Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-29
raE MINING SUIT.
Further Examination 1T witnesses IN
the Observation-Disclosures Case.

After the close Of the NEws report |
Yesterday afternoon William A.Nilson I
was called 10 lcsiify. he aaii hc vsa I
apIalnun In Interest Co. the suit,ts1idcd !
In Park city. and was famiIiar with .
the properly shown on the map. The .
witness at once went into the triangle,
ana stated thai plaintiffs aust defend. |
auts entered II from oppositodIectons'
lie m,du measurements pt that poliion
Of the long incline from which the ore
had heen.takrn' by the lc'culant- and
estimated Il 60 he 1884 cubic feet,
having l4i0 tons Of ore, allowing for
moisture, etc, ana allowing 23' pounds
to the cubic foot. lie considered his
csiimatoa low onu Tor the ore In place,
aud the average value u ore shipped
by the Nodhland was $40 a ton, aud
the value VI the ore extracted from the
other side was something In the neigh.
hOrhood OF s5l 900. The witness gradu'
Rted from the Columbia college school
OF mines In lss9. anu since then lac ha
been a-sayiug, etc. Had examined tic
properly in.conlfovrIsy. boihovefgtound
and underground. Starting nj the
W0Odsido shaft, which commenced ~
/ quadzitc, witness made the usual tour
through the underground worklngs
and described the formations n quartz
itc and limestone encountered. The
witness Introduced lot Of samples Of
rock, beginning with n small piece OF
puaftzile broken uli by him Ia the
| MayfDwor snaU. lie then passed 10
the Jury piece OF the blue, -patry
limestone claimed 10y the defense 10 le
the hanging wall. The vein, la his
opinion, was IA limestone Ia the vafi'
Gus workings, az well rs along the
Northiand vuin, although quaflzito
was encountered ut one point. various
other samples were Introduced, ami
the witness then turned his attention
10 the pOfphyIy dyke, and stated mat
the fact that IL had not yet been found
ia cut four, which was extended con
sidethbly further than the otberr, indi'
Gated that the dyke was relatively lur.
Their towards the crest Of the NH.
Mr.. BTown-Wh,u did you become
Interested In this sulH
"ln ls0ln
"Did you luy somebody outG"
"Yet.D
"Whose Interest did you buy?"
- portion OF Mrs. McDonald's and
"A portion u MIR. Whites"
"You brought IN after the suit was
commenced"
aye, did.v
"whcu di you visit the works In the
luntor'ontgn
"In lbs3.n
"Whou you bought In 1880, didn't
you think II was all oue VENT"
ri thought 30 at that tune"
"haIi u you that opinion brior
that, Ia lss9e"
eyes, thought so.n
"Wero you there ia December 1887"
"Yes.D
"what were you doing therc?"
81 wanted 20 see II there was anime
there"
"And wasn't there an understand.
Ing that you were 10 have an interest
there before any papers were msdtg"
"Ies."
"lu the interval between the time
the Northland people broke In and the
time you made your measurement, the
NOfthlAnd lesseeH had stopped several
hundred tons, had they ncig"
eyes"
/, from this point on, the cross.exnm.
iuatlOn was quite lively. Coming
down to tlo estimate mad. by Mr.. VIII.
sOn uu the amount anu value Uf the
ore extracted from the trisugla by the
defendants, tire witness said he figured
80 per cent. OF II as flrst.class ore.
"Whnt was tue value OF the ore *
tracied by the N0rthland people?"
n1kcd Mr.. Brown?
"AbUut SiO."
"lps n fact, then, that some 0f your
/ ore from the Triangle went Va low that
It had TO be concentrated"
b "Yrs.h
"Wu- 10 per cont. Of All the czcsvA.
tions malc by the Nonhlaui people
firt.class UrUg"
HNu.n
"Waa per ccnt.?o
"les, " vas
, "rhen that Is tho highest percentage
: you can Jay Was hml.CiAss ore. Now,
. the higher the south hill grows, tn,
!. farther east would DO thrown the
[. apcS2n
Eyes"
(, Continuing, Mr.. Brown said: "I
% nANo yuu uONh hNA' - 7As iHh '.''N =
n one point there you found quartz. II
that oorrecl2"
r. "Yes; II was quartz impregnateC
with mineral. II was 10 much like
q quart1ite that you couldn't tell th'
/. difference"
4 The attorney then named n humble
Of uoluts and asked the wltnes
"a whether or not he took the dip OF TIT
/. quar,6ite at the point OF contact viii
% any OF them,
a mo, slrD answered the witness, "a
m didn't take lie dip at the point Of con
n tact anywhere"
Z. "Did you mud quaTt2lto In the May
- flower shait?"
ayes, Ia two places"
qs there sand In llmostonel"
rs ooh, yea"
The witness here went ON 10 Civ
. the chemical properties OF qunri1ite au'
sr limestone, ANA the processue II wen
NJ through.
r. sis there anything In vein action {
AZ change queraite?"
" "Not as rule, though the quartzlt
y may he impreguSicd somewhat VIII
w mineral where II is badly broken"
~ snow, you ere q chemist, aud J WI
,n nsk YOU what would be tho action 4
r.. hot, alkaline waters coming up fr01
To below upon limest0pe2"
No wt would cat into II.
TO "Whnt per cent. do you allow
n MAKE quarllito?"
N "Friy per cent. or over OF silica"
Us n. 40 ,i.,u vraa briauy "a gVufutna