BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES BULLETIN NO.2, 1919 THE COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THE ELECTRIC SMELTING OF IRON ORES IN B.C.
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issued: [1919]
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note: BEITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES Hon. Wm. Sloan, Minister. R. F. Tolmus, Deputy Minister. W. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. Geo. Wilkinson, Chief Inspector of Mines. BULLETIN NO. 2, 1919 THE COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THE ELECTRIC SMELTING OF IRON ORES IN B.C. BY ALFRED STANSFIELD, D.Sc., A.R.S.M., F.R.S.C, Professor of Metallurgy, McGill University. PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by William H. Ctillin, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1919. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Letter of Transmittal 5 Extracts from Correspondence 7 Account of the Investigation 8 Introduction to the Report 9 Electric Smelting of Iron Ore 11 Facilities for Electric Smelting in British Columbia 11 Iron Ores 11 Electric Power 12 Charcoal and Coke for Reduction 12 Labour 13 Location for Smelting Plant 13 Market for Pig-iron 13 Foreign Competition 14 Arrangement with Dominion Government 14 Bounties and Taxes 14 Type of Furnace for Electric Iron-smelting 14 Cost of Production 16 Outline of Plant 16 Cost of Plant 16 Cost of Electric Smelting 16 Magnetic Concentration of Iron Ore 17 Auxiliary Industries 17 New Method of producing Electric-furnace Iron 18 General Considerations 19 Conclusions 20 Appendices containing in Detail the Collected Data and Discussions on which the Report is based. I. Markets for Pig-iron and Steel ■ 21 II. Supplies of Iron Ore 24 III. Magnetic Concentration of Iron Ore 35 IV. Electric Power for Smelting 36 V. Carbonaceous Reducing Materials '. 43 VI. Supply of Electrodes 52 VII. Supply of Labour 53 VIII. Type of Furnace for Electric Smelting 55 IX. Design and Cost of Plant 62 X. Cost of making Pig-iron 68 XI. Report by Messrs. Beckman and Linden , 75 XII. New Method of producing Electric Furnace Iron 82 XIIL ■ Auxiliary Industries 87 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. The Honourable William Sloan, Minister of Mines of the Province of British Columbia, Victoria, .B.C. Sik,—After preliminary correspondence in January and F…
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