Show r RAY CON i Mill PLANTS DOING EXCElLENT WORK oI I I D. D C. C Tackling returned this thi morning morn morn- j lug ing from froni on of or his regular r inspection ll tri trips of Ray Hay Consolidated on and j Copper opper mines in iu Arizona and New w i Mexico 1 ilo Ho Ito haid th that t- t the he be remain re re- re-j re I I main here about a mouth or until l the i I week 1 eck in hi t April when h ho lie woul Co east tn tO attend the time annual meetings I I of sonic Fome- of hi 1118 I companies He lie was I b happy to announce that the time lime time 1141 j i I arr arrived when he would 1 lie J able ablo to I spend more 1101 of lii hi his t time li here n as the southwestern are arc in excellent j shape h pc and ami would require J less i frequent I I Aldrich of the time Rn Ray I trip tripi President nt j jwill will ivill ho lie here within a few lays days on en I route to the mine and hold a confer confer- and amid Ires enc enu- with Colonel Tackling it of tho the Utah Copper opper andl and l rhino limo will 11 bo he u next week to io confer ron eon fer with the management ement of these corn com panics Of or th tb Tea Colonel Tackling said aid condition ha had not changed n JH PI much since I his last lad visit it They have havo not increased the tho materially lIy having 1 t finished ll up UI all IiII the re reserves ne m iii the stock pile which wms H accumulated cd b before before be be- fore time till null nuB was vas commissioned The Tho increased production from underground workings has no rn more c than oft offset de- de e liveries to tho tIme plant made previously Pre I IThe The They ore now tr treating atin a 1 little better better bet bet- et ter than ton tons of ore each month All tho concentrates arc nrc he he- inc ini delivered t at Hayden Haj where the they will I b be heM hell in storage for the smelter which is to start some time in April Prom From three to four sections of the mill plant are arc being operated The Tho fourth section is operated occasionally to catch up anti and three sections continuously ou 1 each section treating in excess of 1000 tons daily Tho fifth section has hal practically been completed and they will not work ork j vigorously on further fur ther her construction con as lis s the they have havo capac capacity capac ity enough for the next t two o or three months month The mill rf results arc most roost satisfactory satisfactory tory torr at Ray ay for the character of ore being treated Tho Tim grade arle is still lower low than normal as a it is from the upper zone The r recoveries t from the chara character ter and grade of ore by the sections in operation is il higher expected or Jre predicted and ind is iR absolutely absolutely satisfactory from a n metallurgical nn and I I mechanical standpoint Mine conditions have settled settle to routine ron rou I tine work The rhe plants at both hoth shafts shaft I I are completed and working lx- lx It is is now not only onh a question of extending ex x t tending development de and increasing g the tonnage I I Chino Costs 7 Cents At the Chino Clino the two tl sections during during dur duro ing February a averaged ed about 1100 tons tona each pach and the estimate cost of production production pro pro- is plu placed ed at or less than 7 cents rents a 1 pound The recoveries reo are still indifferent on n of or time tIle ore ure treated coming oming from nc near the surface Toward the enl end nf or this month a better bet ter quality of or ore will iII be he mined and anal better batter recoveries t will 11 be ma made Time The costs are arc not hot un unsatisfactory t and the I I plant i is is t orkin working beautifully The third section pct n will be commissioned before before be be- fore the thA enil end of thiA thi month and po possibly si- si I bly hI before the railroad r receives ches a all of it its s. s new net equipment i pm Int hut but aSI assurances e aro given sien h by til Hie railroad people that I there ere I will he be no no further delays of a serious nature Building for tor the fourth an fifth section is is practically completed complete These sections will doubtless 1011 ht I ss be e i installed d on schedule time for commissioning ionin b by tho mi middle of tho the f year i. i They have hace I j alre already rh rJ demonstrated the plant rapa capac 1 1 iry ils at tt than titan 1000 tons for s section clail daily jl |