Show I BG BIG INDIAN SlEEPS FR SIXT SUNS Preston O. O Peterson manager of ot tho Big Dig Indian Copper company compan came in from Pro Provo YO the last of ot the week whore a meeting of One executive board of tho the company was held He lie left leC for tor tho the camp Sunday Sunda and shut down all al work wont for or a period of ot sixty days or until such time as additional equipment can be installed at tho the mill mm and a n sufficient water supply can be bo obtained to successfully suc sue operate the mill mU a says s 's tho the Moab Independent ent According to Mr Ir Peterson tho the ex extraction extraction ex- ex traction tracton process adopted b by the company company com corn pany has lias proven a success in eYer every wa way but several changes must be bo made and ant additional equipment obtained be before before be- be fore tore the will wi be able to turnout turnout turn turnout out concentrates In paying quantities In a hundred hour trial test made mado re recently re- re cent from thirty to to fifty tons of oC ore oro wore were handled per day and an extraction extraction extrac extrac- tion ton of oC 75 per cent was obtained from the tho 3 per cent ore milled While the lie process Is considered to be satisfactory by tho the directors of or the tho company it was thought advisable to tomake tomake make mako the mill mil as near perfect a as possible pos pos- sible before the actual production of ot copper tot tor tho marl market ot is begun beun hero hero- fore tho the chan changes es were wore recommended The changes contemplated Includes es tho he replacing replacIng- of oC tho the present agitators wf larger er ones onos and another precipitation boiler boier Is to bo be installed in order older that delays will wi be avoided in the future through h shutting down while the they are being unloaded At present there are aro but two of or these boilers and when one ono of ot them has to be cleaned the mill mi hasto has to tc be closed down during the opera opera- ion tion The Tho adding of ot a third boiler boier will wi obviate this trouble A Also Iso It Is stated that there Is a possibility pos pos- of oC the time company Increasing tho the size of or their pi pipe po ln line which carries water from the La Sal mountains to the mine 1 distance of oC over six miles mies Durl During Durig s- s the time that the mill mi Is closed down clown It is planned to haul an ann 1 iI 1 u S a IH v. v i v u. u V camp so that when work Is again as-aln re resumed re- re that no delay dclay will wit be ta ta cd d by a a. shortage of this material material T. T G G. Is now hauling sulphur from Crescent making a round trip eV every ry three days dB's with wih tho the big lg company company com corn pany truck As the mill mi consumes in iii inthe the tho neighborhood of oC two tons of or sulphur sulphur sulphur sul sul- a day when running Ful full capacity some somo Idea of the quantity this material ma ma- tonal necessary can bo be realized At least a sixty day supply will wl bo be e kept ahead If it possible All Al tho the necessary equipment has hns been ordered and It Is estimated that the themi mill mi will wi be In operation in about sixty days All Al tho the carpenters carpenter connected with th the com company any ha have haye o been retained for tor work in Installing the new equip equip- in men ment eat t. t |