Show CACTUS MINE CLOSED DOWN Manager Drummond Says It Is Poor Economy to Operate Mill During Remodelling Tho Cactus mines of tho Newhouse Mines Smelters corporation ceased pro production on tim fl t of tho the month and Manager T R Drummond that tha during the Ule six thc weeks or so that the mill mil will be ba undergoing changes all the tho work worl underground will oe e 0 confined to lo the ef efforts efforts efforts forts of about thirtY men kept on devel devet About ten days ago when Ih the remodeling of the plant commenced It 11 was the intention to keep of the plant plan running while the other half was in Ih the hands of the mechanics A trial convinced Manager Drummond that it would be poor poo economy to run in that way so he laid of off the mill crew and more than men in inthe Intile Inthe the tile mine It II Is expected to ger get under way again about the middle lo of next month and then begin the treatment of an aver average average average age of about tons Ions of ore per month It is I declared that the Cactus mine is in infine Infine infine fine condition and that when the mill mm I Is ready to lo go Irto into commission again there ther will be no trouble at al all in supplying th the tonnage that the plant will call cal for A AIs As AsIs AsIs Is often the case in the opening of mines mine at depth there has been some changes change in the characteristics of the ore in the Cactus and it has been found that tha changes particularly in the classification of tho crushed ore would materially help in the matter of handling tonnage and in inthe Inthe inthe the percentage of saving of values also The subject is one that has been under unde consideration for some time lime and it was finally decided that now while the price of copper is low would be a good time tim timeto to make tho the changes deemed advisable |