Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-04-05
The Great Mining Suit.
FRIDAYS FULL PROCEEDINGS.
FORENOON SESSION.

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times FAIL have had long experience in mining;
had charge of Walker Bro hers mines In Utah; Il
never made mining sclen,inc STUDY an P,ao. u
tic al miner; know a mineral VEN wheh iooh ~
il; in placer mines gold deposits are sometimes
found in creyices took samples from the cut TO Il
determine more fully whether silver was III tne a
cut from point % TO 25 there is little pay Us the
course is along the cross-head; tnere Is ieau
running from the Panaca shaft to Nj; 1t was not /
necessary for me to take out samples to ascertain
the fact; closer observation than at hrst gave
the ground would have demonstrated lis VEN
character without assaying; am employed oy tne
RAYMOND Ely Company as mill man; there is !
n bulkhead on the fourth level that was pointed
out to me as the battle-ground between the riocne
Phenix and Raymond Ely Companies; TINS Is
the battle-ground between the latter ana tne
Hermes: from point 0 to Sc found galena III
places-don't think it continuous; galend usualiy |
occurs in punches; said yesterday iouna eoou
milling ore; if 1 said so twas because eood mil
ing ore is usually found connected with Saleha;
don't think / said SO yesterday; exam
ined the ledge on the surface and three,
four or five feet down; con Son-
slider it ledge till the formation ID SOLID on
| each side; the formation is solid on each SIDE
| near W tpointing to the mapl and also near
the Panaca shaft; last saw works at this morn
ing: there are two or three kinds OF rock founu III
the cut along the surface; the distance rom ~ W
the Panaca shaft is nearly 200 feet there are TWO
| kinds of lead ore in the cut-sulphuret anu Car
Donate of lead; there is also nearly pure SILVER
| ore; have found the latter all through the nay
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| INV immediate supervision; got samples near the
| Hermes dump; think found no groupings ABOVE
the surface in the cut from the Panaca shaft to NJ
Direct resumed-I took the samples ior assay
under the direction OF yourself tMr. Wren);
| GOT several before the groupings had been uhcoV-
Fred from the Panaca shaft to NJ am positive my
samples were all from rock in place; there Is ho
similarity between placer gold crevices anu Si.ei
leads the vein is now uncovered oetweeh " anu
M and shows well: was to-day between points
and So; found continuous ore deposits from
point Sc to 25 through the Wine; the assays were
taken to satisfy gentlemen OF tine jury
REORGANIZATION resumed-l this morning
D went from point G to point 81 to satisfy myself
of the ore connection; no one has called my al,
tenion since yesterday to the fact that mao saio
there was free milling ore from point 10 90.
Direct resumed-No one has said word TO me
since Yesterday about my testimony as nrs' gwen.
lanes Mcdonald called for plaintiffs am
miaer have been mining in Austin. White flle'
Newark and Phoebe nearly nine years. nave Ms
tied and examined the ground in dispute III THIS
trial; have examined it eight or nine times; am
satisfied the ground in dispute is the regular
Panaca vein. ATTORNEY explains, map 70 oM M
nessl From Panaca shaft to incline M 1ouuu
r ore in several places; found LEAD ore ut several
points and made assays OF the same; III the cu'
l. near the Papaca shaft lead ore is exposed from
n that point 10 point found lead ore; iounu ore
all the way to incline NJ; took assays from nine
to nlaces: had them assayed by Mr. Cahlll. heaos
e. assayers certificates to the jury the nrs' peilit
"A of ore taken ~ feet from the incline, Tue . 80
| lpctiOnS
Mt Her,nrs dumol These are not all the suriac
n ASSAYS took along tue cut. Reads more certih
re Gates of the assayer. one OF the samples oe r
H. taken feet west OF the HeHmes uuihp.I, ~
'ts Len, ore in ,be cut in vein; 1ound lea
nd ore all along rom the Panaca SHAFT TO incline NJ
ed there is continuous vein mater rom VI
~ Panaca shat to the incline; there Is re9ula
- foot-wall down incline M the rock IS oi setio
ey and brownisn color. Is shown specimens
la rock That is of u similar character; louhu Oh
hit in the DRIFT rpnuing west from the ilcln
H. fouud a Little ore from point to o; iouho ore
e along on the first level from tne t nr
art west: from point . to So found q iit W IN or
found ore in the DRIFT from point 20 west Oh u
Panaca shaft; between the second anu III
in levels found good vein; found q ll..ie ore
Panaca shaft between The thV'd ana iourth leve
oe- aiong the northeast delft from the Panaca shi
49,. to the cross-head found good ore; iounu gooa
ono from the Panaca shalt west on tne thlru le.
Of the vein in the open CUT cups hoian Seas,
nearly vertical towards the Panaca smart;
mn rock found below resembles very nucn, III sol
cen places, that found in the cut the Color Vi
on vein matter in the cut is yellow, brown, wh
~ and red mixed Is shown rock.I Ine roch
Oth the owen cut resembles both these pieces;
Dor vein throughout the niue Is softer tnan
Of country rock: the countcy rock Is genera
$50 harder: believe the vein from the fahaca 81
- to the incline Is the same as Al WIG al gnu
en'' shaft; 1 have no doubt ABOUT H. -.
the Crosse xamined-Veinm matter Is cay, STAT
tate quartz; don't call tnese ven I'm sIwavs exi
and SIDE the VEN, , a claw and quart; speal
and snrmations in this district; to be vein it IN
men have mineral some places III veins aio "a y,
. the then we have clay, slate ana quartz Win
mineral; the vein can be generaiiy traeeo Ny
walls. the wall from Panaca SHAFT 10 the
o cline is smooth and very traceaDie; .he \
-our mond 4 Ely generally dips south, but the of
Il be may have changed the dip some 5n N vu,a
=, traced from Panaca shaft TO incline NY nii ~,
s all where there is no mineral it is traced py
ming color OF the eroRpnss dmmu. the Vein is i,
min Gu. eore barren by the filling being gener
ntion the same as elsewhere; found wall most Oh
reou- yav along the cut; the dip of the VEN va
, Oh | got my knowledge of the DIP by going u
a. the incline; the walls in some places are sin
the and in others broken between Panaca shatt
seem incline; in the deep cut, near panaca smart
shall walls are not exactly smOSi onnosite
ng as CUT wai horse they Show very plain; are
be no rpvmnssd near Hermes dump; my samples
selected from points where l thought thers
or.. three samples yielded nothing; tried
Mana Samples that would not yield; suppose the
The pies were richer the nearer gov W we iae
Aho dump because the ground is richer there
oon" leve is vein from panacs snait 70 na
Turn 'avins SAMPLES; the incline from to first
and spart Of the VEN. CLAW slate and quartz
with D.e 'a;n matter. Consider any rock bel
ppear. walls, carrying mineral. vein matter; any
with between walls, with mineral IN places, ~ IN
IT. terent from suprouSa Fls mine is Clearly m
by color and character OF vein matter; th
Boyd hs% hsap Cleaned off; the Hermes dump is
To re-. below tracings; no ore from Hermes DUN
mixed with my samples.
If dis Mr. Wren, of counsel for plaintiffs, SUBJ
aar.d 70 the defendants that they 1.-THE p!aintiffs)
iueAS have A or )ss-cut made for them at any
nay DC their expert, Mr. Reyes, might designate,
in the surface developments between the Panaca
is the and the incline.
- 700 Judge Mesick thought Greeks bearing
D toe ents were to be feared, and suggested thu
incipal would themselves make the cross cut AMI
II. Z" the duct and control the investigation He
said that Mr. Wren had suggested that al
number of assayers on each side should {
an for given number Of specimens OF ore from t
49, and then put them together and make tn
litor in ASSAY the test-that is, the plaintiffs o
H., De- would select the richest ore, and the defe
no Nc barren ore and the mineral character W
general determined by the result Of the two class
from bined.
,e Salt Mr.. Wren, with some nn s spnh 'nronosit
position claimea rNnoston was that the assayers
depart siaa should select samples for the ASA
John ia s .h.r the selections to be made in tn