ASIILAVD TIDINGS
Thursday, September 28, 1918
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County's Biggest Manufacturing
Plant Is Gold Hill Cement Works
Several years ao a mau equipped
with a definite purpose and some
government geological reports
walked from Roselmrg to Gold Hill.
The man was J. C. Tiureh. He was
In search o? something and found it
without the use of a railroad train
or an automobile. Mr. Burch had
ppent about twenty years of the good
years of his life in the cement and
plaster manufacturing business and
iad a notion that there was room
tor another cement mill in Oregon.
Right on the edge of the city lim
its of Gold Hill he found a mountain
with a big pile of limestone exactly
suitable for the making of Portland
Mr. Burch the above Information was
obtained and in addition he supplied
the details which follow.
The company has spent, to date,
over $."50,000. It now owns about
Sou acres of land lu the three pieces
above mentioned. Over $400,000
have been spent in the erection of
the plant and building of side-tracks
from the main line of railroad close
at hand. The annual capacity of the
plant Is estimated at 350,000 barrels,
allowing for two months shut-down
every winter, which is customary.
About eighty men, mostly skilled
workmen, will be required to oper
ate the quarries and the mill to ca-
cement. About a mile and a half ' pacity during the entire twenty-four
below t,he town he found another hours. The plant Is being built un
smaller deposit, and perhaps the j der contract by the Hunt Engineer
same distance across the, railroad 1 Ing Company of Kansas City, Mo.,
tracks still another In two hills with j and Is the twenty-first cement plant
a low saddle between. As a result
of his subsequent Investigations and
operations there is now in the edge
of the town a cement mill, modern
and Qomplete in every detail, with a
capacity of 1,000 barrels of Portland
cement every twenty-four hours.
This mill will be ready for operation,
with three-fourths of Its full quota
built by this company.
Most of the heavy machinery is
from eastern manufacturers and was
ordered over two years ago before
the war began. At the time the war
broke out the company had been do
ing development and other prelimi
nary work for over a year. About
September, two years ago, the com
et eighty employes, before the 10th , pany st0ppe(j operations on account
of October. I 0f uncertain conditions following the
Mr. Burch originally came west t beginning of the trouble In Europe,
for recreation and the benefit of his ; A year later they started in again to
health. He had received letters from complete the plant, which is now
a number of western towns repre- practically finished. Many delays
eenting that they had at hand good have been encountered, and, as it
deposits of limestone and requesting takes about two years to build a
that a cement manufacturing bust- cement plant anyway, the company
ness be established. Mr. Burch has lost practically no time except
gathered these letters together and ! the one year of Inactivity as a mat
decided to combine recreation with ter of commendable precaution,
investigation. He visited California The raw material used v. insists of
(i nd concluded that the state had about 3I per cent slia'ie and 65 per
enough cement mills already. He cent lime rock, with 1 per cent gyp
vent through Washington with the sum added during the process of
name result. He came to Oregon manufacture. The addition of the
with the definite purpose of putting gypsum Is to retard the setting of
ip a mill if suitable raw material the cement when in use. The lower
could be found. The result of the . deposit of stone will first be drawn
aforesaid pedestrian tour of 120 upon for a part of the rock used to
miles, more or less, being favorable, go in proper proportions with the
Jackson county now has the second shale which it is necessary to remove
cement, mill lu the state. The other In development of the larger deposit
mill is at Portland. Aside from at the mill. This lower quarry is
these two, the nearest mill on the opened up and the rock is taken
north is 1 0 mileH north of Seattle down a double-track tramway about
and the nearest on the south is at 2,200 feet long to a crusher and
Fnn Francisco. Thus it would seem (through this to the bins at the side
that the new enterprise has abundant j track. From here the stone goes on
chances for success. Last year Ore-! cars to the mill and Is hauled up a
pon used COO, 000 harrels of cement, ! tramway to the first crusher at the
nearly twice as much as the capacity j mill.
of the new mill in this county. ..The A general view of the entire plant
use of cement for all kinds of con-, makes one think of a quartz mill
struction is rapidly increasing and, j plant in its arrangement. The dif
conslderlng the practically universal jference In elevation from the first
success of cement mills all over the ; crusher dow n to the final storage
eoontry In the past, great hopes are ! bins for the finished product is about
reasonably entertained for the build-! sixty feet in a distance of perhaps,
ing of a stupendous Industry In the j COO or 700 feet. This gradual de
maklng of Portland cement In south- icent from start to finish Is one of
ern Oregon.
Through the courtesy of B. F.
the most noticeable features of the
entire construction and makes possl-
Burch, a son of the prime mover In ble the elimination of about 75 per
this enterprise, a reporter from Ash- j cent of the ordinary elevating and
land was taken all over the new j conveying machinery, thus making
plant and given a splendid idea of ( gravity do a large proportion of the
the present outlook and future pros- work and practically eliminating all
poets of tha Beaver Portland Cement
Company, the owner and operator
hand work. Starting at the upper
end of the works the shale and llme-
of the properties In question. From stone go through the first immense
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crusher into bins with a storage ca
pacity of enough material for twenty
days' run in case anything happens
at the quarries. From here it is tak
en In cars holding the correct pro
portions, roughly, of each material,
dumped into a hopper, and goes into
the big prellmlnator, weighing sixty
tons, where the rocft is ground to the
fineness of a pinhead. Thence the
course is to the tube mill, a steel
tube probably six feet In diameter
and twenty-five or thirty feet long.
This has thousands of pounds of
small steel slugs, boiler punchlngs,
and during the rotation of the tube
these constantly fall upon the pow
der and grind it stiU finer. This
tube mill will handle 1,500 harrels
per day. Thus far the mill Is the
same as a dry process mill, but this
one is of the wet process variety.
Most of the old country plants are of
the wet type, which makes a more
uniform product but requires a little
more expense to operate. Of the 100
cement plants in the United States
only nine use the wet process. From
the tube mill the powder goes into
the big, ieep slurry tanks i:ade of
wood. Here it is miAeTS with water
and held In suspension by constant
agitation accomplished by the intro
duction of compressed air. Here
comes the first and only chemical
process of the manufacturing. It
consists of the making of chemical
tests arid the introduction of one or
the other of the materials, as may be
required, to secure the exact propor
tions necessary for a perfect prod
uct. From the slurry tanks the mix
ture goes to final correction tanks.
This testing being finished to the
satisfaction of the chemist, the moist
material enters the upper end of the
kiln to the notion of the writer the
most unusual and Interesting of all
the features of the plant. It is
worth $100,000 and the freight
cents for each brick. This kiln is
monster steel tube ten reet in diame
ter and 200 feet long, lined with fire
j oncK aisa cost, or ji.uuu aoout 00
j cents for each brick. This kiln is
'set nearly horizontal at a slight in
jcline. It rests on three wheel bear
ings of four wheels each, Is geared
up to a motor in the middle and
with a system of cog-wheels Is made
to rotate slowly while .filled with
flame, making the moist powder Into
klinkers from the size of a pea to
a half dollar before they emerge
Into the cooler at the lower end. The
fire enters the kiln at the lower end
and a smokestack at the upper end
carries off the smoke and waste
gasses. Loaded and In operation this
monster kiln weighs about one mil
lion pounds. Think of a million
pounds at white heat 3,000 degrees
Fahrenheit Inside the tube,-, rotat
ing, turning over and over with Its
load of fire and rock.
At one side of the kiln is the air
compressor for the slurry tanks and
the motor for turning 'the kiln.
From the lower end of the kiln the
kllnker goes white hot Into a cooler.
This Is another steel tube somewhat
smaller than the kiln and about
eighty feet long. It rotates also and j
delivers the material Into the kllnker '
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FACTORY DISTR1HUTOKS:
C. E. Gales, Mediord
308 X YES IS.A YOTE -FOR
YOUR CHILDREN
ONE NORMAL NOT ENOUGH
Oregon has but one Normal School. This school
Is located at Monmouth. Excellent as Is the work
of this school it is utterly unable to supply but a
small part of the need for trained teachers for the
State. ,
Of more than 6,000 school teachers In the public schools
of Oregon, but 13 per cent have been trained for their
profe3ion of teaching In Normal Schools.
It is a well established fact that our one Normal
School cannot supply the needs of the entire state.
That is why we ask for your work and vote for the
proposed Eastern Oregon State Normal School at
Pendleton, Oregon.
CIVE EASTERN OREGON SQUARE DEAL
Eight counties In the Willamette Valley have employed
during the past five years, 203 teachers who have gradu
ated from the Monmouth Normal as against 39 Monmouth
Normal School graduates for the eight leading counties
of Eastern Oregon.
During the past five years the attendance of students
from nine Willamette Valley counties was 877 students
as against 91 students from nine of the leading counties
of Eaitern Oregon. ... , ,
Owing to the crowded condition of our one Normal
at Monmouth and also the distance and expense of
attending, students from Eastern Oregon are com
pelled to go to neighboring states to secure their
training as teachers.
ONLY COSTS 4 CENTS PER $ ,000
The annual maintenance cost of the proposed State
Normal School In Eastern Oregon amounts to but one
2Sth of a mill or 4 cents on a thousand dollars of taxable
property. Isn't It worth this to have your children trained
to become useful and productive citizens?
STRONG ENDORSEMENTS "
Among those who strongly endorse the establish
ment of the proposed Eastern Oregon Normal School
are Governor Withycombe, J. H. Ackerman, Presi
dent of the Monmouth State Normal; V. J. Kerr,
President-of the Oregon Agricultural College; P. L.
Campbell, President of the State University; Robert
C. French, former President of the Weston Normal,
aud practically all of the leading educators of the
State. J. A. Churchill, Superintendent of Public In
struction, voices the sentiments of those who are
most familiar with the need of more adequate Normal
facilities when he says;
"Oregon's greatest need for Its rural schools Is the
teacher who has had fuM preparation to do her work.
Such preparation can best come through Normal School
""trust that the voters of the state will assist In raising
the standard of our schools by establishing a Stats Nor
mal School at Pendleton. The location Is central, the In.
terest of the people of Pendleton'ln education most excel,
lent, and tha large number of pupils In the public schoola
will give ample opportunity to atudents to get the amount
of Uachlng practice required In a standard normal achool."
All the above educators Insist that a Standard
Normal School muBt be located In a town of S000
or more population and having enough grade pupils
for teaching practice.
' VOTE RIGHT
By voting YES for No. 308 you will help to give to the '
achool children of Oregon the aame advantagea enjoyed
by the school children of our neighboring states.
Vote YES for No. 308.
Eastern Oregon SUM Normal School Committee
By J. H. Qwlnn, 8ecy, Pendleton, Ore.
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pits and storage tanks. From here
it is elevated and dumped Into the
Sturtevant ring roll machine con
taining a big steel ball w hich crush
es the klinker Into a fine powder.
This powder is again elevated
through covered conveyors and con
ducted by screw conveyors to the
last operation through two" more
tube mills. These( like the first tube
mill, are loaded with steel slugs and,
during the rotating movement of the
tubes, crush the powder to a very
fine dustlike consistency which li
carried on an endless belt to another
belt running at right angles and de
livering the finished product to the
four storage bins with a capacity of
10,000 barrels of cement of 380
pounds each. Side-tracks run along
these storage bins and six cars can
be loaded at once.
Throughout the plant one can not
help but notice the result of careful
planning to accomplish the best re
sults and to eliminate all unneces
sary expense. Each machine has an
Individual motor arTd drive, thus
making It independent of an acci
dent any place else. Rigid grinding
machinery has been avoided wher
ever possible and the breaking down
of the material accomplished by
force of gravity utilized through mo
tion. Complete fire protection is se
cured through a water system pump
ing water Into a reservoir from
Rogue river. The power is furnished
by the California & Oregon Power
Compav, which' develops 2,500
horsepower et the Gold Ray dam. Of
this the cement company uses 1,500
horsepower through three big trans
formers. Crude oil is used for the
furnace and Is stored In a large tank
some distance from the plant, for
safety.
At the lf'Wer or reserve quarry the
company has spent about f 25.000 to
$30,000 in development and con
struction work. Here 300 of the
1,500 horsepower Is used. The com
pany has paid out $75,000 In freight
alone. In addition to the necessary
buildings for machinery and storage
they have another building for of
fices, testing rooms, supply room and
machine shop. In the latter are
made many repair parts. A good
stock of extras is also kept on hand.
The chemists,' probably three when
the plant Is in full operation, will
test every car of cement sold and
will keep the results of the tests
probably for ten years.
The limestone In the company's
quarries is of the best and tests out
as 99 per cent calcium rock. Last
fall the company put out about
1,000 tons of limestone fertilizer.
This was used largely by the farm
ers of the Willamette valley. For
the finished cement the company ex
pects to find a ready market from
Portland south well down into CalV
fornia. The freight rate into Port
land is38 cents per barrel. About
two tons of raw material are re
quired for every ton of finished
product. The situation of the mill
at the quarry thus eliminates all
freight on raw material and enables
the company to operate at a less ex
pense -than if it should have to pay
freight from the quarries to the mill,
then back from the mill to the con
sumers. During the past year the company
payroll has "averaged from $6,000 to
$8,000 per month. They now em
ploy about sixty or seventy men and
expect to begin making cement with
in two weeks with this number of
employes. The officers of the com
pany, all of whom live at Portland
You want a good, desirable piece ot
Improved business property for an
investment? Pays 7 per cent above
taxes and Insurance. Only $5,000.
Do you want a home of your own?
Can sell you a nice one cheap, and
give easy terms on payment.
Do you want to dispose of a piece
of property you now own? That's a
part of our business.
Do you want to rent a farm or s
house, furnished or unfurnished?
If you want anything in these lines
see
Billings Ag'ency
Real Estate and Real Insurance
41 East Main
Fbone 211
except the president, who spends the
winter In Medford, are J. C. Burch, '
president; William Schrump, vice
president, and L. H. Adams, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. n. F. Burch,
through whose courtesy all of the
above Information was obtained, Is
sales manager for the company. He
states that It will be the policy of the
company to place several men on the
road as soon as the output will war
rant It and also to employ two or
more men to go over the territory
demonstrating and promoting the use
of cement In all lines of construction
for which It is suitable. This will
be the method employed for much
the larger part of the company's ad
vertising. Visitors are very welcome at the
plant and will be shown over the en
tire works. It is suggested that
those who want to get nn adequate
Idea of the enterprise should go soon
before the mill starts operations, for
then the noise will make It very dif
ficult to explain the various methods
and processes as the visitor goes
through.
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