The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-30
SUPERIOR & BOSTON
President Rice Says Company Is Now
Out OF Prospect Glass

Out OF prospect Glass
President w. c. Rice of the Supes
Tor 4 Boston, says:
The Superior and Boston is now
out of the prospect class and II is
only matter OF comparatively
short time when II will take rank
among the substantial producers of
the Southwest.
"The McGaw shaft designed to
mine the Old Dominion and Great
Eastern veins. has been sunk TO a
depth of SIS feet and a station is now
being cut preparatory to prosecuting
TO these veins. SO that il should be
only matter of four or five weeks
when the Great Eastern and possibly
the old Dominion veins will be open
ed at this new lower level, which is
POS feet vertically below the sixth
level. and approximately 500 feet on
the incline of the vein.
"Ore has been taken from the
Great Eastern mine only between the
Attn and 9th levels. and while on the
Attn level the ore body was opened for
a lateral distance of only $50 feet.
yet on the 9Th level ore has been ex-
posed over zoo feet east of the Ar
iona Commercial boundary.
THE management has every conf
dence that on the present sth level
large body Of ore will be opened i'm
the Great Eastern vein alone, to say
nothing Of the possibilities in the old
Dominion vein. and with a STOPPING
back of 500 feet, the company should
be able substantially to increase and
maintain it's production. With this
end in view. shipments from the 9th
level will be suspended temporarily
and every effort will be devoted 70
opening the Sth and lower levels. ]
feel certain that the Sth level will be
IN the zone OF secondary enrichment
making IL possible 10 mine higher
grade ore than on the 9Th although
the ore on this level averaged better
than per cent copper. This belief is
founded upon knowledge gained by
diamond drilling on the adjoining Ar
iona Commercial property where a
core rich in copper glance and assay |
ing l6 per cent copper was recently |
taken out.
THE occurrence of ore in the Nc
Cav shaft during the past month has |
been a most encouraging development |
II comes from either or both the |
Great Eastern and Old Dominion |
veins, or from a bedded deposit in the |
limestone, such as has been recently |
developed on the 18th level of the Old |
Dominion mine. and affords addition
al promise of good ore bodies at the |
present depth
while every effort at present is |
being made To open the McGaw mine |
so that larger daily production can
be maintained, yet the Superior and
Boston has another mine of equal
promise I'm the Gardner, whore within
the past four months the ore body eX-
posed i'm the Black oxide tunnel has |
been opened at the 4O0-foot level, an |
additional depth OF $50 feet with a
Wine from this level down another |
40 feet In commercial ore. and this |
discovery Is Of such Importance that |
Phelps. Dodge & company are re-
opening the old Buckeye shaft on the
United Globe property adjoining the
Gardner on the west. They are now
installing permanent equipment M
this mine, and propose 10 sink the
shaft 1900 feet and TO make conncc-
tions nj the lower levels with the
Gardner mine.
with It's property, comprising APP
proximatcly 500 acres Of mineral land
entirely paid for, and two mines
proven. ono Of which. the McGaw. Is
permanently equipped 10 handle a
large tonnage Of ore. and now direct
ly connected with the main line Of
railroad running into Globe-Arizona
Eastern-the future Of Superior ana
Boston appears extremely promising"