AN IMPROVED PROCESS OR METHOD OF PROVIDING FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PURPLE ORE, OR FINELY DIVIDED, ABRADED, PULVERIZED, OR CRUSHED ORES OF IRON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Harris Sanders, of Abchurch Lane, in the City of
London, Merchant, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED PROCESS OR METHOD
OF PROVIDING FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PURPLE ORE, OR FINELY DIVIDED,
ABRADED, PULVERIZED, OR CRUSHED ORES OF IRON IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF IRON AND STEEL" A communication from abroad by Edward Samuel,
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Harris Sanders at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st May 1881.
JAMES HARRIS SANDERS, of Abchurch Lane, in the City of London, Merchant.
"AN IMPROVED PROCESS OR METHOD OF PROVIDING FOR THE UTILIZATION OF
PURPLE ORE, OR FINELY DIVIDED, ABRADED, PULVERIZED, OR CRUSHED ORES
OF IRON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL." [A communication from
abroad by Edward Samuel, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of
America.]
My Invention relates to an improved process for the utilization of purple ore or
ores of iron in a finely divided state by the admixture of the saine with finely
divided particles of iron or steel, such as drillings, turnings, chippings, filings, or
the like, together with water, which may or may not be naturally or artificially
acidulated or made saline or alkaline. This mixture or compound may be formed
into such sized lumps, pieces, or blocks as will permit of its utilization for smelting
or other manufacturing purposes.
In practising the said Invention the ore, whose finely divided condition may be
due to either natural or artificial causes, is thoroughly mixed either by hand or
mechanically, and made into a thick paste by the addition to it of a sufficient
quantity of the water or other liquid. I add to the paste thus made borings, turnings,
or other fine particles of iron or steel, which I prefer should be clean, that is to say,
free from oil or grease. The mass must be thoroughly mixed. It will then soon
begin to harden, and I divide it into lumps, blocks, or pieces of any desired or con-
venient size and shape. These lumps or pieces may then be allowed to dry by
exposure to the atmosphere, or if preferred may be dried slowly by artificial heat.
The slower the drying the more hard and compact the lumps or pieces become.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Harris Sanders in the Great Seal Patent Office on tho
28th October 1881.
JAMES HARRIS SANDERS, of Abchurch Lane, in the City of London, Merchant.
"AN IMPROVED PROCESS OR METHOD OF PROVIDING FOR THE UTILIZATION OF
PURPLE ORE, OR FINELY DIVIDED, ABRADED, PULVERIZED, OR CRUSHED ORES
OF IRON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL." A communication from
abroad by Edward Samuel, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of
America.
My Invention relates to an improved process for the utilization of purple ore or
ores of iron in a finely divided state by the admixture of the same with small or
fine portions or particles of cast or wrought iron or steel, such as drillings, turnings,
chippings, filings, or the like, with the addition of water, which may or may not be
naturally or artificially acidulated or made saline or alkaline. This mixture or
compound may be formed in lumps, pieces, or blocks of a convenient size to
permit of its utilization for smelting or other manufacturing purposes.
In practising the said Invention the ore, whose finely divided condition may be
due to either natural or artificial causes, is thoroughly mixed either by hand or
mechanically, and made into a thick paste by the addition to it of a sufficient
quantity of the water or acidulated saline or alkaline liquid. I add to the paste
thus made or to the finely divided ore previous to its being moistened, borings,
turnings, or other small pieces or particles of iron or steel, which I prefer should be
clean, that is to say, free from oil or grease. (A quantity of these borings, turnings,
or other small pieces of iron, equal to about ten per cent. by weight of the ore, will
generally be sufficient for my purpose.) The mass must be thoroughly mixed. It
will then soon begin to harden, and I divide it either before hardening or afterwards
into lumps, blocks, or pieces of any desired or convenient size and shape. These
lumps or pieces may then be allowed to dry by exposure to the atmosphere, or if
preferred may be dried slowly by artificial heat. The slower the drying the more
hard and compact will the lumps or pieces become. When dried they may be
treated either in the blast furnace or by any direct process for their reduction to
the state of wrought or pig iron or steel.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim,
The improved process or method of providing for the utilization of finely
divided iron ores by mixing them with small pieces or particles of iron or steel,
and consolidating the mixture into workable masses or lumps by means of moisture
previous to their reduction in a blast or other suitable furnace.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Harris Sanders, have hereunto set my
hand and scal, this Twenty seventh day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
KENNETH MCLENNAN,
Gruinard,
Ross-shire.
J. HARRIS SANDERS. (L.S.)