tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post1397989228394898963..comments2024-03-28T17:35:45.759-07:00Comments on modeling the SP: Modeling mining in your localeTony Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-87017804449321550582016-11-11T10:21:40.126-08:002016-11-11T10:21:40.126-08:00Cinnabar ore too. Mostly north San Luis Obispo cou...Cinnabar ore too. Mostly north San Luis Obispo county.<br />Supposedly Cambria was the "Hometown" of the Welsh cinnabar miners. One EPA report speaks of ore extraction into the 1960's.<br />A "Central Coast" modeler could easily justify a truck loader for this ore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-64499212359354441062016-10-14T13:50:02.399-07:002016-10-14T13:50:02.399-07:00You are completely correct about cement as a desti...You are completely correct about cement as a destination for mined limestone. There are a number of industries that are essentially mining, particularly sand and gravel, along with crushed rock for both road building and ballast. I didn't attempt to present a complete list of possibilities.<br />Tony ThompsonTony Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593061828601275378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218524178230712938.post-32172665109261483922016-10-14T02:55:29.147-07:002016-10-14T02:55:29.147-07:00There are also open pit mines for limestone for ce...There are also open pit mines for limestone for cement. The cement company in Cowell, California had not only a standard gauge road to connect to the big boys and switch the plant but included narrow gauge trains running from the pit to the nearby processing plant. Those locos apparently ran until the plant’s closing in 1947. There also was a separate open pit for sand. Clay and a relatively small amount of gypsum would have been also needed.<br /><br />The plants are typically very large and this one had a company town as well. Inbound loads could include not only the raw materials not immediately available but also fuel for the kilns, any machinery and company town supplies. Outbound would be bagged cement in boxcars; bulk loads were shipped in later years but by truck. Modeling a later period, outbound covered hopper cars would be common.<br /><br />This isn’t something that would be workable as part of a multi-industry layout but could be represented as an offline industry connected by an interchange track. I think it would work very well for a single-industry operating layout. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com