The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-29
GOOD SAVING At
THE RAY PLANT
Seventy Per Cent Is Average
Extraction and Better Still
Is Expected.
MANAGER JACKLING
RETURNS MONDAY
Chino Company Is Adding Great
Tonnage Monthly to Its
Resources.

General Manager D. c. Jackliug OF the
Ray Consolidated and Chino Copper com
penles has returned from one OF his
usual visits Of inspection to these propo-
sitions. He confirmed the deal whereby
the American Smelling and Refining com :
pany Will take over the construction OF
the copper smelter originally planned and
started BY the Ray Consolidated COM
pany. involving as well the treatment OF
the Ray concentrates by this company al
the plant
Everything at the Ray Consolidated, he
stated. has been threshed down 70 sys-
tematlc basis, and very satisfactory met,
aliurgicnl results are being gained ana
Improvement IL being made continually
The mill at present Is making an average
metallic saving Of 10 per cent, and high-
y gratifying phase Of operations rs t,. Inht
along and has been since last July. Op-
Grating on q normal grade OF Orc the
Ray Consolidated company Is producing
at the rate of 1000 900 pounds OF copper
per annum by the handling of 5000 tons
Of ore day.
Four Sections Going.
The fourth section OF the concentrator
was put into commission the last OF last
week. and II is the plan OF the manage
ment TO keep all the four initial secuons
In operation now. but at a slightly reduced
capacity. The sections each Will handle
about 500 tons daily until the mine builds
up the available tonnage so as 10 permit
increased ore deliveries, AT the present
treating 3000 tons daily. This capacity
will be Increased only slightly In septem-
Der and more in october. This fourth
section will be the last 10 be placed into
commission until after the end Of October
At shaft No. > the equipment should be
In readiness for operation by OCTOBER l.
and with this shaft available the man
aRement will then be in a position 10
raise the desired daily tonnage for the
plant.
Work at the Chino Copper property is
progressing finely. On next Monday the
power plant should be capable OF taking
some load and the crusher plant should
he in shape to permit the beginning OF
operations with the first mill section
some time between September 10 and 10
pacity OF 1000 tons OF ore. All the ma.
terlal and equipment for the extension OF
the concentrator have been ordered and
the management expects to have the
buildings enclosed before the end OF the
year so that work will not be hampered
by the winter weather
Chino Shipping Ore.
All three sections OF the originally
planned mill will be In commission before
the first OF the year. and two new sec
the new year. The Chino management
began ore shipments to the ore bins ten
days ago and there will be good sup
ply OF ore on hand when the mill is given
It's baptism OF activity. The company
plans TO have enough ore always en- route
from the mine and In the bins TO Keep
week or ten days ahead Of operations.
Regarding the Chino ore tonnage, MT
Jackling said that there were over nifty
million tons developed. For the past
month or more the company has been de-
velopng In an entirely new section OF
the property. a part OF the mine not
heretofore given much attention, and tnis
work in the month past has added
1000 900 tons 10 the classified reserve.
This part of the Chino territory gives
promise Of aftording an extensive ton
mage OF commercial grade copper ore
New York Mining Stocks.
James A. Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon.