Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-19
The Great Mining Suit.
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

pies OF rock were submitted to him to
give his opinion as to their value, which,
with some few exceptions he stated that
be thought they were merely shale, and
would not assay much. The counsel for
plaintiffs here proposed that persons de-
puted by the parties to the suit should
visit the tracings and jointly take samples
for assay. No action was taken on the
proposition. The witness then said that
the Raymond 4 Ely ledge does not enter
the everything slate; that the first level of
the Raymond & Ely is not driven mainly
through slate; the slopes from the third
to the second level were not in the shale,
as the vein butts NJ against the shale
and quits; that the tongue west of the
cross head on the second lode was in con-
formally to the shale, and does not cut
into 1t; don't known of any place in
which the vein enters the shale; in the
first little level west of the cross-head no
ore; generally nothing but a little bunch
OF ore; the ledge in the drift 43 feet
down the Panaca shaft is in shale; the
only reason he had to give why the Ray
mond & Ely vein entered the shalc is be-
cause it don't; the vein on the side of the
open cut is a lead vein; it has no gangue
or quartz. He thought that such radical
changes in veins as turning from copper
to tin were not likely; don't know of any
such veins in Cornwall; perhaps such
change might be caused from surface in
filtration; as general proposition
there was great deal OF lead in the low
est levels Of the Raymond & Ely mine;
can't say whether there is much in the
LIST level; the ore is stopped out; think
there is no level Of the Raymond & Ely
in which lead is not found; if lead is
found below they will probably find lead
above; the mere finding of lead was no
argument as to the identity of the vein;
don't know any place where the vein
consists entirely of lead; did not find the
hanging wall on the northwest side of the
cut quite as far as q feet; at the end
there is boulder Immediately above and
at the end of the cut; lin the stripping
west of the cut there is no ledge, don't
think there is ledge for 20 feet from
the northwest side of the cut: there is no
ledge in that direction; didn't remark
to Professor Heusch, calling the attention
of the jury to it the other day. The
plaintiffs counsel said that there was
work done at that point since. The ex-
istence of such ledge would not alter
my mind as to there beinga hanging wall
in the cut; there might be two lodges
which crossed each other; I find metallic
discoloration beyond the cut, not feeders;
it is decomposed slate, colored by iron;
a sectional map of the Panaca and Light
ner shafts were exhibited by draft;
after examining which the wit
ness said that if the Raymond and Ely
vein were projected upwards at the
same inclination it showed between the
fourth and fifth levels it would come out
ten feet from the Lightner shaft, and As
feet from incline NJ. and run consider
ably north of the Panaca shaft; the
fourth level looks as if it were true
course; the third is little more to the
north 6SL east, second south 62I
west, first south 641 west; the first level
makes two angles, one south SO west the
other south rs west; at the end of the
drift it is south 36 west; portion Of the
open cut was that course, but after the
first Al feet the open cut from point 70
on does not correspond. After giving
his views of what he thought walls, the
witness said that the Raymond l. Ely
! ledge in the lower levels does not vary
great number of degrees; the first level
on less than 80 feet does not vary AZ
deg; on examination of map the witness
found it varied 40 deg, and still further
more; the surface work is nearly at right
angles, taking the extreme points; the
formation on the fiat is quartzite or
shale; the first was certainly of a water
origin, and probably the shale, from the
fact of the lamination thought the Ray
mond Il Ely assure might be formed by
drying of the quartzite; it was mere
hypothesis; it might be formed by cur
rent and not from lakes; simply washed,
not submerged. The witness then ex-
planned his theory of the subsequent
deposition of the shales. Speaking of
the formation Of veins, he said that he
didn't know that clay, slate and talcoss
slate generally formed the gangue Of
veins; he knew Copperopolis, in Cali
| formal there is no gangue there; it is
shalc, in which iron and copper pyrites
are found; the gangue is the ore breast
and must differ from the country rock to
form true fissure vein.
Re-direct-The vein on the first level
changes its course within 20 feet Of the
cross-head; the angle comes within 20
feet of the cross head; have gone over
quite a field of ground and found matter
containing metals (giving instances
The witness than marked line on the
map, showing what he considered should
be the place Of the groupings, which was
marked X and Y it would be just as rea-
sonabe to call ore vein found in line
of stripping as to call the hill vein;
found carbonate of lead in the cut, but
no galena; the differences of rock found
in the cut were as great as those between
the rock in the cut and the country-rock.
After some further description Of the cut
the witness stood aside.
+. Tagliabue was then called and
stated his residence, profession and his
experience of mines and mining; had
examined the ground and knew the OBJ
jects delineated on the maps; had exam
ined the strippings number of times
with a view to determine the existence
and continuity of the vein in the cut
from Panaca shaft to incline NJ, and was
satisfied there was no connected
vein within those points; there
was vein north of the shaft to
certain point, beyond that
ore in places to point 70; don't find
from cut to point 70; beyond there on a
bench there is some dirty white stuff
near point So; then approaching 81 and
90 find ore in the hole, continuing to in
cline M; there is no vein, the ground is
broken, and decomposed mass of counr
try-rock; these were his reasons for say
ing there is no vein. The witness then
stated the results of the examination Of
the workings.
ross-eXamined-Th Raymond & Ely
ledge does not crop out in the cut from
the Panaca shaft to incline NJ; my opin.
ion is that it crops out at the Kentucky
works, 81 feet south of the works. have
no doubt about its cropping out at the
Kentucky works; the ledge at the Ken.