The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-21
EASING Up ON
ORE BLOCKING
Ray Consolidated Not Trying to
Increase Tonnage in New
Territory.
DRILLS NOW WORKING
IN KNOWN DEPOSIT
Manager Jackling Returns
With Late News About Ray
and Chino Mines.

That the Ray Consolidated property.
with it's eighty millions or moro tons Of
copper ore, is now In position to oase
UP q bit from an ore development stand
point, is vouched for by u. c. JacklinG,
general manager of the company, who re-
turned TO his Salt Lake headquarters
Tuesday morning from his regular month
ly visit OF inspection TO the mine, No
new churn drilling. therefore. is being
done the management connning It's drill
ing operations 10 the ground containing
what is termed practically developed ore
TO bring IL into the actually developed or
blocked class.
The Ray management, says Mr. Jack
ling. is doing over 1000 feet OF under
ground development work per month,
which results in the steady extraction
OF approximately 1000 tons OF orc day
which is added 10 the stock pile, where
about 100000 tons OF ore await the com
pletion OF the concentration. This ore is
extracted without the permanent mine
equipment. and the temporary mine
equipment may be called upon to pro-
vide the food for the first section or two
of the mill. although the officials hope
that the permanent mine equipment VIII
he installed by the time the mill is ready
for operation.
In development way, splendid progress
Is being done, and much OF the equip
ment Is arriving. The main mill build
Ing is completed. ehalf Of the con-
crete flooring Is in. and the machinery
for the initial two sections is now being
set into position. The power plant build
ang has been completed, and at least TWO
engines will be ready for work by Jan
uary 10 or February 1. Everything points
10 the beginning OF mill operations on oil
about the latter date.
The Ray officials arc To resume con-
struction work more actively at the COM
pany smelter. the equipment for which is
now In process OF construction. Therc
is no disposition. however. 10 hurry Tho
Smelter work 10 completion. The COM
many figures that the mill viii hardly b,
producing a sufficient quantity OF cop
per concentrates AT first 10 Justify the
blowing in OF tho smelter. but this smell
ter should be ready with at least two
reverberatory furnaces by the middle o
1911, by which time the output from tho
MILL will he large enough 10 Justify smet
ing operations. In The meantime, th'
mill product will be shipped 10 the r.
Paso smelters of the American Smelling
& Refining company under the contrac,
recently negotiated.
Mr.. Jackling stated that the Chino
property could provide enough orc al this
time for one or two sections OF the mill
for the FIVE steam shovels. eating
away the Gaping or oyerburdcn. have cX.
posed considerable orc already. The mip'
development. therefore. is we'll advanced
we'll ahead OF the mill construction, IN
fact. One-half OF the steel work OF th'
mill building is now UP. The remain
ing steel is either or the scene or /;
en- route. The mill building will be com
pleted by February ]. and the compan,
ing ore by the middle of the coming year
Here, TOO. mine development and genera
construction work are progressing with
out hitch.