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Ideal cement officials tells Rotarians of gypsum rock reservoir at Hanover March 1949 A reservoir of gypsum rock amounting to three times the amount of rock used in the last 20 years has been uncovered in recent months at the Ideal Cement Company at Hanover, James Gwin, plant superintendent, told the Lewistown Rotary club Monday at noon at the regular luncheon meeting. Gwin reviewed the history of the plant and processes used in the manufacture of products in a talk which held the close attention of the club members throughout. "We have come from the shovel and wheelbarrow stage of operation to the very latest in electrical and air operated mine and mill processes," he said The Hanover plan employs between 40 and 60 men and serves a trade area covering North and South Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Montana, he added. Gwin described the veins of gypsum rock as lying in two cone shapes, one cone being telescoped inside the other, with present mining operations including just the tops of the cones, which are about two miles across at that point. Plaster products manufactured at the Hanover plant include plaster of paris, fiber plaster, gauging plaster, molding plaster, casting plaster, wood fiber plasted and soil building gypsum products. Plaster was one of the first plastics ever made dating back to early Egyptian records, he said. The plant was first built and operated by the late George Wiedeman and James Bickel, now residing in California, in L9L2, Gwin said, with the Ideal Cement Company buying the spread in 1915. While both plaster and cement products were made at first, cement manufacture was gradually discontinued until 1933, after which only gypsum rock was processed in plaster products. While he said very valuable cement rock deposits are still available on the property, labor troubles at the time and disintegration of machinery caused the shutdown in cement manufacture. The speaker was introduced by Dave Morrison, program chairman. Birthdays were observed for Dick Kier and Oscar Mueller. President Bob Dissly presided.
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Title | Ideal cement officials tell Rotarians of gypsum rock reservoir at Hanover, Montana. |
Description | Article about a talk given by James Gwin, plant superintendent of the Hanover Cement Co. to a group of Rotarians. |
Genre | newspapers |
Type | Text |
Language | eng |
Date Original | 1949-03 |
Subject (keyword) | Hanover, Montana; Ideal Cement Co.; |
Subject (AAT) | Cement; Gypsum; |
Rights Management | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Digital collection | Central Montana Historical Documents |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
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Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Local Identifier | SC 8.3 |
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Title | Ideal cement official 1 |
Type | Text |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Full text of this item | Ideal cement officials tells Rotarians of gypsum rock reservoir at Hanover March 1949 A reservoir of gypsum rock amounting to three times the amount of rock used in the last 20 years has been uncovered in recent months at the Ideal Cement Company at Hanover, James Gwin, plant superintendent, told the Lewistown Rotary club Monday at noon at the regular luncheon meeting. Gwin reviewed the history of the plant and processes used in the manufacture of products in a talk which held the close attention of the club members throughout. "We have come from the shovel and wheelbarrow stage of operation to the very latest in electrical and air operated mine and mill processes" he said The Hanover plan employs between 40 and 60 men and serves a trade area covering North and South Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming and Montana, he added. Gwin described the veins of gypsum rock as lying in two cone shapes, one cone being telescoped inside the other, with present mining operations including just the tops of the cones, which are about two miles across at that point. Plaster products manufactured at the Hanover plant include plaster of paris, fiber plaster, gauging plaster, molding plaster, casting plaster, wood fiber plasted and soil building gypsum products. Plaster was one of the first plastics ever made dating back to early Egyptian records, he said. The plant was first built and operated by the late George Wiedeman and James Bickel, now residing in California, in L9L2, Gwin said, with the Ideal Cement Company buying the spread in 1915. While both plaster and cement products were made at first, cement manufacture was gradually discontinued until 1933, after which only gypsum rock was processed in plaster products. While he said very valuable cement rock deposits are still available on the property, labor troubles at the time and disintegration of machinery caused the shutdown in cement manufacture. The speaker was introduced by Dave Morrison, program chairman. Birthdays were observed for Dick Kier and Oscar Mueller. President Bob Dissly presided. |
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