The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-09
OGDEN PORTlAN
CEMENT PLANT
wonderful Deposit Of Mari and Clay being Converted Into CONNER
ola cement IS Seen by Large Number of ogdenies Who
Visited the Property in Automobiles Sunday.

In response 10 an invitation from
the ofncors and directors OF the Og
den Portland Cement company. the
mayor, with several members of the
city council and a large number OF
business men. assembled at the Utah
National bank corner yesterday morn
Ing and llttle later entered score
of automobiles and started for Brig
ham City TO inspect the coment plant
located adjacent TO that thrifty little
city The twenty-twomlle ride TO the
capital OF Box Elder county was thor
oughly enjoyed by the guests OF tho
company. and the visitors were then
escorted from Brigham City to the
big cement plant and shown through
that modern establishment while ev-
every department was in active oper-
alton and the finished product was
on exhibition.
Tho material used and for which
this plant has become famous, con-
sists OF dry mari and clay, and the
deposit wos first discovered by H c.
Baker several years ago. Tho valu-
able deposit Ia formed by the Wa.
satch creek flowing down through
limestone and shnle lodges from the
great range of adjacent mountains.
and the lime is deposited In the form
Of mari in q basin at the foot OF the
canyon. This basin. as the Salt Lake
receded. became known as Box Elder
lake, and the peculiar features of the
valuable deposits are that Il is ex-
ceedingly uniform and lying from a
depth OF almost nothing at the edges
with absolutely nothing overlay1ng 1t,
Directly underneath is found plastic
blue clay. and the mari carries from
So to 81 per cent carbonate OF lime.
and about ~ per cent silica, the lat
ter being In finely divided state
and all Of II being susceptible OF
passing through a zoo mesh screen
-hnc enough TO combine readily With
the limo IN a rotary kiln practice.
The clay is of unknown depth and Is
OF very fine texture, all of it passing
the 100 mesh screen. and is OF excel
lent quality for the manufacture OF the
best quality Of Portland cement The
marl. as IL comes from the
bed. is also exceedingly lne. go that
they ran slurry from the tube mill.
without any grinding. leaves n residue
on a 100 mesh sieve OF only about S
per cent and this In lime fakes. The
fact that the materials arc found so
uniform. and with no foreign matter
OVERLAPPING them, makes the eXcavat-
ing OF the same very simple propo-
sitlon
The construction OF the plant erect
cd 10 manufacture this rich material
WAS commenced last July and opera
tons were inaugurated In January
last. Tho plant is operated by cleo
tricity secured principally from a pow
er plant owned In Wasatch canyon.
power needed Is received
from the city of Brigham a distance
OF only seven miles. A 1000 volt al
ternatlng current is used and trans
form at the plant to 4%0 for Allis
Chalmers motors.
The raw material Is dumped into
the pug mills and plugged into a stiff
shrry which contains when ready
for burning 5S per cent water. and Is
handled by a patent air COMPRISING
pumping system. The sluTry from
the pug mills is delivered into pre-
Iiminary tanks. which the chemist
samples, and from these tanks is
ground through an Allis Chalmers
tube mill TO prove the mix as really
40 grinding is necessary.
From tho tube mill the slurry Is
pumped Into big storage tanks be-
hind the ktins and from these tanks
is fed into the kilns. There are two
7-ex100 Allls Chalmers kilns. which
are turned a revolution in tbree-min-
Jtes and firing with Aero pulveriz-
ers Kemmerer coal is used. passing
directly from the cars TO the
Aero pulzerlzers without any preli-
ninary grinding, except to pass
through a little crusher to take caro-
,f any Jumps,
The klinker drops from the kilns
nto a Webster bucket conyeyor.
Which delivers It in turn 20 a 36X64
nch rotary cooler built by the Allis
Chalmers Co. which In turn delivers
I to another bucket Webster con.
Teyor, This elevates 1t TO the bins in
he dry grinding In the dry grinding
he Sturtevant ring roll mills are
ised. The cement is brushed into an
AllIs Chalmers tube mill and Is Gle
7ated to q belt conveyor which carries |
t through into the stool; houss.
All laboratory equipment ls pat
termed after eastern laboratories and |
shops and the Brigham City plant Is |
strictly up 10 date and thoroughly |
modern.
The plant is located on tho main |
inc OF the Oregon Short Line rail- 4
oad and the company operates its |
,wn locomotive for hauling In raw ma.
.erlal and handling cars on the side
rack. The company operates Its