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Show Mine Firm Opens South Utah Property Expanding its operation to develop additional Utah resources and produced more metal for the war effort, the Ohio Copper company com-pany of Utah, last year opened up and placed in production the Big Indian mine, situated' near La Sal In San Juan county. After checking the tonnage and grade of ore available and satisfactorily satis-factorily completing metallurgical tests, construction of a treatment plant was undertaken in the spring ot 1943. The milling plant has a daily capacity of 250 tons of copper cop-per ore. Construction of the mill and related buildings was completed com-pleted late in 1943 and the breaking break-ing In period was started. Difficulties Dif-ficulties in starting the new plant were encountered and resulted In an operating los, . the year. W Bt U8,i,., . The Big Indian ffiillp in addition to the com" P;:-operation P;:-operation in the nh. where copper la . gbai ' 'Sta place Lte' - The additional mi, has been undertake 0g' , per results mt payrolls and added h ;t' smelters, railroaders J dustrles throughout th 0i encouraging this tyi)p J-ment J-ment of Utah's reso?r' (i term portion 0 proved. tue Ma:, ., |
