Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-24
GREAT COPPER DEPOSITS.
Superior Contains Vast Deposits Of
the Red Metal.


Ever since It's discovery, a little
over a year ago, the copper camp Of
Superior has attr I'd not little at |
tention, and from me to time the
showing of copper and silver speci-
mems, together with all the good re-
ports from that section, gave the
writer a desire TO visit that camp,
says the Manhattan Times. The OPP
portunity came, and some time was
spent in looking over greater por-
ton of the mineralized area known
as Superior
The first property visited was the
Ell Dorado group, which is almost
centrally located in what is believed
will prove to be one of the greatest
| copper fields in the west. On this
| acreage naturalization is very pro-
nounced and almost every indication
pointing to large deposits of the red
metal at depth is found at surface on
this acreage. Considerable develop
| luChI udS USt1 Ol IlllS dCISdSSI
and in the 60-foot shaft the showing
is all that could be wished for. This
shaft is sunk on a ledge of copper
and Silver-bearing ore that at surface
carries good values. AS depth was
reached values increased and the pro-
duct taken from the bottom of the
cho Sc ha+ 4
profits to the owners, were the camp
connected by rail with the smelters
at Salt Lake. Close to this shaft, on
the same acreage, an open cut has
shown up another large ledge carry
ing good copper and silver values.
This trench is about five feet deep
main ledge opened by this cut is at
least ten or twelve feet in width and
the whole formation for the length
of the shaft shows copper values
ranging from per cent to as high as
80 per cent. The showing on this
acreage is such as to warrant further
development.
West of the Ell Dorado acreage the
country is we'll mineralized and IS
staked well down into the lone val
ley. Aside from the location work
very little has been done in the way
of development west of the Ell Do
radoes, but at surface the groupings
show both good copper and silver
values.
East of the Ell Doradoes lie the
Jimmy Buck and Silver Bells acre
ages. Little development has been
done by the JimmN Buck company,
but enough to show the presence on
this acreage of the same gigantic
lodges of copper and silver ore found
on its western neighbor. The Silver
Bells have been quite extensively de-
veloped at surface and a number of
large deposits opened up. The cop
per values on this acreage compare
favorably with those on the Ell Do
radoe, but the silver values are much
higher, some assays running as high
as 800 ounces a ton. Adjoining the
Silver Bells on the east is the Copper
Pup claim, owned by Hansen, Motif
and Wildey, the discoveries of the
camp. Development shows this acre.
age as rich if not richer than its
neighbors in the red metal 1t is
traversed by the same rich lodges
and assays show the presence of ore
that runs from per cent to as high
as 20 per cent in copper and consid-
cradle silver.
Taking a direct line east of the
properties mentioned above, it is not
a hard matter to follow the continu-
alton of these rich copper lodges for
a number of miles or until they are
lost in the wash of Smoky valley.
North of these east-and-west ledg-
es is Superior mountain, rising 200 OF
800 feet above the surrounding
country and having for its trend al
easterly and westerly direction. Cap.
: ping this mountain black formation
: full of bug holes and locally known
t as copper blossom. pretty good in
: dication of paying copper ore a
! depth. This entire mountain, which
extends from the lone valley to the
Smoky, is located and wherever de
{ veloped shows copper values tina
compares favorably with other por