The H. S. Mould Company has also succeeded in making its machine a thorough practical success. This machine is a plunger-type press. The largest press built employs six plungers, and at 25 revolutions it makes 150 briquettes of 3 in. diameter and 3 in. hight, or 1080 cu. ft. per 10 hours. Its rated capacity is 100 tons per 10 hours. In using a plunger-type press the material should not contain more than 7 per cent. mechanical moisture. If wet concentrates have to be briquetted it is necessary to add dry ore fines or flue dust to arrive at a proper consistency. The briquettes are very solid and only air-drying for a few hours is necessary. The cylindrical shape of briquettes is very good, as it insures a proper air circulation in the furnace and consequently a rapid oxidation and fusion. The wear of the Mould Company’s press is mostly confined to the chilled iron bushings and to the pistons. Auxiliary machinery consists of the slacker, the feeder and the main mixer. The press is of a very substantial design, and it is claimed that the cost of repairs does not amount to more than 3c. per ton of briquettes. Wear and tear is unavoidable in a crude operation like briquetting; to treat flue dust, ore fines, and fine concentrates successfully, it is almost absolutely necessary to resort to it. Edison used a number of intermittent-acting presses at his magnetic iron-separation works in New Jersey, but this plant shut down some time ago. A BRICKING PLANT FOR FLUE DUST AND FINE ORES BY JAMES C. BENNETT (September 15, 1904) The plant, which is here described, for bricking fine ores and flue dust, was designed and the plans produced in the engineering department of the Selby smelter. The machinery contained in the plant consists of a Boyd four-mold brick press, a 7 ft. wet pan or Chile mill, a 50 h.p. induction motor, and a conveyor-elevator, together with the necessary pulleys and shafting.