The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-23
NEARING THE END.
The Big Mining Suit Now on
Trial in Idaho.
Defense Rests Its Case-The Arguments VIII
Probably be Begun on Mon
day Next

BOISE CGLY, lido, Jan. 22.-TSpecia
telegram to THE HERALD. THE Tyler
and Last Chance mining suit was re-
newed this morning. The court room was
again crowded with interested spectators.
Mr.. John M. Burke of CRuer 'AIeue,
at one time owner of many of the principal
mines in the CCeuer d 'Alene district. and a
well known mining expert testified that he
was one OF the original locators of the
Last Chance properties and manager
the same until cutting ore in the vein after
crossing the foot wall in tunnel No. l,
when he disposed of his interest to F..
lockwood, Mosre and Charles Sweeney,
OF Spokane, in the sumner of 1887,
since when he has had no
connection with the property. He
testified as to the discovery on the sur
face, the continuation of the ore from the
came and to the present working slopes of
the Last Chance mine; as to trend on the
vein and true dip OF the same; as to dip of
the various ore bodies in tue mine, that
the trend of the vein is north 40
west, the dip being west; that from
careful examination of all underground
works and surface indications be
is satisfied that nothing resem bling hang
ing Wall mas as YET been found in the mine,
that the pit marked "a" on defendants
mays is situated in the property of the
Idaho Mining company, one of the de-
! PENDANTS in this case, Is in such a
vein material as he would be
| glad TO prosecute work on with
/ the expectation of developing ore and if
ssiu property was now for sale he would
! be glad to purchase it with that intention.
| MIR. Burke had examined the discovery on
/ the Tyler mine very carefully and found
/ the material IN said discovery was not as
good ledge matter as found in
/ pit "A" His testimony went to
show that the vein was from
| one thousand to fifteen hundred feet wide
and he was especially positive that the
/ Sierra Nevada vein as a cross vein that
| would intersect this great mineral belt at
some point up Deadwood guIch. He was
| vigorously crOss-examined as TO his testi-
mony IN other cases on this same belt and
sus aimed himself well.
| W. j. Tretheway' assistant manager of
the Last Chance, was examined as TO the
underground workings of the Last Chance,
as to the character OF the vein, dip and
strike of the same, value of ores, work on
surface, discovery point and character of
minerals and iron groupings on the
surface on the Tyler and Last
Chance mines, as TO the formation
of the vein and chemical analysis of
different materials found thereon. MIR
Sweeney was recalled to answer as to the
assessment work on the Republican Mining
company;s property and Idaho Mining
company's property. The defense offered
location notices and abstract of title
Of the Republican, Last Chance
and Skookum fractions, being the various
properties now owned by the Republican
ana Idaho mining companies, which, after
a spirited legal contest, were admitted by
the court under the stipulation agreed upon
at the commencement of the case, that
whatever title was held by original loca-
tons was now vested in the companies
represented in this suit. Defendants iheu
rested their case. Tomorrow will bring
witnesses in rebuttal and argument will
be reached Monday.