Show mm SMELTER OF MASON VALLEY YALLY MINES MIS CO HEAVY PRODUCER The I second furnace of or the Mason Valley Valley Val Vat ley Icy Mines Mine company plant at al Thompson may be blown In while the first nut furnace Is I being enlarged The The Initial capacity of the two furnaces furnace was wa rated rate at SOO tons tans dally daily daly but by y making e some come me miner alterations alera- alera altera altera- tons It I was wu learned leared that the capacity of or orone one furnace was equal to that of or the two as a originally designed Some further changes chansu arc are to be made made which will ivill wil In Increase increase In- In crease the capacity of both furnaces furnace It I does doe not appear Ikey tha thai there will wi be beany beany beany any further need further J d of greater smelting Capacity ca capacity Ca- Ca c- c after these thele alterations alterton are ao completed com corn as it I seems probably that the furnaces furnaces fur tur- naces will wi be large lare enough to handle bandle aUthe all aU the ore produced in that camp This smelter started stared to treat trat ore early arly this year and during January Januar turned out pounds of copper ore It I has continued continued con con- to operate with one furnace and Its Il production to date is given as u approxImatelY approximately pounds An Increased tonnage tonna has hu been handled from the time the plant was wu first fut started and Its Is production production pro pro- ducton is now pl placed ed at pounds monthly follows tot fol The company's output has hu been as a. lows low Pounds January February March April Apri May I Total Total Estimated The management has not yet determined doter doter- mined mine how bow much shall shan be charged charge to de depreciation do- do predation of ot and plant all an of which will be ad added ed to production COts costs so eo that wil no definite n figure ure as to the cost per pound of or production has haa yet ret been reached In addition addIton to depreciation there must also alo be charged to th the sinking fund as provided under the company's mortgage 20 cents p per r ton of oC ore Both furnaces furnace are undergoing alterations alterations alera altera altera- tons which will wi increase capacity from froma a nominal 1200 tons tOD dally daily daly to about 1800 tons One furnace has been treating an average of tons tone per da day of or which be between between between be- be tween and tons have been supplied supplied sup sup- plied by the Mason aU Valley e mine Under a contract tho the Nevada Ne Douglas has haa been shipping about tons of ore dally daily daly The matte mate has hu been shipped to the Guggenheim for Cor treatment while the American Smelting and ad Refining I company has also handl handled d the copper sales |