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Show DAY COriL I'M Mil TREAT 120 TONS IN EACH QUIT Of PLANT Manager Col of th Ba .Conaoli dated Mining company has wired Central Cen-tral Manager Jackling tkat th new mill plant ia working like a veteran. Two uait of the plaat ar operating aad they have been brought up t the capacity of 1000 ton of trod or daily. Tbe inetallatioa of th third unit will follow ia a few day and Mr. Jackling will leave next Saturday Satur-day for th properties in Ariseaa and expect to be present in tim to witness wit-ness the trying out of thi unit. Th most encouraging statement received re-ceived from thia aew concentrating Slaat i to th effect that it ha been entonst rated that at least 1200 tons of ore can be treated daily in each of tha.easht eeetionst that the same biffk I ataodard of efficiency can , be maintained main-tained and equally a kigh recoveries can be made with tke more extensive operation. Ia other words, whil th mill waa designed for the treatment f JtJBst" e He i I sf i"'' aws"a"('ffaart at capacity, it is aow demonstrated that it eas. treat upwards of 10,000 tons daily, with practically ao additional addi-tional cxpene. - Thi mill ha been a marvel of aue-ceaa. aue-ceaa. It is making aa averag aav-tng aav-tng of 71 per cent of ita value, coma thing heretofore unheard of in concentrating con-centrating plant that ha just been commissioned. It ia patterned after the big Magna plaat of th Utah Copper company, but the Ray metallurgists bad the advaatags of tha experience gained in the Utah mill, which was the pioneer concentrating plant in thi country erected for eommercinlixation of the' low grade porphyry ores. Good nroaress is beinff mads oa in- ttallation of permanent equipment at tb Ray properties. Th new electric hoist at th No. 1 shaft is installed and Operating. Smelter construction ia being be-ing rushed and the first furnace will be ready for blowing ia during th latter lat-ter part of th eummcr. Whea the company begin smelting it own ore it will b abl to .bring it coat of production pro-duction down to figure which compare favorably with toe present cost of Utah Copper. Th concentrate ar now being forwarded . to th El Paso amelur. |