The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-03
ARE MAKING BRICK NOW
Mitchell Brick and Tile Works are
Now in Operation and Started
on First Kiln.
on First Kiln.

on First Kiln,
Another industry has now been
added to the others of Mitchell and
1T is now in operation and In the
course Of a few days its product will
be put on the market. The Mitchell
Brick and Tile Co. started it's plant
Friday morning and commenced the
manufacture of brick. This enter
prise, which was fostered and devel-
oped through the jnstIumentality Of
the Commercial Committee, was
started several months ago by
enlisting local capital in the PROPOSE
ton and with an experienced man in
Manager Dunn, the project has
been going along nicely i'm the
erection OF the plant and getting it
IN readiness for operation.
The plant is located at the south
a S conner Of the fair grounds, be-
tween the grounds and the Milwau-
kee track OF the /. & ID. division.
The plant is one of the most COM
plete i'm the northwest and it
represents an Investment of 500, 900
The machinery is Of the latest
pattern to produce an excellent brick
and the CLAY material that the COM
pany will use has been tested to
the point where vt will produce a
first class brick.
The company hE constructed a
fine plant down thef1 Oh the railroad
and it is worth an in ection. The
large tower house is the point
where they clay Is first started on
its journey, being ground to a
fineness and elevated to the top of
the tower, where it passes over the
vlbratin. piano strings, a portion
OF the clay passing through and then
returning to be gound over again.
AMI the rest passing down a shoot
into the pug mill, where 1T is ground
and mixed to a fine degree. 1t is
pushed through a mould the exact
size OF a brick and carried along on
a moving belt and cut into tie
regular size.by a neat little con-
trivance.. Passing on to a faster
moving belt the bricks are separated
so that they can be handled by the
men and placed on the little iron
cars When the car is loaded it is
run out to the dry kiln. This is a
huge affair 100 feet long and has
four tunnels where the cars are run,
holding about IS, 900 bricks. These
are allowed to remain there "a hours
aud are dried out by the fire that is
Kept constantly going on underneath
From the dry kiln the bricks are
taken on the cars to the burning
kiln, Of which there are two, each Of
10000 capacity, and after one has
been filled the fire is started be-
meath them land allowed to burn
ten DAYS and ten days is given for
cooling. Coal is used as the fuel
for drying and burning the bricks.
Little railway tracks are laid from
the tower house around through the
yards and everything can be trans
ported quickly to the roint desired.
The over that drives the machin-
erv is. secured through a IS horse
power dynamo, and the electricity
is furnished by the mitchell Power
Co. The company has a small steam
plant there for its use In e~levating
water from the we'll to the large
reservoir it has constructed so that
the water can be utilized any time
without starting up the steam
plant.
The first order for brick from the
new la.tory has been placed by the
Mitchell Power Co. for its new
electric light and gas plant to he
erected IN the southeastern part OF
the city, and will use 300. 600. The
capacity of the plant is about IS, 1000
brick per day and it will give en-
ployment to "a goodly number of men
at 1.-The outset which will be in
creased as the business grows.
All the brick that is used in this
section Of the state has to be
shipped here from Sioux City or
other points and In the future
Mitchell will be In a position to
supply the needs of the state with
ss good a quality of brick as can be
obtained elsewhere. Mr. Dunn is
= thorough and practical mechanic
and he will devote his entire time
to the production of the best possible
brick n he made.