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William Boyce Thompson bought the old Silver Queen Mine in 1910, and by 1912, the new Magma Copper Company was in production running the operations of the Silver Queen Mine. The Magma Copper Company became one Arizona's greatest copper producer after the silver vein of the Queen Silver Mine dried and ran out. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Through 2012 Resolution Copper had invested almost a billion dollars in the Superior project, and planned a $6 billion investment to develop the mine, if the Federal land exchange is approved. Pending approval, the project budget was cut from about $200 million in 2012 to $50 million in 2013. [ 5 ]
Superior, which is in northern Pinal County, is the oldest town in that county. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,407. [4] Superior was founded as a mining town for the Silver King and the later Magma mines; silver was mined at first, and then transitioned to copper. [5]
In 2006, all the silver produced in Arizona came as a byproduct of copper mining. Renewed mining is planned for the Tombstone district. [18] As of Nov. 2017, the Goodenough Mine is open again for tours down to the 100' level. It is a hardrock mine, connected underground to the Toughnut and Girard mines, which may also be opened for tours in 2018.
The Hotel Magma, is a historic hotel located at 100-130 Main Street between North Magma Avenue and Magma Alley in Superior, Arizona. The hotel's initial structure is a two-store reinforced concrete building at 100 Main Street. An adobe addition was built in 1916 but collapsed in 2007. In 1923 a brick addition, labelled "Macpherson's Hotel Magma ...
Magma was a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. [2] It has an estimated elevation of 1,519 feet (463 m) above sea level. [1]Better known as Magma Junction, it is the junction of the Magma Arizona Railroad with the Southern Pacific mainline, approximately 30 miles east of Superior.
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English: The Hotel Magma, is a historic hotel located at 100-130 Main Street between North Magma Avenue and Magma Alley in Superior, Arizona. The hotel's initial structure is a two-store reinforced concrete building at 100 Main Street. An adobe addition was built in 1916, but collapsed in 2007.