The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-01

storage bins The gas would be
scrubbed with water and the tar and
ammonia extracted. The tar would be
likely sold to creosoting plants and
the ammonia would be concentrated
and sold to the refiners.
Cost Of Manufacture.
The cost of manufacturing one ton
Of briquettes would be as follows Gin
connection WITH mine)
1. Cost OF Material
is tons Ignite coal at .75....S 1.35
5 per cent pitch at SIS 1890. 80
III per GENT shorts at SO -. 80
5 per cent soft coal screenings
at $3.50 .............. .27
-
$2.75
2. Cost Labor
2 men on coal handling. crusher and
dryer.
2 men on power plant.
4 men on retorts,
men on briquetting.
2 foremen.
Cost for so tons s2S per day or
4S cents per ton ............$ .43
8. Depreciation
10 per cent on $4,000 or 20
cents per ton ..............$ 20
Gross cost per ton ....$ 3.ss
Credit by 81 lbs, of
ammonia at .07.....$ 40
Credit by so lbs. of tar
at .01 ............. 80
Net cost of briquettes per ton s 2.3S
Since the daily production of the
plant would be sixty tons or $4,000
tons per year, the cost of the plant
$4,000 and the briquettes could be
readily sold +. o. b. factory for 81
per ton, 1t can be seen that the plant
would be commercial success.
Inasmuch as there has been more or
less unfavorable criticism on briauet-
ting the writer would like to add few
remarks on this subject.
In Europe, briquetting of coal is
one Of the most stable of the manufac-
turing industries. In Germany, 25 per
cent of the coal is briquetted and in
Belgium 1t is practically all briauetted.
In France and England the briquetting
industry Is also very important and
Is growing more so every year. In the
U. s. coal briquetting has been slowly
forging ahead and coal briquettes are
now being extensively used in the east
and middle west.
Some of the most important bril-
quoting plants in this country are as
follows:
The Delaware, LaclSawanna & West
ern Railroad Co., Scranton, Pa. daily
output 1900 tons.
The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.
Banff, Alberta. daily output, 500 tons
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co..
Banff, Alberta. dali youtput. 600 tons
The Colonial Coal Co.. North Sid
ney, daily output, 800 tons.
The Stott Briquette Co., Superior
Wis, daily output, $50 tons.
Other important plants are located
in New York City, PHILADELPHIA. In
dianapolis, st. Louis, etc. There are
scores Of briquetting plants being
successfully conducted in this country
and in every case they are supervised
by engineers trained in the briouetting
profession. But in North Dakota,
where owing to the high cost of coal.
briquetting of the cheaply mined ng-
mite is sooner or later to become a
great industry, there has been a hard
blow dealt to it's advancement with
unscientific methods of briouettinp
and by INSCRIPTIONS promoting
However, every industry in new
country usually passes through a SINH
lar experience and. it would appear
now as a result of the work the state
has done that briquetting will soon be
placed on a firm basis in North Da-
kota.
1t would seem then that the posi-
bilities of the new briquette manufac-
turing process are unlimited. From
woody Ignite coal can be manufac
tured by this process, briquettes which
are as black and heavy as anthracite
coal and which have practically the
same heating value-gas, which can
De either used as a fuel to operate
the briquetting plant or for city dis
tribution, or as a producer of cleo
tricity which could be distributed for
both domestic and manufacturing pur-
poses for radius Of $50 miles, which
can be used in the manufacture Of
creosote paving blocks. prepared roof
ing, etc.-and ammonia which can be
used in the manufacture of chemicals
fertilizers, ice, etc.
1t would seem then that the new
briquetting process will be the means
whereby the fuel problem of North
Dakota win be solved, for from our
fnexhaustible deposits of Ignite coal
not only can high grade and econona-
zeal coal be manufactured. but in adj
dttion there will be developed large
manufacturing enterprises made pos
sible by cheap power and fuel.