The Magma Arizona Railroad was built by the Magma Copper Company and operated from 1915 to 1997.
Magma Arizona Railroad Engine No. 6
Magma Engine No. 5 switching in Superior, 1967.
Engine#10 at the Arizona Railway Museum
Magma 5 returning to Superior June 1967
Superior is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. 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. 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. Currently, exploitation of the huge Resolution Copper deposit is being explored.
Superior from the air, looking north (2010)
Apache Leap cliff
The renovated and restored Hotel Magma
The Bob Jones House, home of Robert Taylor Jones, who became Arizona's sixth governor.