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Show u HANDLING IRON ORE WITH ELECTRIC MAGNETS Tho Electrical World states that atl Moose Mountain mine In Ontario, Canada, high-grodo magnetic Iron ore it, picked from the ground and loaded Into cars by electro-magnets. The WWT I3SE3HH w' m ferrous material found on tho side of j j a hill Is loosened and broken down , by blasting, and rolls to tho foot of j J the hill, Avliore .in electro-maognet, l mounted ou a crane, picks it up and 1 I loads It Into mine cars, at the aamo I time making a rough separation, since j j rock and non-magnetic material are j loft behind. The electro-magnet can Y i handle 1,200 pounds of pig Iron at a j load, but the magnetic quality of the j P I unrefined ore is such that S00 pounds ' 1 I can be plckod up easily. This Is the i I' average of a iiumber of loads the in- l j dividual lift sometimes being several , j hundred pounds greater. A steam , . j shovel was formerly used for loading ' ' j I the ore, but tho density and hardness I of the magnetlto destroyed the buck- . I I ets rapidly. The electro-magnets al- ' so save handling a quantity of stono, 2 and thus relievo the crushing and ; I magnetic separating plan, where the ,j ' material is concentrated before being ' jj shipped. I - f M |