Proppant handling system with one or more bucket elevators and proppant delivery rate control

A system comprising:

• a first material conveyor configured to receive a delivery of proppant and to convey the proppant to a discharge opening of the first material conveyor;
• a surge bin configured to receive proppant from the discharge opening of the first material conveyor and to selectively discharge the proppant to a selected one of a plurality of surge bin discharge openings;
• a second material conveyor configured to receive the proppant from a first one of the surge bin discharge openings and to convey the proppant to a discharge opening of the second material conveyor;
• a first bucket elevator configured to receive the proppant from a second one of the surge bin discharge openings and to convey the proppant to a discharge of the first bucket elevator;
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• a first silo configured to receive the proppant from the discharge of the first bucket elevator and to discharge the proppant through a first silo discharge to the second material conveyor.