Remains
of the Reed & Benson on the steep slopes of Mill D South Fork's upper east bowl - c.2005
Donald
K. Winegar - Tintic Images
Location data
QUICK LOCATION PATH: Utah / Salt
Lake County / Big Cottonwood District / Mill D South Fork or Cardiff Fork / Upper Canyon / Reed & Benson Ridge
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Approximate GPS Location:
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40.36.218 N - 111.38.829 W (field) |
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Approximate Elevation:
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10,167' (field)
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30 x 60 Minute Map:
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
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7.5 Minute Map:
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DROMEDARY PEAK, UTAH
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Mineral Survey Plat
Below is a copy of the Mineral Survey Plat for the Reed & Benson
Lode Mining Claim, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Mineral District #5, Mineral Survey #116, Lot #152. The Survey dated July
17, 1888, and accepted by the U.S. Surveyor's Office on July 1, 1889. Located nearly 20 years earlier on August 5, 1870, the
property was worked vigorously from that time. The original claim was 200 feet wide, and 2600 feet long, running South South-West
to North North-East and encompassing 11.937 acres of ground.
The Plat shows the discovery marker near the center of the claim just west of the Reed &
Benson ridge. At the time of the survey, the Reed & Benson mine was being worked by a 300 foot incline shaft, 275 feet
of winzes, and another 300 feet of tunnels and drifts. The exact dimensions and direction of any of these workings at the
time of the survey is not given.
No
mention is made of cabins or structures at the site on the survey plat, but it is known that a large bunk house, ore house
and other buildings were on the property.
Base Plat is from original scans by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Modified
digital map image Copyright 2011 - THRP - Tintic Images
Detail From larger Cottonwood - American Fork - Park City Claim Map
showing the location and surrounding claims THRP - Winegar Collection
What remains
No structures remain standing at this site.
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