Mining quarry of chrysotile - asbestos in Asbest

The main attraction of Asbest - huge quarry in which is extracted mineral, which gave the name to the town.
Asbestos is a fibrous mineral. Its name comes from the Greek word "asbestos" - "non-flammable", well that speaks about its physical properties.
Also this unusual mineral nothing to do with ordinary stone, called the "mountain flax" for the ability to split into thin fibers. Thus, asbestos is the only stone from which you can weave the rope.
In the Urals articles of asbestos were first done at Neviansk plant under Nikita Demidov. There is a widespread legend about the Demidov gift tablecloth made of asbestos to Peter I . According to legend, Demidov as if accidentally spilled under the Emperor on his own gift wine, and then tossed the cloth into the fire. Making angry at first Peter was quite surprised, when he saw that wine was burnt, and the cloth is not burned, but moreover became like a new one.
Bazhenov Deposit of chrysotile-asbestos in the territory of the modern city of Asbest was discovered in February 1885 by A.P. Ladyzhenskiy. Soon there appeared the first mines. The extraction of asbestos and for the first time did the Ural society of natural science lovers (UOLE).
Production of asbestos expanded and in 1897 was opened the first in Russia asbestos enriching factory.
If you look at the map of Asbest, it is well seen that career and dumps occupies the territory even more than the city itself.
Quarry where more than a century is mining asbestos, reaching a length of 11 km, and width - 2.5 km. Depth career - 350 metres.
Previously, there were two career - Central and South. On the bridge between them went public transport. Gradually career grew, and soon joined in one huge.
Quarry its gigantic size has a deep impression on all visited person.
The distance from Ekaterinburg is 90 km, travel time is 1.5 hours by car. The distance from the center of Asbest - 20 km