The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30
PIONEER ORE SAMPLER.
One of Oldest and Best Known Plants
In State.

In State.
one OF the mysteries of the mining
business and the one which makes it the
most fascinating as we'll as the cleanest
there is in the world of business is the
secret of what the ore the miner has
contains in the way of commercial bal
ues. That is the very essence of the
business, and the hinge on which every
thing in connection with it, whether it
be the establishment of a mill or the
sale of a property. Every one who
has any connection with the mine
wants to know what its showing is.
And not only do they want to know the
exact amount of the values TO be found
in the ore which is taken from TIE
mine, but they want to know it quickly
and with accuracy.
For long time this was one of the
tedious parts of the business-this
waiting for the sampler TO tell the
miner what he had and what he could
reasonably expect from the showing
made by the ore taken from his mines.
1t was as wearisome as the present
state of the car-service throughout the
country and in many instances caused
deals to fall through and as a result
was responsible for much Of the stran-
gulation which has been the experience
of many of the old-time miners in the
business.
An Innovation.
Perhaps it can be called an innova-
ton, but, whatever it is, it has been
the means of changing the conditions
which have heretofore prevailed in the
mining world and can be said to- be a
reformer and one of the important
causes which has given the mining in
dustry the impetus it has now in the
commercial world That is the ore
sampling business. of which the Pho
neer Ore Sampling company is perhaps
mess of the company may be described
as the tug boat of mining commerce
If such a thing can be imagined. At
any rate the ore sampling business has
been the pusher for ali Ct the big
things which have been made in the
past few years and, although it may
appear small in comparison, it is as i'm
portant in the rapid movement of the
affairs Of the mining world as the &C.
centric on a steam boiler or the pis-
ton on an engine.
without the aid OF the company bus
mess In the mining world could not
get along as rapidly as IL does today
and that there is an appreciation OF this
fact by those who are actively en-
gagged In mining and mining deals ev-
cry day is evidenced by the marvellous
increase in the volume of business
which the Pioneer Ore Sampling COM
pany has done during the past year.
The tonnage handled by the company
has tripled during the past twelve
months, and is on the increase right
along. In one month during the year.
that of last September, the tonnage
of the companys plant was Increased
four times that OF last year.
The ore handled by the company dur
ing the last year amounted to the gf-
gantic proportions Of more than 65B
million pounds. And all of this ore
may be said to be handled on the fly.
The company has the facilities for ham
ding ore and getting at fits true value
in less time than any other company.
In fact, that is the reason of it's ex-
istence and that is the service it gives
to the mining world, one which it has
been waiting for some time to utilize.
Plant RemodeIed.
Although the company was estab-
lished in 1874, its real usefulness with
the march of Improvement in the min
ing world as well as in all commercial |