Show RIO uNTO TINTO CAR 4 1 P. P C COPPER Copper ore of the highest grade i received here in quantity is the dc given by sampler met men othe the first carload received from Rio Tinto mine at Mountain City 1 Ney As a matter of fact the control a shows the ore to be very nearly pure copper The precise figures 47 per cent copper 05 ounces si and a trace of gold There were about 50 tons in the theand and Vice President O. O C. C C Chase s the company has approximate thousand tons of the same quality ore on the stockpile at the mine No selection was practiced in mining he added The pile represents the run of the mine in the drifts on the foot level Production is going orthe or on at atthe the rate of 15 to 20 tons a day The Rio Tinto proposes to ship as last fast as trucks can move the ore Ia the railroad at Elko Nev regard regardless of the market price of copper The ore is classified as Mr Chase says a native live copper sulphide |