The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-05-23
CLUBS VISIT
WASHING PLANT
Hold Joint Dinner and Hear
Mining Experts Explain
Plants Operation.

Members of the Ely Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs inspected the washing
plant of the Chandler Mining COM
pany, Thursday afternoon, after which
the Rotarians were guests of the XII
wanians at a dinner served in the
Forest hotel, the Rotarians having
changed the date of their regular
meeting from Wednesday to Thursday
for the week.
Arranged by Edward T. Buckley of
the Kiwanis and E. c. Bolitho of the
Rotary club, the program included
talks by Perry G. Harrison, Crosby,
general manager of the Evergreen
Mines company of which the Chandler
company is a subsidiary, and Charles
E. Woods, Milwaukee, inventor and
manufacturer of the Woods jigs with
which the local plant is equipped.
Members of the two service clubs,
under the guidance of Mr.. Woods,
viewed the plant from top to bottom.
They saw ore from the Chandler hoiSted
to the top of the plant by a long belt,
followed the progress of the concen-
trating process through the plant, and
then witnessed the final operation at
the base of the plant, the distribution
of the concentrate into waiting ore
cars and the tailingS into discard by
more belts of great length.
All told there are II conveyor belts
and 40 electric motors employed in the
process. The plant is the only one in
the state concentrating cave ore and
also paint rock.
The plant produces high grade con-
centrate which contains from 81 to IS
per cent pure iron and less than per
cent silica, a medium grade concen-
trate of from so to SIS per cent iron and
20 per cent silica, and course tailings
or ballast which can be used for rail-
road beds and fills of various natures
All of these products are separated by
the process, including fine tailings, OF
waste material, and are carried sep
arately from the plant by conveyor
belts.
At the start of the process, the in
coming ore is screened, the fine ma
terial going through the plant and the
chunks being conveyed directly to ore
cars for shipping. The latter is hand
picked for removal of rock before being
dumped into the cars. Ore going into
the plant ranges greatly in iron con-
tent. Some of it is as low as 20 per
cent while some is as high as so.
In discussing the Chandler prop
critics here, Mr.. Harrison said that there
is enough low grade ore in the
Chandler to justify the concentration
plant" He gave great credit to Captain
Oscar Carlson, who explored the prop
erty and who has been in charge OF
operations here, for his work when
the Evergreen company decided to take
over the property.
The Chambers yearly payroll will
be about 100000, Mr.. Harrison said
Captain Carlson and Gene Sullivan
Eveleth, general superintendent of the
Evergreen properties on the MeSaba anC
Guyana ranges, were guests at the
meeting and were introduced
The jig, Mr.. Woods pointed out in
an explanation of how the plant works
separates materials according to then
specific gravity, the heavy ore going tc
the bottom and the light waste ma
terials to the top where they are re-
moved in various ways.
1t is low cost per ton concentrating
unit, he continued, which permits the
salvage of waste materials The local
plant is the only one on the Minnesota
ranges equipped with Woods jigs.
Chic W. Burnham, Darlington, S. D.,
governor of the Minnesota-Dakotas
district; Thomas Godfrey, district lieu
tenant governor, and Charles Olien,
Hibbing, all Kiwanians, attended the
meeting. Mr.. Burnham gave a short
talk. Carl Tornberg, chief chemist for
the Oliver, and A. K. Unger of The
Ely Miner, were guests. The attend
ance prize, donated by the Kiwanis,
went to A. F. Kotchevar.
B. S. Richards, president of the XII
wants, presided over the meeting.
Ernest w. Hanson, head of the Rotary
club, thanked their hosts for their hos
pitality and asked the birthday song for
Ed Jones. Mr.. Bolitho introduced the
speakers and visiting mining men.
Frank ". DiNino led community sing
ing, with Miss Peggy McMahan pro-
vidiOU the niaOO acconora 1oiY1oart