. Canadian foundryman (1918). FOR FLINT SHOTTINGSHELLS and MUNITIONS FLINT SHOTTING is simply a long stepforward in sand blasting. In short, it issand blasting, with Flint Shot—a manu-factured product—instead of sand blast sand. And Flint Shot is pure flint silica, segregatedfrom St. Peters rock, a remarkable geologicalformation found only in a limited area, nearOttawa, Illinois, —an area which we own. To produce Flint Shot, we blast the rock; disintegrate the broken rockwith water under high pressure; wet-riven the resulting sand water; agitatethe screened sand and carry off its clay an
. Canadian foundryman (1918). FOR FLINT SHOTTINGSHELLS and MUNITIONS FLINT SHOTTING is simply a long stepforward in sand blasting. In short, it issand blasting, with Flint Shot—a manu-factured product—instead of sand blast sand. And Flint Shot is pure flint silica, segregatedfrom St. Peters rock, a remarkable geologicalformation found only in a limited area, nearOttawa, Illinois, —an area which we own. To produce Flint Shot, we blast the rock; disintegrate the broken rockwith water under high pressure; wet-riven the resulting sand water; agitatethe screened sand and carry off its clay and magnesia impurities by flotation;steam dry the clean, round pearl-like particles: pass them through successiveagitator screening; and deliver to our Flint Shotting patrons, car lots ofth( most perfect sand blasting abrasive ever produced, representing perhaps10 per cent, of the total tonnage handled, the medium grade being sold aswashed, dried, screened Flini Silica molding and core sand and the finergrade as glass -a
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