Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-25
THE MINING SUIT.
Moro Important E,ideucc introduced
Yesterday Afternoon.

Il
City, was resumed.
Witness said that lie was familiar
with underground workings shown on
The maps, and made au examination
only two weeks ago. The general
coune Of the vein was northeastorly.
The length ofthe vein on the May
Hover level was In tho neighborhOod
OF 1000 feet. The vein was in the
main Ia lime, but the orc occasionally
cut through 70 quartzlie. The vein
comes down into qunttzlte at the
junction Of the Hone aud ronderfoot
inclines. The hanging wall, In gem
eral, IL In lime. | also found quatt1ite
Ia the Big incline In the Mayiiower
workings, but am not certain M TO Its
extent. There is quartElte again at
the bottom Of the Mayilpwer No. Z,
shaft. At another point In the May.
flower, where II Ia partly timhered, |
/ found quartz making along with ore.
| The vviu comes down to this, but not
having a pick with me could not
| investigate u closely, 20 ! cannot slate
| IL extent. The quaftylle has been cut
| through In several places. IL IL cll.
carious In it, nature. There Ia n solid
baud Of quartzito ut the Wilmnn dis
| covery, and, In fact, that country Is
made up OF quafizito and lime. Ia the
| Richardson tunnel there " quntLiie.
| The vein n In lime, top aud bottom.
The Mayfower upraise has quarizite
In the bottom. Only n portion OF this
| upTalse II on the true ritc Of the vein,
but the Northland IL. The witness
hero took up the porphyry dyke, anu
after giving his theories M to the
effects Of the dyke upon veins, stated
that this dyke, rs shown by cuts l, .
and in the Jennie Lind, was about
twelve feet thick.
Judge Royle-I will now ask you
where you put the apex Of the vein In
controversy, ON the surince.
Witness-On the surfaco2
swell, no. Place II without refer
once 10 the surface"
"rhen | would place Il wherever the
vein inteisccts the porphyry dyke"
MIR. Dickson What experience
have you had In In mining9
~ have been mining Tor a number
OF years and | slill work u little NJ IL
each year during the summer"
"You estimated that the entire eX-
cavations by the defendants amounted
to %, 900 cubic feet7"
eyes"
Ard that so per cent. OF this was
first.class ote3"
eyes"
"Now, did you ever know u mine
that In ~ entire workings would yield
80 per cent. OF ilrst.class ore?"
"No, sir"
owen, was 80 per cent. Of the entire
cOntents Of the excavations made by
the plaintiffs In the triangle fst-class
ore?"
"a never estimated IT,"
"Hss all the work done 10y tho plain.
tiiis In the triangle been done at profit
or loss?"
"well, am inclined to think 1t was
at profit"
"bid you take out a thousand tons?"
eyes, more than that"
Chow much OF II was second.cla-s?"
al DOM know"
"D0 you think there was one ton Of
fiTst.class ore taken out by you to three
| OF second. class"
81 cannot say M TO that"
"CAn you not travel on ore or vein
matter, all the way from the William
discovery In the Tenderioot, to the end
OF the Mayilowor incllnoP"
"YeB,D
dis not the Horse incline excRvated
10 the quartzile2"
"Yes, but | cannot say this quarlzlte
formed the iootwall, because there was
no ore there.
"But, as n miner, seeing the vein
eSoavatod 10 quaIztlte, you would sup.
pose that II formed the footwali?"
Eyes"
"And this was done before this suit
was cOmmenCeul"
Eyes"
Doesn't the ore rest ON the quartz.
lite for distance Of over 200 feet In thv
Long incline?"
II cannot say as to that"
"Cnn you say that IL does nol2"
mo, fir, | don't say that"
"Where, In your opinion, does the
apex OF the voin flrst encounter the
Jenny Lind claimg"
Witness fixed the point near the end
line boundary Of the Nevada claim.
"Whero does the vein, on its strike,
leave the Jennie Lind clamp
"Weli, wherever the porphyry dyke
didn't cut IL on"
"Where IL that?"
"'rhere are u great many things Ia
he taken into consideration, but
ehould say II would pass out here I'm
dicatipg n point near tho northeast
corner OF the Central Hill.)
Continuing witness said he did testi-
fy on the last trial that the course Of
the porphyry dyke was parallel with
the side line OF the Central Hin ad.
Joining, but since then he had
changed his opinion.
MIR. Dickson here procured n piece
Of string, and made the witness place
II on the line OF the prophyry ms
claimed by the plaintiffs on the former
trial and their claim now. He also
got MIR. Street TO indicate the strike OF
tho porphyry shown by two OF the cuts,
and this also showed it, strike to he
different from the claim, but Mr..
Street refused to accept this AZ being
(he strike indicated, because the
porphyry In a third cut had overflow.
ed and was displaced, aud taking that
into consideration, different strike
was given TO II.
Mr.. Dickson-WcTe not these cuts
made by the plaintiffs In search OF Ia,
contact between the quartzite and
limestone?
The witness--That was one OF the
purposes.
al there any cut In that line OF them
below, whore the porphyry Is dis.
closed2"
ono, not that know Of"
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