Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-28
Utah Man at Head OF Ray Con-
SoIIdated Copper
Company.
TO BUILD SHELTER AND MILL.
Meeting at Colorado Springs Decides
on Rig Work on Property In the
Kelvin District. Arizona.

At meeting of the directors OF the
Ray Consolidated Copper company at
Colorado Splngs Monday. the board
decided 90 build q smelter and big
concentrating min ON the company's
property ia the Kelvin district Of Pit
nal county Arizona Al the same
time -. G.. Jackling of the Utah Cop
per company was made general mama
ger of the company AIR. Jackling
now occupies the same position with
The Ray Consolidated that he does
with the Utah Copper. He IL vice.
president and chairman of the eXecu-
tive board and general manager.
1T was decided that "a large smelter
and mill be- constructed" said Mr..
Jaclding this morning on returning
from the meeting. "Of course plans
viii not be perfected for the work for
probably three months. The meeting
simply ordered that the company pro-
coed with the construction of "a smell
Ter ana mill
"The smelter viii be the same as
that at Garfield although there may
be some slight notifications that may
he necessary In the distribution Con-
ditions at the property may require
this.
We have made our first shipments
OF concentrates from the property and
/ received reports on them today that
the concentrates run from % 20 20 per
cent copper
WILL BUILD IN SECTIONS
The smeher will be built IN sections
so that the same plans can apply TO "a
5O0-tOn smeltcr as to a 3O00-tOn smell
ter. To increase the capacity sections
win be added. Mr. lacking declares
that az present he is not certain how
large the smeltcr viii be- but Il will
probably be- Tor 1900 tons day.
At the meeting AN OF the
seven directors but two were present.
The quarterly report of the company
has been prepared and IL viii probably
be published about Feb. 10. The report
Will appear In the west at the same
time Il appears IN the east.
Indications are that the company
will have at least 900 men employed
by May l. AS the work OF the II
drills employed upon the property has
proved that there Is "a vast blanket
deposit OF ore on the Ray and Kelvin
properties arrangements for the build
ing OF the additional mill and the
smelter win not be long delayed.
Mining men familiar In the district
in Pitnal county assert that there Is
a greater range Of naturalization there
IMAM ln any Qlaltt'A III Aldl AtfIllOlYs
The ore bodies are principally blanket
deposits extending through the noun
tains many miles In the great mass
of low grade conglomerates are found
many veins OF ore sampling high in
copper Two hundred miners and me-
chanics are employed at Ray and 24O
miners and mechanics at Kelvin.
WORK AT CONCENTRATION.
The high grade ores from the Ray
Mine are being piled on the dumps
awaiting the completion OF the proposed
smclter and the conglomerates shipped
TO the Kelvin concentrating plant for
treatment The Ray mine is connect
ed with the Kelvin concentrating plant
By "a narrow gage railroad. The COM
centratipg plant Is running three shifts
with "a crew OF 80 men.
Tho Ray Consolidated Copper CONF
pany owns three large groups of min
ing claims In Kelvin and Ray. The
consolidation Of the three properties
was "a recent move. The great blanket
ore deposit which varies from 30 On
several hundred feet in thickness and
covering several hundred acres, yields
small percentages Ia copper that when
worked ON "a large scale will yield
/ handsome profits.
There is am ample supply of water
/ for all reduction and domestic demand
| Boa the ella river which passes Kelvin.