Pit & Quarry, January 2018
GOING NONSTOP Mines specify extra heavy duty screens and feeders for round the clock reliability O perating 24 7 at peak performance season after season requires dedicated teamwork top notch maintenance strategies and tough heavy duty processing equipment especially when dealing with abrasive mining applications Safety and reliability is our biggest focus says Richard Gray a veteran project manager for the Kentucky based Black River and Maysville mining BY CAROL WASSON operations of Carmeuse Lime Stone With more than 150 years in business and a total of 28 production facilities Carmeuse produces high calcium and dolomitic lime chemical grade limestone and crushed aggregate products The Carmeuse Black River and Maysville facilities are underground limestone mines with lime calcining and hydrating plants on the surface Both are located near the Ohio River where processed lime is loaded daily Deister 8 ft x 20 ft sizing scalping screens are installed in a tower at the Carmeuse Maysville operation on barges The Maysville operation is the larger of the two mines and at 3 million tpy it produces more than any other Carmeuse lime plant in the United States From the cavernous room and pillar mine at Maysville located 250 ft below sea level raw limestone is fed into the crushing circuits The crushed material is transported up through the mine shaft and conveyed to a surge pile before being fed to surface scalping and S14 PIT QUARRY January 2018 pitandquarry com PHOTOS COURTESY OF DEISTER MACHINE CO SCREENING
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