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Show MAGMA PROPERTY IS 1 PRODUCING 100 TONS COPPER ORE A WEEK TUCSO.V. Arts., Jan. U. On- Hundred ton of hig-h grade) coppr or pr ck r bn hlpp4 to lh tl Vrnmo me.la.r tiy Ilia Marina Copper company, operat Ini at Huperlor. Plrral county. Tha r la chtUco'lia and bornlte. inrryln hicti valuaa In Hold and aiiwi. Tha r now hat rig mined cornea (mm development work, and la aortcd but II It la. Fifty men are employe.. Tha mltia poaaeaaea a power plant, re-raiilly re-raiilly Inatallol, i,talnlntf twn aala of two loO'liorarpuwrr Imliem. utlna i.! for fn . It 4.1 tut liH a conilrrtr and a cross compound -omprtsor. The power plant Is automatic to such an extent i that onlv one man la required to oper. ate It. Tha mine also has a liolat oper ated by coinpreescd air, and a number of buildings. The mine Is situated shout a mile from the townslts of Hupertor. It was Bret worked In lT. when the boom of the old Hllver King mine, with Its bonansa disclosures, nrst drew mining men Into the dletrlrl. The properly waa then known as the Hllver Wueen end considerable consider-able rich ore was shipped to Yuma. Tha Gunn-Thompeon companv now haa control of tha property. It rank a sliaft to the 6-root level and crosut the vein, encountering high grade chcalco-cite chcalco-cite In the form of s shoot over ISO feel long. High grade ore was nlo encouri tered at tlie SoO-foot level. The piopertv Is now attracting considerable attention In Atisona. Thla la the property that was acquired on ths recommendation of r'red. Flint, who la aenociated with the aunn-Thoinp-son Intsreets In a number of western mining properties, and waa one of the flrst locators of the Mason Valley Mines company. Mr. Flint If well known in most of the Utah camps having oner ated properties In Fark City and Tlntlc for several years, and lest year was aenl to fcoutn America by the men he la aa. soclated with to do some field work In copper properties. The Magma hae been one of th pet properties of Mr. Hint, who hss Insisted from the outset thst It hsd the makings of one of the largest high grade copper producers In the west. He thlnka they will nnd the continuation of th, rich ore deposits st considerable depth and that It will In time prove to be a mine whose production will compare favorably with some of ths biggest vela mines ol the country. |