The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-20
MINING MACHzNERY,S
NEWT PORTABLE PUMP
Specialties for Mining Operations All
Over the Country

Products Of the Fairmont Mining
Machinery company are rapidly at.
tanning a national reputation and
the specIalties manufactured by
that firm are getting to be more
and more In demand.
The Fairmont steel tie is one OF
the headllners at the Fairmont
| plant. This Is the Ross patent.
Fully 5000 ties are being manu-
featured daily at the plant. This
tie is going to all mining sections
OF the country, being especially
salable in the mining sections OF
| Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and
| West Virginia. A gradual growth
has been noted in this manufactur-
ed product since 1909 when 1t was
first put out. The company calcu-
lates that fully 500, 900 TO SOC, 900
| OF these steel ties will DO put out
during the present year. The min
ing industry is gradually taking to
the steel tie due to the high cost
of lumber and general scarcity or
proper timber for the purpose. The
| steel mills since the ease up in the
speed up" production are able to
furnish the Fairmont plant with
more steel than they could at one
time and this will go a long way in
helping the manufacturers OF min
ing equipment.
Retarder In Demand.
The Fa!rmont retarder used on
railroad cars while they are being
loaded under the tipple Is a ready
| seller and it is also being much
used In the mining sections OF the
United States. Calls for the retard-
| ers coiNe from as far west as Mon
tana, Colorado and Nevada and
they are quite common from the
mining sections Of Kentucky, Penn.
sylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and
West Virginia.
Buying Portable Pump.
Portable electric pumps manu-.
featured by the Fairmont Mining
Machinery company are being dis
posed OF at the rate or fifty a
month. Quite frequently they r
, shipped by express to mining sec
! tions Of Indiana, Illinois and Ken
lucky. At present the plant is de-
/ veloping n new large portable
pump, which is especially adapted
fr the mining industry. 1t is OF
| larger capacity than the present
manufactured portage pump and is
especially adapted for the mining
! industry. 1t is Of larger capacity
than the present manufactured
| portage pump and is a high duty
apparatus.
New Big Tump.
A technical description of the
new mine gathering pump by H. B.
I Hungerford, nj the company, ap'
pears in this months copy of the
Fairmout Engineering Bulletin. the
official organ Of The FalrmOnt Min
ing Machinery company:
we have recognized that there
| exists a demand for a gathering
pump OF a larger capacity than our
| present No. 1 Pump. A portable
| pump, one low in height, entirely
enclosed with accessible parts, with
ample provision for thorough lu-
IRRIGATION, a pump particularly de-
signed for the mining industry.
"The pump is now In progress
OF development and VI feel that a
brief description at this time is
advisable. The pump Is OF the sub
merged piston type Of one hundred
gallon capacity against a head Of
one hundred feet, mounted on a
portable truck, the extreme height
, over all being under 80 inches above
the top Of rail. The pump is en-.
| tireIy enclosed, all moving parts
being carefully covered, which in
sures freedom from dirt and grit,