The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-01
NEW BREAKER AT
MOUNT LOOKOUT
II Is Being Constructed for Simpson &
Watkins, Of This City.
CONTAINS ALL THE MODERN IDEAS
The Model Coal Breaker Of This
Region When COmpieted..lt Is Ex.
pected That 1t Will Be in Operation
in August and Have u Capacity
Of Two Thousand Tons Of Coal u
n0v.

Near Wyoming borough, at Mount
Lookout, one of the finest coal break
ers in this region Is now being con-
structed by Simpson &; Watkins, the
extensive coal operators of this city,
to take the place of the Mount Lookout
breaker, which was destroyed by fire
several months ago. The ashes of the
fire had not become cold when Simpson
& Watkins began the work Of rebuild
ing, with the intention of making the
new breaker q model of its kind, one
that would contain all of the most mod
ern improvements for the breaking and
cleaning of anthracite coal.
The breaker is being constructed un-
der the supervision OF ]. l.. Crawford.
the general manager of the firm, and
work has progressed so rapioiy that the
machinery is now being placed in the
building. BY August it will be possible
to begin the preparation of coal in il.
The new breaker occupies the site OF
the one destroyed by fire. but Is larger,
being double instead of single. q.
Some idea of the massive character
of the new structure may be gained
from the statement that 100000 feet
Of timber is required in its building.
PREPARATION OF COAL.
The coahwill be hoisted to the top of
the breaker by ,means of a plane, as be-
6ore. and the manner of handling cars
will be the sames From the dumping
platform, downward through the
breaker, however, arcNradcal changes
from the old style.
Just below the dumping platform are
two .airs Of crushers, and ta.c the
changes begin Into one pair of crush
ers, 40 by rs inches in size, goes alf of
the pure coal. Into the other crushers,
so by 36 inches in size, goes all doubtful
and bony coal. Both classes of coal are
treated alike as to crushing and separ-
ating, passing from the crushers into
counter screens by fleet in diameter
and "a feet long. Out of these screens
broken and other coal is prepared over
automatic slate pickers. THERE'S also an
extra pair of crushers, by means OF
which the broken and egg coal may be
reduced. II desired. to lower sizes.
The pure coal under broken and egg
goes to the main screen, from which
the stove and chestnut sizes are pre-
pared over automatic slate pickers
The chestnut and pea coal then passes
over shakers and automatic slate pick
ers, thence going direct to the pockets.
The nickings from all of these sizes OF
coal are elevated and repicked
DOUBTFUL AND BONY COAL.
Going back to the top of the breaker,
the course Of the doubtful and bony
coal may be traced. This, after leav-
ing the counter screens. instead of go
ing to the main screens, as the pure
coal, passes, together with the coal
from the mud screens, under the bars,
over q series Of shakers, and after be-
Ing separated into sizes by the shakers
runs into twelve Lehigh Valley
pattern jigs (of the same style as those
In use at Maltby). All doubtful coal.
even the buckwheat size, is jigged. At
ter being jigged 1t passes over auto
matte slate Dickers. and thence to the
chutes, ready for market, the long and
perfect cleaning process through which
1t has passed being expected to make
1t clean enough to pass the most rigid
inspection.
The breaker is equipped with three
lines of elevators each ninety-six feet
high-one for lip screenings, one for
doubtful coal and one for re-handling
condemned coal. The work of re-hand-
ling condemned coal, frequently a
source of much trouble and expense,
Will IN the new breaker be reduced to q
minimum, a deep pit having been pre-
pared under the breaker into which the
coal can be dumped and then elevated
to the top of the breaker to pass
through the picking process a second
time. 1t will not be necessary to use q
shovel on condemned coal.
WILL BE TEN SCREENS.
In all there will be ten shaking
screens and six round screens in the