Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-11-21
PROF. KEYS ON rnE STAND.

He Holds to . Two Ledge Theory
| After the close of plaintiff 8 cas-
on Monday afternoon the defens'
first called q wi ness to prove thai
portion of the work Gained by
plaintiff to have been performed as
assessment work on the Holmes
location had been done by witness
! on a location of his own. Mr..
Stretch then followed with defend
ants series Of maps which he
briefly explained. Prot. Reyes,
the North I'm Belle expert. followed
Mr.. Stretch. He testified that he is
a mining engineer. educated to that
profession at Tfieburg, with an ex
perience as . practical miner and
mining superintendent in this and
other States, extending over several
years. He gave geological de-
scription of the formation of
Northern Belle hill and of the
| Northern Belle lodges (of which he
asserted there we're two) and of the
Red or Thomas ledge. He asserted
that the last ledge is what is known
to genlogists as a "bcd vein," lying
between slate and serpentine,
its formation being older than that
of the Belle lodges, which are
assure veins cutting through the
slate formation. Tue Bsiie veins,
which he designates IS Nos. an6
2, have a northerly and southerly
course, while the Thomas lode runs
in an easterly and westerly direc-
ton, and at an angle of about 60
degrees with the Belle veins. Alta
point, which he designated on the
map, the Belle veins cut across the
Thomas lode, which, taken in con
nectioa that the Thomas is bed vein,
and the Belle lodges ara fssnre
veins, is proof that the Thomas is
the older and the Belle the younger
formation and entirely distinct
bodies cf,ere. He called attention
to the different appearance and
of tbe.ore from the
two veins as shown by specimens
that ie exhibited. The Thomas
ore had reddish tinge and carried
some lime, as was shown by the
of acids, while the ore
from the Belle veins was either
nearly black or light yellow in
color and did not show the presence
of lime by the acid test. He de-
scribed what he called the fridge
seam," which he asserted ran west
and back of both of the Belle veins,
and which was q smooth foot wall,
and which wall was the same as that
pointed out by Professor Raymond
IS the foot wall of the Northern
Belle. Asto the hanging wall dis
covered by Raymond he testified to
,re workings running frog, sixty to
me hundred and sixty feet back of
hat. The ore in the hot stope was
IN the Thomas lode, and no ore
can be traced from that
'tope to the Holmes lower tunnel
IS described by plaintiff 8 witnesses,
- it did not exist. Between the
Belle No. and the Thomas
ode on the roate traversea by those
witnesses he lad taken assays at in
ervals, for distance of over one
hundred feet, and h ID not found
race Of mineral and pronounced
he formation thus passed through
arren country rock instead Of ore
i
On cross examination Judge
:oa't read from the testimony Civ
a by the witness in tie Mt. Diabio
sse in which he stated that at a
srtain point the Thomas ledge
repped or fell into the Northern c
ellie ledge and expressed the be.
eff that the Belle and the Thomas
ere one and the same ledge. In
,planation the witness said that
le then Thomas company had
ruck the Belle ledge No. 2 in y
leir explorations and supposing it i,
} be the Thomas ledge had follow y
| it until it dropped into the !,
orthern Belle workings. In his h
t. Diablo testimony he had re- II
rred to the Belle 2 as dropping !,
to the workings of the Northern s
ellie. At that time Bel 9 2 was h
ILL A.. |