Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-02

defense, on tho g~rOundethat the property in
controversy lies outside of tho end lines q
pleaded, and they could not 60 outside Of it
L. j.. Read was first put on the stand by
plaintiffs attorney, and testified as follows:
Q-W hat is your occupation?
A-Surveyor and civil engineer.
Q.What practice have you had in your
profession?
A-About .oventecn years.
Q-Where?
Ain California and Nevada.
O. low lenx in Nevada?
A-FOHrtsen or Fl iteen years.
DIN what portions?
Ain Lander, White Pine, Eureka, Nye
and Lincoln counties. FL
Q-Have you engaged in tho survey OF
mines at such places? flra
A-More particularly in the survey of
mines both surface aad underground.
Q-.What humble Of mines have you sur
A 1t would bo hard for me to tell; several
hundred. @
DIN what capacity.
A-As U. 5. Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
Q-How long have you hold that position?
A-Since 1853 to the present time.
DIN what other capacity have you sur
veyed mines7
Ain no official capacity except a. sur
v.yor employed by mining companies.
age, Buckeye, At Last, nugget, Sentinel and
Mammoth claims in this district? .
Al have.
Odd you make this maj of these mines
now in Court?
Al did.
Q-Will you explain the map to the Court7
Tho witness thon proceeded to an explana-
ton of the diagram on the wall. as follows:
The dotted line marked X. W and X, is
tho limo referred to liz the decd to Eureka
and Richmond Companies and in the COM
pia int in this action. The Lawton. Bell and
their names. The 9th level OF the Eureka
is marked in red, ard lettercd with words
9th level. The 10th Lowell of the Eureka is
shown by n dotted limo marked 10th level"
The richmond workings are mark ed respec-
lively 18th and 9Th levels" The parallel
lines represent approximately ore cham
hers worked from the 5th and 9Th levels of
the Richmond shaft. The red lines. marked
footwall, show the points where tho quartzitc
has been founo in the different workings Of
levels, with the depths, are marked. The
points marked hanging.walls. in blue lines.
across the Bell shaft tunnel, and at the north
a east sIs Sna seam @. 1o'n The FSs': 9Th Il f ierei Of % ths Ls snG"s
shaft starts at a depth of 100 feet from tho
surface. The 10th levcl starts at a depth of
$50 feet, but is net connected with tho Lawton
shaft. The depth q WINS, from 9th to 10th
northeast ISL feet. and southwest - feet. Tho
map is made on q scale of 10 feet to the
inch. The points of the compass, as given
near tho Richmond shaft, represent the ma.-
ings Of the sth level arc shown, except the
footwali. None of the quartzits workings
are shown. The LIST, 30, 4th, Sth. 9th and 7th
levels connect with the Lawton shat. All
the Sth level. There are onlv partial repre-
sensations of the levels whore quartzite was
found. There is time marked Sth to 9Th level
on tho map; have not, measured the Boil
think the distance is l40 feet. The chamber,
opened near the end OF 9th level, Is q natural
cave, and marked cave on map A drift and
upraise is marked as connected with 9TH
lev el: tho length Of drift is 30 feet. and the
uprnise is 81 feet, and the course is southwest.
The representation on map. just. opposite, is
adrift 10 feet northeast, running from near the
end Of 9TH level. The Bell and Richmond
shaft is vertical. TIL uppcrmost line is the
9TH level Of the Richmond; length $50 feet:
course southeast, and at that point enters ore
chambers. The lines representing the 9TH,
sth. 18th and Sth levels Of the Richmond mine
arc corset; made map from actual survey,
except TiatoP and Richmond. took notes
names on tina map represent tho surface
ground Of the different locations. The por-
tion known as the Lupita is marked Marga-
end l.ns 'V Of tho Marsaret. The Iupita en-.
braces oil original lines marked Margaret,
~loa VIM out pencil line A. l have examined
surface and adjacent grounds of the follow
ing claims: Lookout, Chamrion. Buckeye,
Sentinel, Elliptic. Lupita and Tennyson. l
found quartzito on the surface Of tho
Nuget. Tcnnyson. Buckeye, AID savage.
Next to tho Quartzite, on the northeast side,
and quartzite there is ore which comes to the
surface, called groupings. ! have been in the
workings OF the Eureka Consolidated. in
Champion and Buck eye to the depth OF 10th
Lowell, and in the Lawton shaft, followod the
footwull and ore; have been down tho Bell
shaft;on the hanging wall lisa whito,clay seam.
Tho approximate course and dip is south W
deg. cast. magnetic, the dip III deg. from the
horizon; i would come to ne surface at
point marked ranging wall apd blue llne. II
line was projected; If projected downward,
il would come to 10th lovol of awt ION shaft
at point marked 3 in pencil; the course and
dip Of 10th level. was not taken. On the
Champion. the width Of the vein groupings at
tho surface is in the neigh borhood OF 500
feet. Tho pencil line c represents the prajec-
ton Of line " ". / have represented the
workings Of the Richmond on the southeast
side Of W X projection. l found groupings
on tho Champion, running nearly parallel
with patent, in a northw est and southeast di-
%rection, and extends through line b and ),
and is found in X X ground. n h is north
east Of Elliptic and Sentinel, and Is not REPRE-
footwall in the Eureka Consolidated, in the
Law ton shaft. on the LIST, Sd. 18th, 5th, 9th, 9TH,
Sth, 9th and 10th levels. The width of the
vein on the 10th level il 26 feet; the drift
passes through Limestone. and vein matter:
am not geoiogist enough to distinguish be-
tween internal and external hmestone; was
not looking for walls in the Richmond. but
the workings are tho same, for the reason
that it is between n hanging wall of clay and
y foot wall Of qusrtzite. The blue line of
Bell tunnel is the hanging wall of the vein.
and tho quartlite in tho Champion il the
foot wall Of tho Lodge. Thu locations marked
At Last. Champion and Mammoth, arc on
top Of tho vein. and it has its groupings ON
the Champion.
C~ross-examincd by Defendants Counsel
l understand n lode to BIO vein matter be-
tween wallis; vein matter is gangue contain;
ing ere; ganguc is tho rock of tho vein. /
believe the groupings Of tho Champion to DO
800 feet wido ut tho Lawton shaft / think a
vein extends from quartzits to hanging wall:
groupings is whore ore crops out on the, sur.
face. l have approximately the
surface groupings ut and between the points
marked ID and Il on the map. The ore, is
work ed out from tho surface down. into tho
nugget, and very nearly to the southwest line
Of the Buckeye ground. / find between the Boil
shaft andChampisn ground limestone. The ore
whore it crops out on the Cham pion, is from
40 TO 30 feet wide. From the orc on tho north
side of ths Champion to the hanging ws!l az
| tho Bell shaft is $50 feet; thcre IS a great de2i
| Of limestone at that point, measulns per
| pendicular, tho widest place Is l"o teoti orc
Is found in places between the walls. Have
80 nrnsnaoted in Margaret and (hRmp iOn