of thin hepartr.ient is !.o be understood when it is realised thu:. the hazard frer. asbestos is considerably treater t'- a.-t that from silica and that 7/e have reason to believe that attention to this aspect of mining operations at "ittenoom has been inadequate in t: - past. H5AT H C 1 722