The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
Bic MEN VISIT
COPPER MINES
Giants of Industry Inspect Hold
ings in Utah and Nearby
States.
RAY CON. MILL TO BE
IN COMMISSION SOON
Chino Development Satisfactory
and Arizona Holdings Look
Good for Future.

Once each year a distinguished party
OF copper mining men round up their
possessions in the west on regular in
spectIon trip, They have just concluded
such q trip, and arc now OH their way
back to their homes, In the party this
year are Charles Hayden, OF the broker
age house of Hayden. Stone and COM
nany; Charles NJ. MacNeill president OF
Utah Copper and Chino Copper; D. c.
Jackling, vice president and general man.
Rger OF Utah Copper, Ray Consolidated
and Chino Copper companies; Sherwood
Aldnch, president of Ray Consolidated; ;
K. e. Babbitt. general counsel for these
companies. a, Chester Beatty, consulting
engineer; Spencer Penrose and L, P.
Snove, who are also heavily interested III
the various properties. These men have
been out on a general inspection OF their
various interests. starting In MI Jack
lings private car over two weeks ago.
und first inspecting their sugar refinery
at Sugar City, Kan, and going from
there 70 the Chino Copper property in
New Mexico. They then went 10 Ray
Consolidated. Miami and lnspira tlon in
Arizona thence to Nevada Consolidated
Mt Ely. and finally winding up here and
inspecting Ctah Copper AT Bingham and
the Magma and Arthur mill plants near
Garfield
Visit Here Is Brle1.
They only allowed themselves enough
time while here To look over their local
interests hurricdy and left yesterday noon
on the Overland Limited for their homes
in the east Before their departure they
snld that they had found all their prop
critics In excellent condition, and that
Trey would be prepared 10 make favor
able reports to eastern interests. After
tne departure OF the eastern people, Mr..
Jackling rook lime TO sum up the con-
oitions hurrledy.
He said illat present indications point
Cd strongly toward their being able to
commission the hrst unit OF the Ray Con-
eoiidatcd mill plant about February l.
1911. They lIsvc completed the siruc-
ti.ral work on all the buildings that are
- heuse the machinery, and the equip
,ncnt Tint has arrived is now being placed
in position very rapidly. The sinclter
plant construction is not as far ad-
Nanced as the concentrating plant but
this will mol interfere with commission
ing the MILL as arrangements have been
made 10 treat the product at the El Pnso
smelling plant until the Ray smcTter is
finished. The development work at the
mine Is keeping up splendidly. and they
are now extracting at the rate of 1000
tons Of orc per day. Tho stock pile al
ready contains 100000 tons OF crude ore
for treatment at the mill plant The
second shaft is nearing completion, after
which larger production will be made.
Chino Is Satisfactory.
a, the Chino the development work for
October WAS very satisfactory There is
now In excess Of 80. coo. 600 tons OF proven
ore. which carries higher general av-
erase than Geforc reported. There is
known orc existing in excess OF 35, 900
GOO tons, bui no official account Of this
until the development work has been
completed, The general average OF Chino
Copper ore bodies Is close TO 3 per cent
The foundation work for tho mill Is COM
plcted and within i short time construc-
yri1 no
com mcnccd
The party visited both the Miami and
Inspiration. and report good results from
development work in these properties. At
TIC Miami they are preparing to install
the mill. which is TO have a capacity of
about 5000 tons a. day.