Heavy-Media Separation Increases Brown Ore Reserves
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 2
- File Size:
- 388 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 12, 1950
Abstract
BROWN iron ore reserves of Franklin county are being proved economical by Heavy-Media separation at the Blackburn mine of the Shook & Fletcher Supply Co. about 120 miles north-west of Birmingham. The ore occurs under a cover of ferruginous chert and gravel and these materials are also disclosed as streaks in the ore body as it is mined. Previous methods of jigging and hand sorting the ore became too expensive because of rising wages but the use of Heavy-Media separation has proved economical and is making Franklin county the most promising source of additional reserves of brown ore.
Citation
APA: (1950) Heavy-Media Separation Increases Brown Ore Reserves
MLA: Heavy-Media Separation Increases Brown Ore Reserves. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1950.