The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-05
A MAYFLOWER DAY
The Defendants Have 1t All
Their Own Way.
FOUR WITNESSES EXAMINED
All Agree That POrphyry Dyke Could Not
Terminate the Vein-The Apex
in the Falryiew.

Yesterday was the twelfth day Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES trial, and marked
the opening of the third week of the great
struggle. The defense gained a point at
the outset, their motion for a non-suit as
TO certain persons named as defendants be-
ing allowed. They then went on to pile
up testimony in support Of their case with .
the evident intention Of making it as high !
as the mountains in which the vein is ,
found The witnesses called yesterday (
agreed with the others for the defense on
all material points. They stated that the
vein was a beddsd, contact vein, and the
footwalI was undoubtedly quartzite. BY
the line of cuts extending around from the
Wilman discovery, they located the apex
in the Fairview. They all united in the
opinion that if there was a porphyry dyke
there, it did not affect the vein al all, and
agreed that the defendants had vein ex-
tending from its apex in the Fairview and
on UP through the Court upraise past the
triangle.
A NoN-sUIT ALLOWED AS TO PARTIES.
Mr.. Brown opened the proceedings by
asking if the motion for a non suit as to
certain Of the defendants had been settled
yet.
Judge Royle-No, sir.
Mr. Brown-Well, something should be
done with it.
Judge Royle-Very well, will consent
TO dismissal as to E. p. Ferry and Messrs.
Dodge, Richardson, Jacobson, Ivors and
McGrath leaving the defendants Keith,
Kearn, Judge, Emery and Mccormick.
Mr. Brown suppose the others will be
entitled to judgment for such costs as may
be shownl
Judge Royle-That can be attended to
hereafter.
MIR. Brownies, suppose though they
are entitled TO judgment now for such costs
as they have sustained. The amount can
be determined hereafter.
WILLIAM MCQUEEN,
the well-known mining man, was then
called, and after stating his experience in
mining in Montana, Nevada, Idaho and
Utah, said that he had examined the coun-
try shown on the map, and was familiar
with it. He found there bedded, contact
vein, the hanging wall OF which was OF
blue spRrry lime, and the footwah OF
uuartzite. The Woodside tunnel was driven
entirely in qusrtZite to station l59. The
vein was then followed on lime and quartz
tie alternately TO the Horse incline, and
then back to station four in the Yenderfoot
tunnel and then TO the surface. Going
back through the long incline, several places
rested on the quartzite for
HUNDREDS OF FEET AT STRETCH.
In the system OF Slopes the ore was al
most entirely on the Quartzite. Ore oc-
Cured in irregular bodies IN limestone. 1t
cut through various beds Of lime through
out its course, making TO the sparry lime
above and the quartzite below. Both the
Court ana Northland raises were in the
vein. The wines sunk at either end Of the
Court raise went to quartzlte. The three
vertical raises in this uprsise all disclosed
the blue spsrry lime, which constituted the
hanging wall
NOTHING PECULIAR THERE.
"WhBt do you find peculiar at the head
Of the Nortnland upraise."
81 find nothing peculiar except that the
vein is going up a little fatter than be-
foren
..Do YOU find fault therep'
''No, observed only q little tongue Of
Imen
the veinln
mo, sir. The bedding plans are seer
lust as regular as before. The top of theil
raise is about at the blue sparry lime"
"Where have you found this vein crop
pingin
AT Richardson No. l, Ferry's prospec
tunnel, Discovery Point and the Roadside
incline. The strike OF the vein conform
generally with the formation of the eoun
try. Across the gulch from the Roadside
incline, the contact Of the quRrtzite anC
lime is disclosed in cut l. Going on around
the contact is disclosed in all the cuts, ant
In many of them there is good vein matter
such as miner would locate and expect Il
find ore. The quartzite disclosed in tht
cuts was beyond all doubt the same al
found in the workings of the mine. 1t wa
,I,fg, Co. - h., ~.
else The dip OF the bed around from Gu
Z ran from degrees to nothing. On tht
occasion Of his last visit to the ground,
went over the Jennie Lind and found por
phyry In the cuts there, but did not SCI
any at any other place"
"Supposing there is a porphyry dyk
there, would it, in your opinion, stop O
terminate the vein2'
A DYKE WOULD NOT END THE VEIN.
at would not"
"Do you know of some instances Il
which veins have been cut by porphyr.
without being destroyed!"
Yes. In the Old Telegraph the vein wa
cut by a dyke 800 feet thick. 1t did no
affect the vein in the least, as it was foun
beyond. / have observed the same thing il
the Custer, Lucky Boy and Badger mines
in Custer county, Idaho. The porphyr
there was from forty five TO eighty Zee
vein than there would be upon this stick
! should cutit in two and hold the ends tw
feet apart"
THE CROSS EEAMINATION.
Judge Royle then proceeded to cross-ez
anime the witness at great length, goin
over the entire ground once more. The a
Jorney tried to shake the testimony of tn
witness TO the effect that the true footwa
was Of 0uartzite but met with little sue
cess. Finally Judge Royle asked him if
wasn't true that wines had 10 be sunk
find the QuBrlzite.
"WeIl," replied the witness dryly, "yo
can't expect TO find the whole world ore.
'No, said the attorney. Nor it isn't
Qusrtzite, either, is itt'
'Well, IL comes pretty near it up there.
'You would like to have il that way,
answered Judge Royle.
MARTIN HARNESS
was the next witness. He testifed-I HAY
followed mining for forty years in Califol
MIA, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Utah. an
have worked In all capacities, from min'
20 manager. My experience has bee
largely in silver-iead mines. l am famili,
with the property. The vein there is
contact, bedded one, with a hanging wall
blue, spsrry limestone, and a
rooTwALL OF euARrzIrE.
The witness then went on to point out u
places where the ore went down TO Il
Quartzite. The contact was very clear
disclosed in the line Of cuts extendiI
around from the outcrop to the F'airvieN
where the vein apexed. The quartzlte WI
undoubtedly the same as that found in u
workings, and vein matter was found
every cut
DO YOU find porphyry on the top of Il