The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-19
EUREKA'S TOW NS[TE
Another Witness Testifies il is
Not Mineral Character.
The Land is Valuable for Water and Build
ing Purposes and 10 Used for
Those Purposeses.

Iue bUrShd uOWnSlIe case was resumed
yesterday morning. The whole day was
occupied in the examination and cross -ex-
animation of Charles Henderson, and when
the court rose at p. m. it was not con-
cluued and Mr.. Henderson will again be
placed on the stand this morning. There
was very little new elected from the
lengthy examination, which in substance
was as follows:
Q.-What, in your Judgment is the
ground embraced in the Diablo claim worth
for mining purposes?
Alt isn't worth anything for mining
purposes.
Q.-What Is the ground embraced in
that claim, including the w. w. G. mill
site, worth most for!
A.-F'or building purposes and water.
| Q.-What has Mr.. Powers used it for!
A.-F'or water and selling water. By
order of the superintendent [ took four
men and ran drift It's feet east,
walked into Powers tunnel to see where
the water was coming from, There was
quite shower Of water coming out of the
roof of the tunnel through the open gran
lite. l was positive we could strike water
by running the tunnel on The w. w. c.
| Q.-At what date was the Boom mill site
located!
AIN January, 1887 or 1883. 1t was a
man by the name of Hubbel who located
this ground in the first place, and the Cen
.ennial Eureka company occupies it now,
| claiming from Hubbel & Tompkins The
Centennial Eureka has been il possession
of it ever since 1888.
| Q.-F'or what purpose?
| A.-For water purposes.
| Q.-There is well upon it, l suppose?
1 crt. thNt. h H. -
| Q.-Are there any drifts from the wells
| A.-The well that has The machinery on
has got drift about seventy foot, running
| east. 1t has drift running north sixty five
| feet.
| Q.-Are there any drifts on the w. w. G.
hilll
Ayes, we had two cross cuts, one to
| the northeast about ten feet long. We had
one running to the southeast about fifteen
| feet long.
| State what, if any, indications of mineral
or ore were disclosed in any of those open
ings.
Witness-There were no indications of
ore or mineral in these openings that !
could see.
Q.-What is the character of the land
embraced in the w. w. c. mill sites as to
being mineral or non mineral.
A.-The ground in the w. w. G. is non
mineral.
Q.-Have you been inside Of the open
lngs on the Boom mill site?
Ayes, sir.
Q.-What is the character of the ground
embraced in this mill size!
Alt is non-mineral
Q.-Has mineral vein ever been dis
covered on the Aquarius claim?
A.-No don't think so.
Q.-What is the character of the ground
embraced within that claim as to being
mineral or non mineral!
Anon mineral.
Q.-What is that claim worth for mining
purposes!
Alt amt worth anything.
Q.-For what purpose is it most valu-
able!
A.-For building purposes. 1t is valu-
able for water purposes. You can strike
water most any where there by sinking 6
well.
Q.-Is the ground embraced within the
townsite more valuable for mining rur-
poses or for TOWNSHIP purposes
Alt is more valuable for towsite pur-
poses. There are no indications of min
eral in or on that ground for any man who
claims to be a miner to make location
there for mine, ana there isn't man in
Eureka that claims to be miner thai
would take up that ground for mining pur
poses. l would take up the land, anC
would have taken up the land, if | hac
seen any indications of mine there, but
know that the ground was taken up fol
speculation; not for mining purposes al
all.
Q.-What, in your judgment, is thai
townsite worth for mining purposes!
Alt isn't worth anything.
Cross examination by Mr.. Bird.
Q.-Have you studied geologys
Al am nothing more than a practica
miner and DON'T know anything sbout
geology.
Q.-What mines have you worked in tina
are located in or around Eurekas
Al have worked in the Eureka Hill. il
the Bullion-Beck the Centennial, the Kew
stone and the Eagle. l also struck tn,
apex of The Gemini where they first strucl
the mineral The general direction of tn
ore veins is north and SOUTH and the dill
runs from so to 80 degrees. :
Q.-What is the direction Of the dip O
the vein in the Red Bird?
A.-To the west. at about 45 degrees.
Q.-Are tire any shafts east of the Re,
Bird shaft, or northeasts
A.-There is one shaft southeast, whicl
is called the Dean shaft in the Montana
The Montana lays east of the Eureka an,
joins the Eureka. | don't know of an
other shaft east of the Red Bird and be
tween that and the disputed ground.
Q.-Do you know where they are sink
ing new shaft on the Keystone?
Ayes. That shaft lays northeast O
the old Keystone shaft about six hun
dred or seven hundred feet.
Q.-How far is the new shaft from tn
excluded ground!
Al couldn't say. 1 have never pai
much attention to the distance betwee
the locations.
Q.-Why did the Keystone people 2
from their old workings and sink a shat
500 feet deep east of that point, if as yo
say, the dip of the vein is to the west?
Any opinion is that there are tw
veins, and what is called the Gemini. is O