You should seriously look at a capsule pipeline system very low maaintenance and up keep.

<www.capsu.org> for history

<www.pneutrans.net> for a manufacturer of capsule pipeline systems. With energy prices skyrocketing the system is becoming even more economical.

The pnuetrans folks have a section of their web site that allows you to fill out a questionaire and they will send you a free quote for a complete system.

Just to ease your mind I am in no way affiliated with these folks. I just believe in the system-after all they have been used for over a hundred years now in different uses.

As a former mechanic working in a salt mine for twenty two years and dealing with conveyors every day I can honestly say the capsule pipeline system is the way to go as it is very low maintenance.

The nice thing is you can recapture electrical energy and reduce you electric bill by using syncronous motors which will generate electricy in reverse to feed it back in the power grid when the capsule train is returning in the opposite direction-you cannot due that with a belt conveyor! The sucking sound of your electric bill

will be reduced.

Also you will be able to return tailings back in to the mine to reduce disposal costs with the same system.

The one added benefit is that your mine ventilation will improve as it increases the amount of intake air brought into the mine-if it is underground improving ventilation substantially.

The limiting facter is tonnage and travel distance tnnage hauled has to be a minimum of 100,000 tons per year and the minimum distance should be one mile -all subject of course to energy costs.

lzaharis ■

Dear Ron

can you give more information about conveyor to give you proper replyIn foormation required are

1.0 length of conveyor

2.0 lift of conveyor

3,0 capacity of conveyor

with regards

A R SINGH ■