Pit & Quarry, June 2014
ary and tertiary cone crushers Because the facility will incorporate the latest reduction conveyance and loadout technologies and will splice seamlessly into the adjacent Union Pacific track Beelman is confident complete car trains will be loaded faster than usual We will be able to turn trains quicker than most quarries Beelman says With our trucking background we understand the costs associated with delayed loading times of rolling stock This is not the first time Trap Rock and Granite Quarries management has incorporated rails into operations Rail spurs were previously built to facilitate transfers between railcars Both Missouri red granite and Missouri trap rock can be crushed to produce railroad ballast landscape stone chips for asphalt and seal coating and baseball warning track material and trucks But constructing a self contained rail system is something new for the company Initially Union Pacific or a customer will own all rolling stock The company will provide a car moving engine unit as the operation gets under way but Union Pacific will have an engine on site when the rail system becomes fully operational Beelman Truck Co tractor trailers also will load out from the facility They will access the inside the rail loop stockpiles of finished rock through an underpass with a 14 ft clearance which will be cut into the rock beneath the tracks TRANSPORTATION Inside the loop trucks will be loaded with aggregate using wheel loaders or overhead bins Yet another transportation mode will be utilized to move some of the rock from the quarry to aggregate customers up and down the Mississippi River The quarry is situated less than 50 miles from the river in St Genevieve Mo a historic and picturesque river town At that point on the river Beelman River Terminals is developing a new barge loading port on recently acquired property As a practical matter what this means is that within an hour or so granite and trap rock can be trucked from the Missouri quarry to the Mississippi River for loading and shipment throughout the inland river system or down to the Gulf of Mexico Transportation is our forte our expertise Beelman says We now will have the ability to utilize all modes of transportation in moving material We believe our system is very efficient P Q Giles Lambertson previously was a carpenter and has been writing about the construction and mining industries for more than a decade He can be reached at geepeela@ yahoo com Meeting the Equipment Needs of the Mining and Construction Industries Whether youre drilling in quarries breaking rock on the jobsite or backfilling deep lifts Furukawa Rock Drill USA formerly Kent Demolition Tools and Furukawa Rock Drill provides a reliable cost effective equipment solution To learn more visit us online at www FRDUSA com or call 8005272282 Scan this code for more information on FRD USA www pitandquarry com June 2014 PIT QUARRY 29
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