Show COPPER DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA reports on copper deposits near superior arizona by F L ransome and the copper deposits of the white mesa dietr district le t in arizona by J M hill have just been issued by the united states geological survey the little hamlet of superior is in the south central part of arizona in pinal final county about it centers the present activity of the pioneer district in which the first mining locations the silver queen and silver king were recorded in 1875 the silver king is the most noted mine in the vicinity of it was opened in 1875 and for many years produced high grade silver ore from a deposit of the form commonly called by miners a chimney the mine is now idle the production of the silver king is variously ly reported as between and the lower figure is probably too high but the silver king mining company is known to have paid dividends up to july 1887 amo uniting to the queen or silver queen mine about three fourths of a mile north of superior although opened as early as the silver king and credited with some production about 1880 has only recently become important through the activity of the magma copper company the old work in the ithe queen mine was confined to ground at a depth of about feet some oxidized ore was taken from these upper workings but it was left to the present company to show that this material was insignificant in comparison to the rich sulphide ore below in 1912 the mine then just beginning its present period of activity produced tons of ore averaging 26 per cent of copper and ounce of gold and ounce of silver to the ton |