Proppant dispensing system with intermediate surge hopper

A surge hopper system comprising;

• a conveyor having a belt;
• a surge hopper including a frame supporting
• a plurality of sidewalls that taper downwardly towards a bottom discharge opening positioned to discharge directly onto the belt of the conveyor,
• a top opening for the receipt of proppant therethrough,
• there being an interior flow passageway between the top opening and the bottom discharge opening;
• a vibrator mounted on the frame of the surge hopper to facilitate flow of proppant through the interior flow passageway;
• and
• a proppant motive system configured to move wet sand into the surge hopper,
• the frame of the surge hopper rising upwardly from a ground surface to support the surge hopper,
• the surge hopper standing alone without physically contacting any other equipment.