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Show RAY CONSOLIDATED IS FACING GOOD YEAR In calling attention fe the fact that St the ri' copper production of the H i Ray ' 'onsolldated company was close H to 37, i.OOO pounds, Oeorpe U Walk- isn er predicts thru the ;'i)2 output will id measure over 50,000,000 pounds, and list may reach n hkh ns , .m" . mho tint ' pounds Alter calling nffention lo mi 'he shortage of labor throughout 1912 H as one of the handicaps under which I the Riy management labored, Walker mB says -. -j. "Another factor that Is preventing left a more rapid Increase in Ra's pro- (jeg duction la the very low prade of ore . Hj It Is now treating Tho ?v-t-m of ifcfc minlnp in u?- makes It necessary to i Bj mine the upper portion of the ore J b.id first It will ' prill.-, that mm a considerable extension of the de- j posit was discovered some time apo J and that it became necessary to mine ifc tlii- ore Immediately ur abandon It flS for all time. Thc block contain; ami,. K! 000 Ions or more that a craves about fJEL 1 V. ,c,- cent copper and this, with the ore mined in th0 northern work- K ines. makes up an average of about IT As result of operat- "ii this grade of ore, which s fl Ide a l. below the average of I H the whole deposit, Ra-- is nm -t MF getting the full amount of production jP1' 10 Which it Is entitled tn vlev- ot the 'T I tonnage or ..re now -o;n- through the i concentrator ''The high-grade deposit of or fin, j which forms the bottom of the Rav ''entral ., -nns.lt comprising over 70u.- Sal"! aging aVui pPr H cent. a now being developed prpara. to mining an,i a quantln or this ,,J Will - to bo shipped inline- I Wt d ely. The rompan- m continue -f'U-S to increase its tonnage and produr- tlon. Ry April it s expected that Ray will be producing .'.000,000 1 pounds of cnpiK-r monthly Wjth its JiSj "" '-''r volume of operations the company Is earning good monthlv profits and it Is anticipated that an HH :' I ' '! :. -I ..n the rMit stock solne time this vear 1 |