The Ward County independent., 1921-10-06
RENEWED INTEREST AR0CS.>>2,
in BRlQUETTlNC BY ANNOUNCE
MENT OF NtPLS. CORPORATION

aroused by the recent announcement
that a Minneapolis corporation was
soon to enter into the manufacture Of
brinquettes and by-products whose ex-
traction are attendant upon the trans.
formation of the raw material into the
commercial briquette. Experiments
in Germany since the war have result
ed in obtaining many and valuable
products that were unknown to mod
ern chemistry up to the last few years.
The German Ignite is acknowledged
to be inferior to our North Dakota
Ignite and yet the German product is
said to be equal to the briquettes
manufactured from anthracite. BY
the new process employed the bri-
quettes are made without binder,
the operation taking place in vacu-
UNI, with enormous pressure and at an
intense heat So great is the heat
required that ordinary metal contain
ers cannot be employed. Fortunate
ly certain metal is now employed
that will withstand several hundreds
of degrees greater temperature than
either steel or aluminium. The new
metal is said to be even lighter in
weight than aluminium. The coal tar
products which are obtained are sus-
ceptible Of being the basis of some
PIG chemical preparations which are
extensively used in the chemical and
manufacturing world today.
The Ignite Utilities Corporation,
are preparing to equip five plants
located at as many points in the state
including concentrating or central
izing plant at Bismarck. Each plant
will produce 300 tons Of briquettes per
working day of eight hours. The re-
sultant by-products will entail pro-
cesses that will require the services
of a working force during the entire
"a hours or three shifts of workers.
An average analysis of Ignite shows
that the content consists Of 80 percent
moisture; volatile combustibles 27
percent; fixed carbon IS percent; ash
6 percent, and sulphur 1.2 percent.
The carbonization of ton Of lig-
mite obtains the following results:
Residue Ignite; 1892 lbs.
Tar, 156 lbs.
Fuel and gas oil, 95 lbs.
Pitch $50 degrees, 81 lbs.
Ammonium Sulphate, 20 lbs.
Gass 400 B. T. u, 10000 feet.
The weight of raw Ignite requisite
to produce one ton of carbonized lig-
mite is 340O lbs.
Carbolic acid, creosote, parrafn,
benzol napthaline, napalin and carbo-
licit are among the more prominent
chemicals which are obtained in COM
mercial quantities.
It is to be hoped that the new in
qustry will get under way at the earl.
lest possible moment as it is well
known that there is an enormous
waste in the use Of Ignite in its raw
state as now practlced. Chemists for
years, have been engaged in expert
ments looking towards the ends which
now appear to have been attained
by Professor Jaeger and his associ-
ates. DIR. Jaeger is expected to re-
turn to Minot on Friday of this week
when immediate steps will be taken
towards the location Of plant in this
vicinity.
Speaking Of his observation during
his recent trip to Germany, DR.. Jaeger
states that the great Krupp gun man
ufacturing plants at Essen, Germany,
have been turned into the manufacture
of the by-products of Ignite coal and
the making of machinery and such like
products. Where originally $4,000
men were employed they now en-
pley triple that number. The dis.
asters of the war have been turned
to good account by the thrifty Ger
man. Thrift, thrift, everywhere
Where cafes and amusement places
were wont to remain open during the
entire "a hours they now close prompt
ly at IL o'clock. midnight. The mid
night oil, gas and electricity are be-
ing saved thereby and utilized for
commercial purposes. Manufactur.
ing, agriculture, mining and the lllti]-
ization of the natural resources of the
country at all times developed to high
efficiency has been increased fully SO
percent. While the other nations of
Europe are helpless in the thrall of
wickedness, idleness. and poverty, the
German nation has, accepted the in
evitable, taken the bit in its teeth and
is rapidly forging to the front if not
to their place in the sun as SO con-
fidently hoped when they started the
war in 1914. He predicts that Ger
many with the immense indemnity
they are obliged to shoulder will be
the first to recover with the slate
wiped clear of debt and their re-
sources increased many fold.