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Show RAVCOnffiiYIIIll SOON WILL OPERATE ONE-HALF CAPACITY After the fourth section of the concentrating concen-trating plant at the Ray Consolidated was placed the first section was closed down for a abort period for repairs. While nothing definite has been received at the local offices of the company. It Is understood under-stood that the four sections are running or will be operated within a few days' time. This will place one-half of the new mill In commission, and will result In the treatment of 4000 tons dally or better by this plant Ths sections sse averaging 1000 tons a day each, and soms dsys aa much as 1150 tons nave been treated. With the entire plant operating, engineers estimate the capacity of the plant will be between 1000 and 10,000 tons a day. In other words, Ray la expected to output 100.000,000 pounds of copper annually, when the entire mill pjant Is running smoothly. No actual construction work hss been done on the emelter furnaces at Harden for this company. The foundation work for the buildings Is In and the stock Is up. but the structural steel Is Just beginning begin-ning to arrive. Everything is In readiness readi-ness to harry ths plant to an early completion, com-pletion, but there Is a possibility of the plans being altered slightly before the &lant Is built. The concentrates were to forwarded to the American smelting plant at El Paso, where reverberatory rurnace are oems; tniciwi w n-nun tin-product, tin-product, but there ha been om delay in smelter enlarge and the concentrates have been sent to Ague Callentes smelter smel-ter In Mexico. In view of the highly satisfactory result re-sult that are being obtained at both th Ray mine and mill, It I said, the company com-pany may expect to produce copper at I coat of If cents a pound, and possibly cheaper. In the operation which have been conducted con-ducted up to the prevent time at wf Consolidated, several important and far reaching results have been obtained, which have a direct bearing on earning power. These are a lower ost of mining than that used heretofore In all calcula- tlons. ths manner In which the ore Is mining with no spprsdahls diminution In Ksds. ths favorable results being ob-Ined ob-Ined In extracting the values from the ore, and the Increased tonnage which It haa been found possible to handle per unit of concentrator. At the mine, the caving of tha ore la meeting with excellent results, and the overburden la found to stsnd exceptlon-sllv exceptlon-sllv welL The ore which Is now being ts-ken ts-ken from locntlons next to ths overbnr-den overbnr-den Is breaking clean, and Is showing practically no decrease In grade over that aa Indicated by aampllng. Another' Important Im-portant point which has been demonstrated demon-strated In connection with tbess ores Is Ihst It Is possible to mine In thick slices, one of the stones being worked over a dlatsnce of more than alxtv feet. Tbe demarkatlon st the Ray property between the ore and ths ovsrhurden Is verv pronounced pro-nounced and thle condition facllltatas, maintaining tha grade. |