125:. Four nearby mining companies, the Pittsburgh and Duluth Mining Company, the Calumet and Pittsburgh Mining Company, the Junction Mining Company, and the Calce Superior and Pittsburgh Mining Company, consolidated in 1906 to form the Superior and Pittsburgh Mining Company. This company, in turn, was absorbed by the Calument and Arizona Mining Company in 1911, increasing the company's holdings to 120 claims covering 1,528 acres. Later in the 1910s, the company grew to 168 claims on 2056 acres, with the acquisition of the American-Saginaw Mining Company. In 1914, the original smelting plant was replaced with a newer, more modern plant, doubling plant production. In addition, the efficiency of the plant also increased the percentage of gold and silver being produced.
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