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Show MNINGNEWSl ! INTEREST IN THE MAGMA IS DEEP. Tho remarkable success of the Mngms compau; In opening Its copper cop-per mlno In the Superior district of Arizona Is attracting wide attention, and the movement to pick up additional addi-tional properties In that section has been started by eastern capital. Fred ' Fllndt returned to Salt Lake Mon- j day from Superior, and ho states that ft he met several mining engineers who ) were examining different propositions t ' and there has been some energetic v : dickering for groups with twy or ' . three deal6 already consummated, I mainly on the strength of the Magma , property's showing. , At the Magma tho management continues to drift In the very rich ' , copper and silver ore on the SOO-foot 1 lcel, having followed the ore at that depth now for over 360 feet. The oro I is holding Its width splendidly, while ! : (lie values arc being maintained with- ' out doviatlon. The management Is busy getting ready for placing the ' : hollers and compressor plant which ' I- havo been ordered, and when this I new equipment Is received the com- ; pany will begin sinking to tho 1,000- i foot level immediately, i Mr. Fllndt states positively that there can be no doubt now as to tho,, tuturc uselulnoes of the Magma. Tho mlno has passed tho experimental stage; It Is a certainty in every regard, re-gard, and tho success of the company Is Inspiring owners ot, other properties proper-ties there to resume development work for the first time In many years. Tho district, added Mr. Fllndt, has' great possibilities, and it Is appreciated appre-ciated generally that it will only be a matter of a year or less until the district Is provided with railroad facilities, fa-cilities, A number of good mines will be developed there and many expect it to become ono of the big copper camps of the state. There Is a revival re-vival of mining tnroughout the whole-state whole-state of Arizona, and many sections long idle are being returned to the active development list. |