Ore cars: A well-designed solution | AspenTimes

The standardized width of mine car track was 21.5 inches. That width within the average 4-foot tunnel allowed a person to walk past a moving ore car, barely. The track's narrow width coupled with wide ore car wheels enabled miners to engineer fairly tight turns. This well-designed system lightened the chore of moving tons of material.

Ore cars: A well-designed solution | AspenTimes

The ore cars used in Aspen's mines were a well-designed solution to a simple problem, that of moving tons of rock from inside mountains to the outside. Soft …

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Melcher Brothers, Durango, CO

As a sideline to industrial machinery fabrication, Melcher Brothers Inc., also fabricates historical ore cars used in Colorado mines between the 1860's and up until the 1950's. …

Mining Trains

ia & Truckee as-built ore car (HO Scale) $ 20.00 by Bonanza Models. HOn30 Mann's Creek Frames (4) $ 22.38 by Marsh Creek Mini. HOn30 Porter Saddle Tank and Boiler ... Single HO anthracite mine car $ 11.50 by Andrew's Railroad Details. ORE WAGON $ 6.44 by DMS Engineering. ORE WAGON DUMP $ 6.60 by DMS Engineering. HO Mining …

The Western Miner: A Photo Collection – Western Mining …

Miners move ore cars in the Gould & Curry mine 1867 (colorized) Some of the photos on this page depict miners working in square set timbering. This mining innovation was …

eTrain Article

TTOS–Gadsden-Pacific Division. Continuing its yearly offerings of uncatalogued ore cars since 1988 that bear the colorful names of Arizona mines and mining railroads, the Gadsden-Pacific Division of the TTOS …

How problematic is mineral mining for electric cars?

This article asks: do electric cars have a mining problem? ... But that is dwarfed by other materials: there were 2.6bn tonnes of iron ore mined for steel in 2022 and 4.4bn tonnes of oil.

Mining Ore Car

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Mine Car, Ore Cars, Rail Equipment, Melcher Machine …

Equipment repairs and replacement parts manufacture. Melcher Machine Works are experienced manufactures of both surface and underground rail haulage equipment and materials handling systems. We manufacture all types of rail equipment for mining, industrial, and tourist railroad usage. Products include: - End dump cars. - Side dump cars.

Rio Tinto's first-quarter iron ore shipments fall 5%

The company had shipped 82.5 million tons of iron ore in the same period in 2023. Rio shares eased 0.25% on Wednesday in line with falls in other iron ore producers. The amount of metals required ...

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Erie Mining LTV Steel 95-Ton Taconite Ore Car Plans

Source eBay. Auction is for two (2) different black & white plans rolled for Erie Mining (LTV Steel) Company's railroad 95-ton taconite iron ore cars that were built by Bethlehem Steel in 1955. Plan one is the general arrangement plan from Bethlehem for the car itself with elevations and details. This plan measures 36" x 88" ships in oversize tube.

G Scale Ore Car | TrainWorld

Bachmann #92504 V-Dump Car. Number 92504. Manufacturer Bachmann. Scale G. $68.99. Add to Cart. Show per page. Shop for G Scale Ore Cars Model Trains At TrainWorld to find the lowest prices to build the best model train layouts for model railroad hobbyists. Largest selection of G scale ore car's and lgb ore car's.

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Used Mine Cars for sale. Anbit equipment & more | Machinio

Used Mine cars. Trusted Seller. 144 CU-FT. GRANBY 36″ ORE CARS. used. Manufacturer: Granby; Description 36″ Gauge Subcategories: Mine cars. United States. Trusted Seller. 40 CU-FT ROCKER DUMP 24″ MINE CARS. used. Description 40 cu-ft Rocker Dump 24″ Mine Cars, 24″ rail gauge with 12″ dia. wheels. 38″ x 67″ x 32″ deep. …

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Products – Main Page. DP11 – Electric Motor (9/32" wide) ("HO") DP12 – Electric Motor (1/2" wide) ("S") DP13 – Electric Motor (11/16" wide) ("O") DP14 – Electric Motor (7/8" wide) ("1:20.3") DP15 – Pot Belly Stove (HO, S, O, 1:20.3) DP16 – Anvil and base (future idea) DP20 – Twin Cylinder Steam Engine (HO, O) DP21 – Single ...

Galison

Galison's ore cars are used by some of the world's largest underground mines with some of the most modern and safest ore transport systems in operation. At the same time due to our large scale we are able to efficiently manufacture small orders of conventional hoppers.

Mining vehicles: a ride through time

The world's biggest dump truck, the Belaz 75710, weighs in at an incredible 496t. It was developed by Belaz, a mining manufacturing company from Belarus, in 2013, and sales began in 2014. At 20.6m-long, 8.16m-high …

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Erie Mining Ore car 6-pack

Erie Mining Ore car 6-pack SKU: 1928180. Erie Mining Ore car 6-pack. $ 149.99. Need more ore in your Erie Mining Company Ore Set? This economically priced 6-pack of ore cars with additional numbers is …

Detail Parts

Used in hard rock mining, we offer different types of hand pushed ore cars, as seen below. Each is unique to the different needs of the mine operation. These ore cars were pushed on 18" wide tracks. Click on the image to go to our dedicated ore cars page. DP3 - Scoop Dump ore car. DP1 - Rotary Dump ore car ...

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'ORE CAR' | 21 acre Lode Claim in Clark, Nev.

ORE CAR is a 20.66-acre closed mining claim in Clark, Nevada. Ownership and use of this claim is overseen by the Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas Field Office under the serial number NMC997440. The last action for this claim occurred on March 2, 2020.

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Types of mine cars used in the Bisbee mines

E-Car. E-cars are the best designed car used in the Bisbee mines. They were first built by the El Paso foundry and machine company and introduced at the Holbrook mine in 1910. The car was continually used in …

Iron Ore Rail Cars (Trains): Capacity, Length, Photos

Last revised: January 29, 2024. By: Adam Burns. Iron ore cars, better known as simply ore jennies, are a specialized type of hopper car designed exclusively to haul heavy loads of …

How lithium gets from the earth into your electric car

This is the mine in Silver Peak, Nev., a remote area about three hours northwest of Las Vegas. The operation, run by Albemarle Corp., produces about 1 percent of the world's supply of lithium.

Ore Bucket Rail Car

Rocker Dump Ore Cars are made on order to meet operating conditions. These cars are popular in capacities ranging from 20 to 40 cu. ft. and for from 18″ to 24″ gauge mine track. Write for additional information. Car, Ore, (Standard) Standard Ore Car is made of the very best materials and is designed for the most severe service.

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INDUSTRIAL ORE CARS. With roots deep in the San Juan Mining Region of Colorado and a combined working experience of over one hundred years, we know the importance of …

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Melcher Machine Works, the experienced manufacturer of both surface and underground rail haulage equipment and materials handling systems. We manufacture every type of rail equipment for mining, industrial and tourist. railroad usage. These Ore Car Replicas exactly follow the original design used in Colorado mines in the late 1800's.

Mining Tipper/Side Dump Ore Car 2-Pack

Mining Tipper/Side Dump Ore Car 2-Pack. This is the HO Scale Mining Tipper/Side Dump Ore Car 2-Pack - Runs on Z Gauge Track - 1 Each Explosives (red) by Busch . Busch # bus5022. $31.08. DISCONTINUED . Retail $36.99 SAVE 16% ! Busch Item # bus5022. Out of Stock.