Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-20
SYSTEM AT UTAH CON,
Organization Effected by Mgr. Chan.
ming Receives Favorable Comment.

That the Utah Consolidated. which
owns the Highland Boy mine al Bing-
ham. Is one Of the best conducted min
Ing concerns in the country has been
pretty generally recognized. Two well
know eastern writer's visited that
great property and both. In the ar
tlcles prepared by them, laid particular
stress upon this point
A staff correspondent Of the En-
cheering and Mining Journal tells
how things are run about the COM
panys offlce and gives expression 70
the following:
The Highland Boy Is one OF the
most Systematically operated mines In
the west The company has its own
smelter al Bingham Junction, while
az the mine there Is not only an as
sayer. but also a geologist and a sur
yeyor. This presence OF a geologist
at the mine Is purely for the benefit
derived from his services In develop
ing the ore bodies, and not in any way
due TO the spur Of mining litigation.
mot only is the customary map.
showing the drifts on each level and
the different raises. made. but also sew
crel other maps are kept. These are
floor maps the assay map. and the
geological map. All OF these except
the assay MAP are on scale Of so
feet 20 the inch. To aid IN locating
points. these different maps have been
blocked on by a series OF co-ordinates
500 feet apart. running both east and
west and north and south.
The floor maps consist Of a series
~ tracings arranged I'm order. one
above the other, on each sheet Of
which are kept all the workings 81 the
mine on that floor. on Il IL also
shown the direction Of any faults cut
ting the creb0dies on top % the
floor maps Is placed a tracing showing
the contours OF the surface OF the min
ing claims BY referring 10 this con-
tour map the depth Of any set IN any
Of The floors can be easily calculated
This Is important IN mining orebodies
occurring near the surface IN a re-
gion 50 rugged as Bingham.
geological map Is kept Of each
level on which Is shown not only the
outlines, % the Orehodies and the
boundaries 81 the different sediment
aries and bikes. but also the strike
aud dip Of all assures shown up BY
development work.
\ sampler takes daily samples Of each
round Of ground broken IN the drifts
and Of every set OF ground broken In
the Slopes The samples are assayed
Tor gold, silver. and copper. The per-
ceniagc ~ copper determined IN each
OF these samples is noted on the ASSAY
maps which are kept IN loose-lea I
book The pages Of this book are %
inches long by p inches vide. In the
margin, one inch vide. al the TOP. there
are spaces FOR the number Of the floor.
the name o. the stope and level and al.
80 Tor the name Of the orebody 10 which
The s'lpe belongs The rest OF the
pare 80 inches long and 20 inches wide.
u divided into blocks Eve sets square
4 zero set Is taken for each siope and
this u kept throughout the different
floors NJ that stone The sets are num-
hered both east and west from this xei
In each Of these squares Is written the
percentage ~ copper IN the sample
nom the SET which II represents. to-
geiher With the day, month and year.
on which the sample was taken. To
assist The eye IN determining IN.
monthly progress the squares. repre-
sentiug the sets % ground taken out
each month. are outlined IN oolors, a