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Show Mill To Be Completed In Six Weeks; New Strike the mill site, and has also constructed con-structed a new road from the Big Pass Mine to the mill site, which will shorten the hauling distance from 14 miles to about three. Mr. Boswell also announced the purchase of a large air compressor, to be installed at the Big Pass Mine. The compressor com-pressor will supply power for air drills and jack hammers used in drilling and blasting at the mine. Work has begun on construction con-struction of a new mill for Vedco Wah Wah Mines, Imc. The mill will be located near the new tungsten-calcium fluoride claim on the Pass road .near Adamsville. Richard Boswell, president of the corporation, said .that the last truckload of mill equipment equip-ment arrived at the site Monday, Mon-day, July 26. Construction of reinforced concrete footings for the mill had begun the week before. He said the mill should be fully constructed and in operation "within six weeks." "The mill will help in grading grad-ing and separating ore from, the Big Pass Mine, where the discovery of an ore body containing con-taining tungsten and calcium fluoride worth $1.4 million was announced three weeks ago. Since then, a 30-foot vein oi calcium fluoride and tungsten ore has been uncovered in a lower tunnel of the mine. This vein, according to Frank Turner, Turn-er, vice-president and geologist for the mining firm, should provide three to four times as much ore reserve as had been previously announced. In preparation for the mining min-ing operation, the mining company com-pany has laid 800 feet of three-inch three-inch pipe to bring water to |