HA PANs over town of Asbestos, Quebec. HAS of Asbestos open pit mine, miners drilling shot holes, of dynamite explosion. Shot of cobbers gathering fibre in pit after blast. Interior shot of cobbing room where fibres are removed by hand from rock. Shot of steam shovel loading ore after blast in asbestos pit. Sequence showing how rock is crushed, workers in overalls, CS of ore in crusher, of ore being screened, fibre being separated from rock in mill. CS of asbestos fibres in rock.