Re: [CBQ] routing question for silica sand hoppers

["Duncan Cameron c.duncan.cameron@gmail.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

On the shipment of silica sand to Keokuk Electrometals: The plant was a producer of ferrochromium, ferrosilicon, and silvery pig iron – products utilized in the production of aluminum alloys and steel.  Ferrosilicon is “produced by a reduction of silica or sand with coke in the presence of scrap iron, millscale, or other source of iron”.

Duncan

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:03 PM, eric.mumper@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Pat,

1)  Wording problem on my part:  Bagged sand shipped in boxcars.  Loose sand shipped in gons.

2)  I have a couple of NYC waybills from 1950 showing gons going from Wedron to Marion, Ind. to Marion Machine Fdry & Sup Co.  One of them is in CM&O 89089 showing "C/L SILICA SAND NOT GROUND" and "<OPEN CAR CONTENTS COVERED WITH TAR PAPER>".

I do not know the reasons or uses for this, but the waybill shows it happened.

A booklet published by Ottawa Silica lists many uses for their sand including toothpaste.  An MKT waybill shows sand going to Halliburton in Cushing, Ok.

Eric Mumper

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Posted by: Duncan Cameron <c.duncan.cameron@gmail.com>

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