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general characteristics of ore and ore deposits. Considerable work has been done upon the Superior, more in fact than upon any other mine in the camp, except the Iron King, and certainly the resultant effects are such as are calculated to inspire feelings of the utmost confidence in it upon the part of those owning the mine as well as convincing owners of property similarly situated, of the future value of their claims. The Superior mine was located in the summer of 1 88 1, by Frazer & Deemer, a couple of prospectors from Georgetown, New Mexico. Ore was found in several places upon the surface of the claim and several small openings were made at those points. The assays obtained were very encouraging, running from a few ounces into the hundreds. In the fall of 1882, and soon after the development of the ore body in the Bullion, the Superior was pur- chased by a company of California capitalists, among whom were Hearst & Head, Col. Logan, ex-Governor Perkins and others, to- gether with Capt. Thos. Burns, who was one of the original purcha- sers of the Bullion. Capt. Burns took immediate charge of the propertyandatoncecommencedactivedevelopment. Ashaftwas sunk in the limestone to a depth of ninety feet, and at that point a drift was started to the west towards the edge of the porphyry. Three ore bodies were cut in this drift before reaching the contact. This where struck was found devoid of anything of value save what
was found as gangue matter, indicating clearly the presence of the vein. Sinking was commenced, and it was but a short distance un-
til a large body of low grade ore was discovered. Down through
this the work was pushed until at a depth of seventy feet, a body of splendid ore was encountered, rich in both gold and silver. This was the great strike that agitated the whole of the Percha district and set at rest all doubts and fears that may heretofore been enter- tained regarding the future of the camp, Several tons of the new ore were broken and average tests of its value show it to be worth Si 200 per ton. The extent of this ore body has not yet been de- termined but enough has been done to show that it is of large pro- portions. Now that this much has been accomplished, more may lx> looked for in the lower workings of the mine. Aside from the development just described, there has been, as indicated in the fore- going, a considerable amount of work done elsewhere on the Superi- or. Most of this has been confined to places where there were in-






























































































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