Freeport Minerals Company

Clifford McDonald Cockrell

Raymond G Bryant, Jr

An integrated sulfur mining -- sulfuric acid production system is provided wherein a portion of the sulfur produced in the mining operation is consumed in a sulfuric acid manufacturing plant which also generates sufficient heat to raise the temperature of the aqueous mining fluid to the level required by a mining operation of the type that uses the Frasch sulfur mining technique.

Integrated sulfur mining - sulfuric acid production system

Apparatus for and process of mining a subterranean granular ore deposit through a well bore where the ore is eroded from the ore matrix by one or more laterally directed jets of fluid, e.g. water, forming an ore-bearing slurry. The apparatus comprises:

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New Orleans, LA, United States of America

Clifford McDonald Cockrell