Mineralogical Mining HistoryMuseum
Mineralogical and Mining History Museum
The museum showcases minerals from the Jeffrey Mine and asbestos-based industrial products, and also gives information about the local mining history. A Mineral Fair is held on the third weekend of August, as part of the annual Festival des Gourmands. Rock and Mineral workshops are available for Elementary School classes.
Mineralogical and Mining History Museum
The town of Asbestos is well-known for the Jeffrey Mine, a very large open pit mining operation. In 1879, asbestos was discovered and William H. Jeffrey started the mining two years later. The town you see today grew from humble origins as a postal outlet, to a mining camp, to a village, and to its current urban status. An interesting fact about the name Asbestos is that it derives from an English word originating from Greek, which means incombustible.
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