Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-29

pany VS.. the Richmond Consoli-
dated Mining Company.
|EylYG OF THECAsE OF DEFENDANTS.
At the converting of Court yester-
" morning, MI. HillhouSe moved
1.-THE jury he instructed to find for
ainliffs upon the proof and plead
&. Motion overruled and ruling
Ely accepted to.
Nj. barrow opened the case on be-
FfOf defendants, by stating in brief
the jury what they expected to
FOve to establish their right to the
fOperty in controversy, aud to Il ver-
1t at their hands; that they ex-
Fted to show that the grantOrs of
a Richmond Company were the
fsllal owners of the Richmond
inc that the body of ore now in
spute between plaintiffs and de-
ndants is a lead or lode within the
sanlng of the law, and that its apex
out-croppings are within the
|undaries of the superficial claim of
r Richmond Company; that the
FOpplngs OF this body of ore are
ceaDle for a distance of several
Lles IN a direct course. which shows
10 De regular in form and to he a
lse; that 1t has been developed 200
0V ieet linear on its course. or that
vi distance of the longitudinal di-
tPnslons of the body has been en-
tsed; that the body, as before
tAed' appears above the surface
(lLln the Richmond claim. but that
'ieet or more of limestone have to
penetrated before it is reached
WI inc surface of the Lookout
gun that under the law OF Con-
EeSS' which is tantamount to any
Ial enactment, the owner of any
tuse, iode or vein NAV follow the
taie throughout all the meanderinyS
Us dlp, even though it come within
~ynuhdaries of a lateral location.
p~eleniahts then called n. Wescott,
, ,r, oeing duly sworn, said l am a
~ engineer OF about sixteen wears
lperience; | am the author of the
before the jury the mines and
represented thereon are cor
~uellneated ; have examined the
uiNlhgs in the Richmond Com.
'nas MINES, and surveyed them /;
,m'hy places there is evidence of IA
'jale VEN, and at some points the
nIa.iohs would seem to suggest the
OF, a deposit formation;
pE. lne whole, however, | would be
t,ieH TO call the occurrence of ore
do do . found here a vein rather than
Orl Potit, IN some places through the
arH lile dip and strike of a vein is
so Neu with conclusive distinctness :
op,S hanging and a foot wall l
. hodp ut liie mean or average dip OF
rtv yoio 50 Tar as explored at about
Az uesreeS from a horizontal it
~ taken as an evidence of de-
''t iornlation, where, as is the case
ma a, Instance. a body of limestone
rika WIN IN following the trend or
nrd d the vein-if we may use the
n " vein' in this construction |
, aW .he opinion from my observa-
through the district that the ore
n ho mostly in veins i: an ore belt
~ Traced for a considerable dis
a ,;s us groupings, on Ruby Hill;
VIM little FAMILIAR with ore deposits,
easn seen them i'm the mines IN
. Emae I'M there are no breaks i'm
tha "es'one so far as l have seen.
NO az surface of Ruby Hill, only
bo,, .hich occur on the line of the
, Mccoy was the next called as
follows: anu 'eS'i''eo
.n familiar with the ground of the
mnnoi'd and Eureka Consolidated
ntr'nl'es; was on the premises in
;oer' 1869, and know of the
d Ti n az that time of the Richmond
rina, 'i"p mines; was one of the
No iocators of the Richmond
Iv we commenced work imnedi-
"..er making the location. ana
ueJ IRE III "A sort of cave we con-
ms work during the three
n me,ny testified at some length
MI mat was done in the way of
en-, W Mold the claims, as to subse.
ansiers, etc., which would be