Show PROCESS TO RECOVER IRON FROM BEACH SANDS IS TH STUNT demonstrations of a new process for the manufacture of steel from iron contained in pacific coast beach sands by means of the don M crist classifier recently patented t were made in reno recently by R M hennington formerly a well known nevada building contractor and J harris harri s 1 mackenzie secretary of the triumph steel company owner I 1 of the crist patents from information at hand the process t 1 seems likely to revolutionize methods of manufacturing i the highest grades of steel according to a reno nevada paper ie I the outstanding feature of the process is its simplicity ia h the black beach sands of which billions of tons are avail able from alaska to the mexican coast contain a large a quantity of almost pure iron as magnetic hematite chro 11 mite illum enite and josephite many deposits contain mil milb B lions of tons of clean iron concentrates running as high as 50 per cent by weight in magnetite with other valuable alloys in many places the sands carry gold and platinum lk which may be recovered as products byproducts by 1 SI 1 the process involves transportation of the sand b by ao h means of a drag line scraper to an internally fired I 1 of 1 ing drier the dry sand then p passes asses from a bin above the electromagnetic electro magnetic separator and classifier passing a series oia of pa magnets that separate all ferro from siti sili 0 pa cates effecting a 99 per cent pure pu concentration pan costs said to be low h cost of separation is said to be less than 1 per to by means of this process any desired alloy such as tung tunal sten vanadium or titanium is introduced in a thoroughly thorough lj mixed concentrate avoiding the high percentage of failer 4 i to secure a uniform alloy that is experienced in dlin tw in the standard smelting smelling sm elting processes thi ji following separation the concentrate mixed with a binder and with any desired alloy or toughening agen agent t v I 1 oa b compressed into long bars which after drying are used use di ir khi f a standard heroult electric furnace as electrodes ac acting tin both as heating and conducting agencies and melting lik iw tan a candle upon coming in contact with the red hot molten app mass the bath increasing in volume as the electrodes a ar men fed to the furnace by this method it is claimed by th k inventor it is possible to produce titanium steel never her hen tolore produced on a commercial scale and the t he hardesty hardest ardest tj high speed and lathe tool steel is produced at a sin dingi operation i will plant being built ppe ippe among the products that can be turned out at lewco co ote t from a plant of moderate capacity are exceedingly I 1 ila chip liipa steel balls for ball mills tough lightweight steel tor for aut iota mobiles steel for bridge and structural worl work 1 an a fen r C the finest grades of high speed tool steel the P agh building a plant that will handle tons of sand daily Y if ia m approximately fifty tons 0 of high grade steel prodoc f captain henningsen who is one of the incorporator y td of the triumph steel company is an engineer of avide e 0 ha peri ence and was one of the pioneer builders of gol jola daiel I 1 having h abing i erected the combination mill the first redu ati plant in the goldfield district and later the florence roni he also operated mine leases during the boom period du J JP hel ing in g the war he was port engineer at oakland and alan tint 11 having av ing charge of the construction of extensive pi P ers an achenzie port improvements on san francisco bay mr maan le secretary of the company has spent much time in anew ne ahna land where there of metallic beach beace sall d are large deposits st bild that offer opportunities for developing an im industry through the application of the christ chr process proc ebs it n |