The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-14

-i..-- To Test Ignite.
I'VE not only have a bill through
congress appropriating 100000 for ex-
re, iments with Ignite. but we actually
have the money in hand" Prof. Hood
assured him. The chief of the
bureau Of mines stated that Texas and
North Dakota are presenting equally
strong claims for the use Of this money
and he expressed the belief that it
would be divided between the two
states. He called attention to the
fact that it mattered little where the
experiments were conducted. inasmucll
as all lignite-producing states woul
benefit from them. .
1.-THE east realizes that its supply Of
anthracite is limited" said Mr.. Gaines
today. 1T knows the time will come
soon when it must utilize the cheaper
Goals, and it has great confidence in
the possibility Of briquetting Ignite.
The bureau Of mines desires to locate
:Is experimental plants in towns which
ere large enough to consume the gas
and other by-products which will be
manufactured in the briquetting or
cOking of the Ignite, thus making the
appropriation 60 as far as possible.
Dr. Hood is looking forward to OBJ
taining q large number of oils and
gases of commercial value. and he
believes that substitute for gasoline
Will be one of these These volatile
oils are lost when Ignite is consumed
in its natural form. They go up in
sruOke"
DR.. Hood" continued the Ignite en-
tusiast, believes that North Dakota
i.nite can be restored. covering it into
coke and conserving tho volatile sub
stances now lost in consumption. Some
will. scout this idea. claiming that he
cnuse Ignite slacks rapidly in burn
Ing it will not coke As matter/of
fact, under tn cooking plan Dr. Hood
recommends. the Ignite would first
bcIircdlced. to pulveriZpd form. pow
dertd t6} pass through a Iuarterinch
s1een. % 81 ,..ati ...
.lEaE@ Pulverizins Of Ignite.
1.-The bureau of mines will also ey-
pertinent with the pulverizing of Ignite
md its use through blower system.
This is already being done satiSfactor-
ily here in North Dakota -
''On my way back from Washington
! stopped off at Pittsburg to see Con-
sulting Engineer Taylor. an authority
on coking. Mr.. Taylor believes lig-
,.ite will coke. He believes it
can he successfully used in the big
Koppers plant ut st. Paul. which is to
cost $5OGO.0OO, and of which $500
nW.unit is now completed and in. orer-
etinn. When reached st. Paul
Went out to the plant and showed them
samples of our western Ignite, which
had been mined almost year. They
were much interested in the possibili-
ties this coal offered and are anxious
to make al experiment. We probably
will ship them carload Of our Ignite
in the near future. and if it works out
as we'll as they expect it to. they will
use nothing but North Dakota Ignite.
which they can buy for much less than
ea stern bituminous. This will furnish
great field for our mines, and un-
doubtedly will pave the way to the es-
teblishment Of cokeing plants in North
1akota, at the mouth Of the mines.
THE KOppers plant. located near
Hamline university, supplies all St.
Paul with cOking and Illuminating gas
as q by-product,, and It has developed
several y. hundred other by-prOducts
eight Of which, including q fertilizer
selling at $40 to $50 per ton, now are
being manufactured on commercial
basis. All Of the coal coked at this
ccmpany's plant is reduced to pow.
sler which will pass through quarter
inch screen Our Ignite undoubtedly
would be crushed at the mine, enabling
us to ship it much more economically
than we can in lump form and also
eliminating much Of the moisture upon
which we now pay freight.
The coking proposition is only one
string to our bow" added Mr.. Gaines
we are already briquetting at the
mine in a small way. Our chemical
engineer, man who had years OF
practical experience in the most sue
cessful bttquetting plants in the world
ut Cologne, where they utilize brown
Ignite much inferior to ours. has de
veloped vegetable binder which HI
believes Is cheap enough to overcome
the objections which have been raised
to mineral binders.
I'VE are briqustting in very small
sized, lOzengee not more than an incl
thick and quarter in diamer, ant
our machines are much lighter ant
less expensive than those required I,
make the heavier briquettes. Thes,
small hriquettes have the added advan
taee Of being easily shoveled. and the,
can be used In kitchen ranges an,
self-feetling stoves as easily as nu
anthracite.
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