Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-22
MAPS AND COUNTER uAPs.
Tho Holiness Belle Case still in
PROGRESS.

Tho nolmes-Belle Case Still il
Progress.
As the Big case drags a'ong tn
maps of both sides multiply brave
ly. AS each new witness is c.llet
u map is unfurled about the size O
q barn door. and before the case il
closed the jury may expect q MAJ
to be planted in their faces as big
as the original location. This be
wildering array of maps. plans and
sections of the mines is well cA,cu
lated to make each juryman long
for better and another world where
the experts cease from troubling
and the surveyors are at rest
Since the opening of tho suit
William Woo2burn has been re-.
tanned as additional counsel by the
Holmes. Mr.. Woodburn is one o.
the bet jury lawyers in the State
and it wonid be hard to find Juror
who did not know "Billy" Wood.
burn as he is generally called. He
hunted grizzlies and mined in early
days in California, and the early
piety incidental to California life
resu ted in that balGness which SO
characterizes Judge Mesick. In
addressing a jury his voice has q
peculiar information which pene-
trates the remotest corner OF the
court room and its pecu iarity is
bound to keep juryman awake
even in the dryest case. Woodburn
has made reputation in the sort
of work that show successful
lawyer and has won some of the
most desperate and forlorn hope
cases ever tried in the State.
After the close of Professor
Reyes testimony yesterday the de-
f-nse submitted mass of docu-
mentary evidence consisting of
articles of incorporation, deeds,
etc. This was followed by the ties
timony of Mr.. Evans, who has been
connected with the Northern Be lie
mine as foreman or shift boss for
the past six or seven years. Mr..
Evans was trotted through the
levels. st"pes and WINES from the
Holmes lower tunnel to the hot
stope on the same route traversed
by the plaintiff s experts and
witnesses, but signalIy failed to
find the continuous ore connection
SO positively testified to by them.
Between the Belle vein No. 2 and
the Thomas or Red lode, On the
first shaft level, he passed through
over one hund, ed feet of barren
rock instead of ore forma-
ton. He described the relative |
positions of the Northern Belle |
groupings and those of the Thomas
on the surface, and 1.-The lay of the
land" and the situation of the two
veins as disc osed by The workings
on the various levels. and gave it as
his positive opinion as a miner tn It
the General Thomas was a separate
and distinct ledge from the
Northern Belle, and that the hot
stope is ON the General Thomas
ledge. Several other miners and
shift bosses were introduced who
all corrobora'ed Mr.. Evans testi-
mony, and who were unanimous in
giving their opinion as miners as
20 the General Thomas being a
separate and distinct ledge from the
Northern Belle. These witnesses
,ave the reasons for their conclu
;ions in a remarkably clear and
ogical manner, and their testimony
si.l be apt to make more lasting
and have greater effect
han that of the learned geological
acquisitions of the Frieburg ex
,erts on either side because more
asily understood. In answer to
question of Judge Sawyer's one OF
hem gave an excellent reason for ,
he discrepancy Of the assays taken
espec:ively by the experts of the
'laint,f and defendant along the
inc of the drift between the Belle
nd the Thomas ledge on one of
,ve.s. The plaintiffs expert found
mineral in every assay from the
rift and the defendants expert not c
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