Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-05
SUPERIOR NOW
SHOWS ACTION
Mining Camp Is in Forest
Reserve and or That
Account Is DRY"
as a Goldfish
c. & A. WORK THERE

EiAMI. Jan. AT present Super
iCr has a0ouu ia ;Lhakiisnts. two
stores. pool nall-a barber skop. ;vo
! liver slalles. Two concrete buildings
in course OF construction. and numer.
Gus dwellings,. In short Il is an ado.
descent ainipS camp, one OF those in
dHstrial communities OF the mines
that spring iUto cities with magic
speed IL differs from nos; Arizona
mining camps. however In that ID.
( being on the forest reserve. is as
dry" as a Goldfish Ioiln Bar'eycorii
/ is not an inhabi,ant of Superior.
Fhe most important properties be
ing operated at present in the Super
ior-Silyer King district are the Magma
Copper Company. the Calumet & Arl-
IONA and the Lake Superior & Arr.
iona, the Black Diamond. Douglas
Copper and many other prcmisins
prospects are being investigated. ana
the once famous Silver King probably
viii soon be worked to certain ex
tent as result of the advancing
price of silver
The Magma.
The Magma Copper company is shin
ping about 100 tons OF hieh grade
copper ore weekly To the T.! Paso
smelter. The ore is chalcocite anC
borniIe, carrying high values IN gold
and silver. Virtually all ore produced
at present is taken from the deyC lop
Inent work. and very little sorting is
Gone. About fifty men sre employed
az the Magma AT present Construc
ton of the power plant was finished
about two months ago. II contains
two sets of two 100-hoTse power boil
ers, using coal for fuel, an IngersoH
Rang Imperial type No 10 compress
or and a LaIdlaw-jsordor cross com
pound compressor. The power plan,
is automatic. only one man being re-
CURED 10 operate il. Beside the
power plant the equipment consists
OF a hoist operated by compressed
air. situated in All adit beneath the
surface. an Office building living
quarters for the men, mess bail. a.
up 10 date ASSAY office. and ware
house. These buildings are aboul
ohe-quarter mile from the mine, Al
the mine a blacksmith shop. carpeE
Ter shop and change room are sit
uated. rhe Magma mine. about one
mile north OF the townsite of Super
Tor. was first worked in 1874. Durine
the Silver King boom. At that time
the mine was known as the Silver
Queen enc considerable rich silver
ore was shipped from the property e
Yuma About two years ago the
Gum, Thompson company acquired
control of the property, sank shaft
In the G5O-foot level and crOss-cut the
vein, epcountering high grade chalco
cite in the form of 4 shoot over 1St
feet long They also sank to the
S0e-foot level and uncovered high
grade ere at that depth. The prop
erty is attracting considerable atten
ton throughout Arizona because Of
the remarkably rich ore that is beinf
extracted.
Calumet and Arizona.
The Calumet & Arizona about three
aud one-half miles southeast from 81
perior is now employing about eighty
men. considerable of whom are Mex
cans. A three-compartment shaft Is
being stink and was IS feet deep Tues
SAY. December IL 4 majority Of the
force is employed in assessment work
construction of tent houses for EN-
ployes. teaming, etc. Superintendent
IL. X. Hooper. formerly with the Che
rline and later with the Copper
Creek district is in charge. The shaft
| & being sunk on the limestone and
qdartzite contact upon which the
Magma Copper Company and the
Lake superior & Arizona property
also are located The contact mas
| n dip q about thirty degrees anc
Ithe strike is from the northwest 10
The southwest The property mas
been examined and favorabiy report
ed or BY Chief Geologist Joralemon
OF the Calumet & Arizona. The metl-
cd OF exploration undoubtedly viii be
the same as that employed by the
lie. & A at Bisbee An electric power
line is being strung from Ray. about
| fourteen miles distant. and a head
frame is being erected at the shait-
The company owns 50 claims
Black Diamond.
The Guggenheim Exploration cohl-
vany has q small force OF men ena-
pIoyed ct the Black Diamond proper
~ about one mile northeast OF the
silver King. Work is being carried
On by means of an incline shaft and
tunnel. A raise is being lifted from
/ the tunnel on the line OF contact
The ore occurs in a heavily minerallz-
| ed iron maganise gossan which over
| lies iferite intrusion.