Show BIG INDIAN COPPER GOING TO SMELTER two large truckloads truck loads of concentrates from the big indian copper mill southeast of moab passed through town yesterday en route to thomp sons A carload of the concentrates has been turned out by the mill and will be loaded as soon as it can be transported to the railroad the concentrated cent rated product running about 40 per cent copper Is very heavy and difficult to handle the mill Is now handling from to tons of ore per day the ratio being about one ton of concentrate to each 16 tons of ore one or more trucks will be kept busy constantly hauling out the product A vein of high grade native copper was uncovered at the big indian mine the last of the week while the deposit was small it indicates that the ore may increase in values as mining proceeds and depth in the workings Is attained the ore for the mill Is mined by the open cut method the entire hill being of sufficient grade for milling purposes |