A MODE OF TREATING MANGANESE ORE FOR CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMY IN TRANS- PORTATION AND SHIPMENT
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted. 14th Dec., 1888
in Transportation and Shipment.
1 HENRY MORRIS of Queens Chambers. John Dalton Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for
A MODE OF TREATING MANGANESE ORE FOR CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMY IN TRANS-
PORTATION AND SHIPMENT, which Invention has been communicated to me from
abroad by A. W. de Leuse Lenczewsky, of Koutaïs, Russian Caucasus, Colonel of
Engineers, to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to increase the percentage of metallic manganese
contained in manganese ore by removing the moisture and part of the foreign
substances prior to shipment or transportation whereby the bulk of the oro is reduced
and a great saving is effected in the cost of removal and in freightage.
A convenient mode of effecting this object is to grind or pulverize the manganese
oro as it is taken from the mines in a stone crusher or other suitable machine and to
moisten the powder until it is of a pasty consistency and then mould or form it into
bricks or blocks of any suitable size and slipe. These bricks or blocks are then
baked or calcined in a kiln sufficiently to remove the moisture and a good portion of
the foreign substances without melting out the metallic manganese. The manganese
oro made into bricks or blocks as above described is in a convenient forin for handling
and the bulk having been greatly reduced a great saving in freightago is obtained.
In some cases it may be found advantageous to burn or brake the manganese ore in
its crude form as taken from the mine or after pulverisation as above described in an
open hearth or furnace and to dispense with the operation of forming it into bricks or
blocks leaving the ore ready for shipment in the form of a powder.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A. Mode of Treating Manganese Ore for Convenience and Economy
in Transportation and Shipment.
I HENRY MORRIS of Queens Chambers, John Dalton Street Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster Engineer which Invention has been communicated to me from
abroad by A. W. de Leuse Lenczewsky of Koutais Russian Caucasses Colonel of
Engineers, do bereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of this Invention is to increase the percentage of metallic manganese
and peroxide of manganese contained in manganese ore by removing the moisture
and part of the foreign substances prior to shipment or transportation whereby the
bulk of the ore is reduced and a great saving is effected in the cost of removal and in
freightage.
A convenient mode of effecting this object is to grind or pulverize the manganeso
ore as it is taken from the mines in a stone crusher or other suitable machine and to
moisten the powder until it is of a pasty consistency and then mould or form it into
bricks or blocks of any suitable size and shape by any of the ordinary well known
systems for the manufacture of bricks or patent fuel. These bricks or blocks are then
baked or calcined in a kiln or if preferred in one of the several systems of furnaces
used for the calcination of quartz or other ores sufficiently to remove the moisture and a
good portion of the foreign substances without melting out the metallic manganese.
The manganese ore made into bricks or blocks as above described is in a convenient
form for handling and the bulk having been greatly reduced a great saving in
transport and freightage is obtained.
In some cases it may be found advantageous to burn or bake the manganese ore in
its crude form as taken from the mine or after pulverisation as above described in an
open hearth or furnace or kiln and to dispense with the operation of forming it into
bricks or blocks leaving the ore ready for shipment in the form of a powder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is―
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The herein described mode of treating manganese ore to reduce its bulk for the
sake of convenience and economy in transportation and shipment substantially as
specified.