The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-04-20
IMMENSE bRQUETTMC INDUSTRY Will Be LOCATED AT MM0T
Briquettes anda Many By-Products Will Be
Manufactured In Minot BY Aug. ]
Means Much to Northwest

At last, the dream Of years OF a
briaustting plant for Minot Is to be
realized, and with concern behind
it that means without . question. the
greatest success In briquetting yet at.
tained in the United States.
The Missouri Valley High Carbon
Fuel Co., is the name Of an organiza-
ton with unlimited financial backing
that was recently organized with the
following officers, directors and man
Ayers:
Pres. L. M. Davis. formerly Presi.
don't Of the Minot Light & Telephone
CO.
secy and Treas Thos. PEBBLES, bond
manager of Thorp Bros, Minneapolis.
w. B. Snyder is the general man
ager and will take charge Of the COM
pauy's plant in this city, as we'll -
superintendent those which will be In
stalled 1T Bismarck, Mandan and Will
iston. Mr.. Snyder has been connect
ed with the state briQuetting plant a.
Hebron for several years, and 1t Is
due largely to his ability that this
plant made such remarkable sue
cess in manufacturing brquettes from
Ignite coal. Mr.. Snyder Is an engi-
neer OF ability.
w. H. Keller, secretary of the
Washburn Ignite Coal Co., is one Of
the directors. He represents Sena-
tor Washburn of Minneapolis, who is
largely interested in the venture. -
w. M. McLelland, formerly state
agent of the National Casualty Co., is
the general sales agent.
Emmett Everson is assistant gen
eral manager. The Mashek Engineer
ing Co., OF New York, the greatest
builders of briquetting machinery in
North America, are the consulting
engineers and will furnish all machin
cry. This company built the briquet-
ing plant at SUPERIOR Wis, and the
one at Banff, Alta.
The parent plant and general offices
will be located in Minot. The plant
will be istalled along the 500, on what
10 known as the city property east of
the Russell-Miller mill The ma
chinery will be installed sometime in
July and the plant ought to be in
operation by August l, or sooner. A
twenty-four ton press will be used.
1t is expected that from 20 to 80 men
will be employed at the plant and
that 120 tons of briquettes will be
made day to start with The big
press will have capacity of 3OU
tons day, working a double shift.
As is quite generally known, the
science of briquetting has arrived at
such state that not only briquettes
can be manufactured from our Ignite
coal, equal in heating value to the
Pennsylvania hard coal, but such val
liable by-products as gas, aqua am
monia, ammonium sulphate, tar, creo-
sote and carbolic and anthracene oils
are obtained in large quantities. IN
/, fact, If briquettes could not be manu-
featured at all, a good thing could be
made from the manufacture of these
by-products alone.
There is no longer any question as
to the Feasibility of the manufacture
Of briquettes. There are number
of presses in existence all of which
are no doubt capable Of making brl-
quettes but the secret seems to be to
get just enough of the water and the
gas out Of the Ignite before pressing
It. to make the right kind Of briquette.
At the Hebron station this has been
worked out to perfection. Expert
ment with the Hebron brdQuettes have
given wonderful results. For In.
stance, 1t was found with practical
demonstration that Northern Pacific
sngine could be made to pull very
heavy load up long grade, burning
briquettes. which produced greater
heat than the Montana coal. common
" used. Bnquettes for locomotive
use are considered 20 valuable, that
the company will no doubt build .
plant at the Davis mine for the manu-
facture Of locomotive briquettes.
Last year Germany manufactured
10000, 900 tons Of briquettes.
The installation Of this plant means
much to Minot and Northwestern
North Dakota. Il means cheap gas
FOR heating and lighting. It means
the building Up Of q wonderful =.
dustry which viii employ from - 70
- men to start with and very likely