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Mine Map Symbols | 1919

Posted in 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, Cartominutiae, tagged Mining - Map Symbols; Map Symbols - Mining on June 25, 2013| 3 Comments »

First-Aid Station; Explosives Room

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Concrete Brattice (with Manhole, Solid); Timber Door

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Telephone; Power Line; Electric Light; Motor, Fan; Pump; Hoist; Gong

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Shaft Stations

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Conventions Used on Mine Maps (entire plate)

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Mine Openings: Shafts (Rectangular, Circular); Tunnels; Diamond Drill Hole; Churn Drill Prospect Hole; Water Well; Oil Well; Gas Well; Sulphur Well, Barren Well; Mines & Quarries; Prospects

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Conventions Used on Topographic Maps (entire plate)

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Hypsography: Contours, Dumps, Dump and Car Track, Fills, Open Cuts, Cut, Stripping, Open Pits; Sand and Sand Dunes

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Conventions Used on Topographic Maps (entire plate)

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Limestone, Sand, Conglomerate, Drift, Metamorphic Rock, Gneiss

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Geologic Conventions (entire plate)

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Source: Lester C. Uren (1919) “Conventional Symbols for Mine Maps.” Mining and Scientific Press (August 16, 1919 p. 231-235)

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Moving Enormous Maps | 1917

Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 06 Map Layout, Map History on June 19, 2013| 4 Comments »

It measures 69 feet long and 11 feet wide and required the services of nearly a dozen men to carry it…

Enormous map moving, ca. 1917.

The map shows that portion of the United States between the eastern boundary of Minnesota and the Pacific coast, and the entire Northern Pacific Railway system, including practically every station on the line.

Popular Mechanics, February 1917.

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