Two-Rope Grab of the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. (The width of the Grab is 5 ft.— The grab, which is illustrated in the Figure, has a capacity of 2 tons, and is used for unloading coal as well as for handling ore; it is also built for larger and'smaller capacities. The one here illustrated, when used on coal, will handle 84 cub. ft., and when used on iron ore about 35 cub. ft., which would mean approximately 2 tons of either material.