Embedded housing for ore crusher

Ore handling apparatus comprising:

• a housing of reinforced concrete and having a pair of generally hollow tubular segments and a wall interconnecting the intersecting ends of said segments, each segment having a convex outer surface, said segments and said wall being integral, and said segments and said wall defining in plan form a generally figure eight configuration for the housing, said housing adapted to be disposed in the ground with the upper ends of the segments being adjacent to ground level, one of the segments having an open, upper, ore-receiving end;
• an ore crusher;
• means mounting the ore crusher in said one segment below the upper end thereof;
• a first, generally horizontal feeder in said one segment below the ore crusher and extending into the other segment;
• an inclined conveyor in the other segment and extending outwardly therefrom, said conveyor having a lower end aligned with and disposed below the proximal end of the first feeder;
• elevator means in the second segment between the upper and lower ends thereof;
• and access hatches through the floors of the second segment for entry and removal of mechanical and electrical parts.