The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-08-11
MACHINERY FOR MINES
BIG PLANT IN WALLACE
ELECTRIC HOIST, SAND AND
SLIME PUMP AND ORE CARS
ARE SPEClALTlES.

The average citizen of the Coem
d'Alene district informed as he is on
mining operations in general is prob
ably not aware that right here in
Wallace there is a concern that man
ufactures practically everything in
the way of mine and mill machinery
and all other metal equipment; that
it has on the market an electric hoist
that has proved It's adaptbility and
superiority within its limitations in
competition with all other types that
it has designed a sand and slime
pump which has proved its advan-
tages over all other makes. and that
it builds ore cars which have proved
their worth under the severest tests.
This concern is the Occur d'Alene
Hardware & Foundry company an
institution that is typical of the pro-
gressive spirit that has characterized
the development of the mining indus
try in the Occur d'Alene district Be
ginning in the pioneer days of Muir
ray this company under various
names has for S6 years been the chief
factor in supplying the hardware re-
qurements of the district specializ-
ing in heavy mining machinery, and
finally expanding it's operations to in
clude foundry and machine shops
with every modern facility for de-
signing and manufacturing an man
ner of mining machinery at home
thus establishing a home industry of
ever growing Importance
Electric Hoist.
Perhaps the most interesting of the
machinery products that come from
the shops of the Occur d'Alene Hard
ware & Foundry company is the sin
gle drum heavy duty electric hoist
made in three ratings of So 75 and
100 horsepower Patterns are now
being prepared for the same hoist of
$50 horse power one of the 100
horse power hoists with electric mo-
tor attached is now at the shops
ready for delivery. The hoist lis a re-
markably compact machine occupying
a floor space of l0xl2 feet and feet
high over all Ii is capable of lifting
maximum load OF $500 pounds at
speed of $50 feet per minute The |
diameter of the drum is 36 inches /
drum face "a inches, and depth of |
nange 6i5 inches The drum viii /
hold 275O feet of 7s-nch rope The |
heavy cast iron base is sectionalized /
so that it can be conveniently taken |
apart and so designed that any part |
may be easily taken underground and |
into any place that win admit the |
motor The drum is rib reinforced /
and double-keyed to steel shaft 6 .
inches i'm diameter The hoist is pro-
vidod with two wood-lined band
brakes. one on each end of the drum
either brake having ample power to
control the hoist The brakes are
with separate levers, thus
affording maximum protection i'm
raising and lowering men. The in
dicator is OF the bar type, much
longer than usual and therefore more
accurate and dependable. The gear
ag is of the herringhone type. that is
'ogs on the gear and pinion are v
shaped and the machine is almost
loseiess in operation THESE are =
some of the salient features of the
ID I'll ltAAANO AAfHN AfNAN NWANk- 0llt
'f them is now i'm service at the Tam 4
rack & Custer mine sinking the =
'uritan shaft. Another is in use at 4
ne Amazon Dixie mine i'm a SHAFT
low down 400 feet and is being sunk c
o 500. Another is being used i'm the C.
reat Kennecott copper mine in G.
laska. G.
Sand and Slime Pump. D
After years of investigation and y
EXPERIMENTATION the engineers of the q
oeur d'Alene Hardware & Foundry u
)mpany have overcome the obiea- u
unable features of the ordinary sand ~
nd slime pump and the company is ia
DIV producing "a model that has won 10
18Th praise from practical mill men /"
eatures that recommend the wal 10
ce" pump are simplicity of design. ~
onomy of space. accessibility of the 10
earring parts. high pumping eficien-
and low power consumption The ~
st feature of the pump. however. NJ
pears to be the ease with which it o'
ay be taken apart for the purpose I''
inspecting. removing or replacing ~.
rts This is accomplished by sim ~
y unscrewing four bolts set i'm slots 9i'
d holding the outer easing In this ="
inner parts may be replaced i'm IN
" minutes. while in other types Of ~n
mps hours are sometimes required. "
d even DAYS i'm case OF pumps hav- w
, cemented Innings The Wallace
nd and slime pump is being extern
ely used in the mills of the dis
1T and in other states, and the de- Cor
nd for it is steadily increasing as
merits become known II
Ore Cars. tior
NE Taylor ore car. having the j. exp
Taylor patent roller hearing and ces.
'-oiling trucks, has long been a and
,ular product Of the Occur d'Alene Sno
rdware & Foundry company It is led
lost exclusively used in this dis able
It where cars of that type are re- MAJ
red while shipments TO other dis In