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Show 'Big Big ' Big Indian Mill MIII MillForced MIIIForced MillForced Forced to Close CloseDue Due to present prcsent economic con condlt condit condit dlt dit ons which have practically practicallydoubled practicallydoubled practicallydoubled doubled overhead costs the theOhIO theOhio theOhio OhIO Copper Company of Utah Utahis IS being bemg forced to suspend oper open operatIons openations operaliens B.gIndian BgIndian R.gIndIan atIons at its copper mill mlll at R.g Rg . . IndIan 40 miles ffilles southeast of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab The mill w 11 close down downon downon downon on Nov 30 until unbl such time bme tame as asoperatmg asoperating asoperating operatmg operating costs drop to a pomt point pomtwhere pointwhere pointwhere where a projEit profut profit ' can 'Can be made mademmmg mademining mademinmg | mmmg mining and refining refmmg the tlhe Big In Ind Ind Ind d an and Lisbon valley copper copperdeposits copperdeposits copperdeposits copperdepositsThe deposits depositsThe The company is very reluc reluctant reluctant reluctant tant to close the 'the ' ' mill and has hasI haskept haskept haskept kept it op operating ratmg in 111 recent recentmonths recentmonths recentmonths I months in m : spite cp'1te cp1te ' of mountmg mounting mountmgoverhead mountingoverhead mountingoverhead overhead costs According AocordIng to L LB LB LB B Birch super superintendent ntendent the themill themill themill mill will be left intact mtact at least leastuntIl leastuntil leastuntil , untIl : spring cprmg If the general ec cc econOffilC cconomic econonuc onOffilC onomic picture improves oper operatlons operations operatlons atlons ations undoubtedly will be re resumed resumed resumed resumedThe sumed sumedThe The mill when running runmng at us usual usual usual ual capacity has produced about about100 100 000 pounds of copper per permonth permonth permonth permonthThe month monthThe The increase mcrease in m overhead overheadcosts overheadcosts overheadcosts costs since smce the mill mlll commenced commencedoperations commencedoperations commencedoperations operations several years ago ac accordmg according according cordmg cording to SuperintendentBir SupermtendentBII SuperintendentBar Supermtendent Superintendent BII Bar " h has been as followsSmelter followsSmelter follows followsSmelter Smelter treatment from $4 4 $ 13 13per 13per 13per per ton to $5 5 $ 85 per ton frelght freight freighton frelghton on concentrates $545 545 $5 5 $ 45 to $9 9 $ 70 a aton aton aton ton fuel oil8i oil 8i S 8 h , to 13'2 132 1312 131z ' cents centsper centsper centsper per gallon , xanthate anthate 14 to 19 19cents 19cents 19cents cents per pound balls 3 28 28to 28to 28to to 602 6 02 cents per pound pine pme oil oilI oil9 I 9 to 14 cents per pound |