El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-15
MINING NEWS
REPORTS PROGRESS
IN ARIZONA MINES
American Smelling and Re
filming Co., Purchases
Raw .Smelterv

The Ray Consolidated Copper COM
pany has issued a report Of the pro-
gress made at its properties near KEEL
vim and Hayden, Ariz. About Nay 1,
the No 1 shaft equipment was compIet-
ed and is now in operation. The equip
ment at No. shaft, now completed and
ready for operation. is similar to that
Of No. 1 shaft but the capacity Of the
crushers is only 200 or 500 tons. OF
about half as great. All the shops.
warehouses and accommodations for
employees, that are Immediately neces-
sary, have been completed.
Ready to Slope 100000 Tons.
The eastern section Of the mine is ad-
lacent to No. shaft and there is 5000
OOO tons Of ore ready for Stopping in the
sround now developed. In the western
section Of the mine, served by No. 2
smart the No. 1 level has been CONFLICT
ed to the western limits Of the deveI-
oped orebody, distance Of 1900 feet.
The shaft and stations are completed
70 the second level, 165 feet below tie
No. level The second level is being
opened from two faces and will be
completed to the western limits Of the
developed orebOdy, some time in De-
cemper Most of the ore so far mined
mas been taken from the ground ada
cent TO the No. ] shaft. Some stOr,-
ing has been done above the No I
level Of the No. 2 shaft, but the ton
mage raised through that shaft will
not equal that raised through the No.
shaft until the second level is com
pleted.
Stopping has been done in the eastern
section on a large scale. for about five
months, and in the western section on
a small scale for about two months.
during September the cost of Stopping
averaged about So cents per ton. which
amount included a part Of the current
development cost crushing and deliver
ing the ore on board cars ready for
shipment to the mill.
The ore is now being mined from the
upper zones Of the deposit, and Is a
little lower in grade than the general
average To date the average copper
e1;--I.II on al ore mined has averaged
slightly less than 2 percent; and at pres
ent ABOUT 1.S5 percent. When the
entire mill is ready for full capacitv
operations II is expected that the grade
OF ore can be maintained at an avera &c
copper content Of 2.17 percent
Four Units of Mill IN Operation.
The concentrating mill is buiIr in
eight sections. four Of which are IN
opera ton The fifth is now being com
pieted and all machinery for the other
three is on hand. In each section there
is now being treated more than 500
tons OF ore they were designed for
treating 1000 tons and it IS expected
that It viii be possible to attain that
capacity without difficulty.
The production to October I totnled
y,1OOgOO pounds of copper: at present
100000 pounds are being produced
monthly and by the end Of the wear
the production viii be nearly 5000. 600
pounds The recovery is about SO per
cent.
The American Smelling and Refining
company purchased, at cost the smell
terry Of the Ray company. in process of
erection, and viii smelt the concen-
trates from the mill. Shipments to this
plant viii begin after January ]. and the
full output be received after April / The
smeltery will be completed some time
in 1912. At present the concentrates
are being shipped to Fl PasO. which is
stated to add ! - cents per pound to
the cost Of producing copper, in greater
freight and treatment charges.
No additional equipment has been
purchased for the Ray & ella Valley
railroad in operation between Raw
Junction and Ray. The ore is being
transported by 100 cars, which number
viii be sufficient until a capacity of
1000 tons per day is reached.