Primary Crushing Plant Design by Frank W. McQuiston, Jr.” Robert S. Shoemaker Soclety of Mining Engineers ot American institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. New Yor New York 8v L L L L L L ; L L L L L t L L t L iE TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface Acknowledgment Primary Crushing History Selection of Primary Crushers Use of Grizzlies Design of the Dump Pocket Overhead Cranes Primary Crusher Drives ani Mpuntings Crushed Ore Pockets 7 Crushed Ore Fgederg~ f Crusher Enclosures §; Jaw Crushers and Impactors’ Crushing in the Pit Mobile Primary Crushers 42 Inch Gyratory Magma Copper Company, San Manuel, Arizona 54 Inch Gyratories ANAMAX Mining Company, Twin Buttes Mine, Arizona Bougainville Copper Company, Papua New Guinea Climax Molybdenum Company, Henderson, Colorado espitatioa Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona Kennecott Copper Corporation, Bonneville Flant, Sait Late City, Utah Kennecott Copper Corporation, Ray, Arizona Palabora Mining Company, Phalaborwa, Republic of South Africa Palabora Twin Crushers Palabora, Figure 8 Similkameen Mining Company. Princeton, British Columbia ix iii WOMNADTERH aS 3 19 25 31 41 49 57 67 7 85 93 101-- Ee -— pooner ree esr Setar tugs wed + 60 Inch Gyratories = EoeclOy, The Anaconda Company, Butte, Montana us Gitics Service Company, Pinto Valley Project, Arizona 125 Duval Sierreta Corporation, Tucson, Arivon 138 Tron Ore Company of Canada, Carol Concentrator, Labrador City, Newfoundland 143, LornexiMining Corporation, Ltd., Logan Lake, British Columbia 151 Reserve Mining Company, Babbitt, Minnesota 159 Southern Pera Copper Company, Cuajone Project, Peru 169 72 Inch Gyratory 175 Canadian Johns Manville Company, Led., Asbestos, Quebec 17 Jaw Crushers 183 ASARCO, Sacaton Unit, Casa Grande, Arizona 187 Carlin Gold Mining Company, Carlin, Nevada 195, Molycorp Incorporated, Mountain Pass, California 208 Underground Crushers 209 Glimax Molybdenum Company, No. 4 Crusher, Climax, Colorado 218 Granduc Operating Company, Tide Lake, British Columbis 221 LKAB Alliansen Crusher No, 64, Malmberget, Sweden 229 LKAB Crusher Station No. 51, Kiruna, Sweden 235 References 241