The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-14
DRUM LUMM0N TRIAL.
Harry Bratnober, the Former Mine
Superintendent, on the Stand
Yesterday.
noes Not Think the st. Louis De-
velopment Work Is on Any
Vein.
witness Withdrawn so Mr.. Bratnohs'
Could Testify ana Proceed to New
York At Oncs.

The United pVatoa ciEoui' oouA'
abort session yesterday. adjournln9 81
soon. Charles Goodale, superintendent OK
aha Gncron minc at Butte. who Ia q witness
for the defense, wal Withdrawn in order 10
allow Henry Bratnober 10 testify, ns he mas
"a leaye for New York 40 soon as possible
TIa tsstiied that he makes San Francisco
his headquarters. He has been in the MIR,
n, hnsiness since he WAS very young anu
ia not I graduate Of Any mining school Dus
a;mnlv a practical miner. He has been en-
oaoed in mining In Montana since lsoo'
Ha was superintendens of the Drum Lum-
Non from November. 1884. to October.
1887. The work done while he was super b.
intendent was the running out OF tue 4oo
level north and south and the Ciuse and the
j,termediste leads between tho 400, n ne
RIM tho main cross cut south into the
Sampson, On the 400 the WORK
-. run from CLOSE to the
Maxkelyne tunnel to about thirty or forty
fact bsyond the Jubilee. He also ran ous
the Attn. sixth. seventh and eighth Levels
hslov the 400. Mr.. Bratnober said he went
ont 10 the mine on Friday and went down
tha 81. Louis shaft about thirty feet and
vant through tho east and west drifts on
that level. About fifty feet south OF the
connection with the Maskelyne tunnel tae
vain was about twelve or fifteen Feet VIDE
and there were two good hard walls mat re-
ouired very little timberinG; a little inrtnel
art Il narrowed in some. In the CASTLE
..ur h. found q little ore that assayed q
,ittle in silver and then ran another cross
crt to zee il the ore had improved ano
sonnd that 1t had improved a little. lie
- an that and turned the DRIFT to get
.rto anuare No. 40, and the vein seemed to
trrr the Castletown and run back to the
Soot vail Of the Drum Lummon, and there
= made the Sampson chute which is very
wide at that point.
Sampson chute In the deep Workings. Inc
vitness said he was expecting the Samp-
son chute a great deal sooner tnan ne
found IL. He did not know at that time
1hst Il trended quite so much to the south.
Aftsr thev aot through the Sampson chute
ehav Kant the footwall of the Drum Lum-
mon and ran q crosscut called No. 3; there
vaa 4 little vein RAINING through the wall,
md apain put Z orossout through the GAS
tletovn and kept the drift going until the
Jnhilee was struck. 1t widsnsd out some
and q band Of slate was found. They went
throuah that and found moro quartz,
vhich was followed back. The slate wal
taken out and sent back to the mill. az II
could not be separated very we'll. This
slate IL between the vein and the Drum
Lummon were good where he left of worl
az superintendent. AT the south end o
the Sampson ore body. on the 400, alont
that part Of the work to the Jubilee. tht
vein 10 about twenty feet wide. There wa
some uunrtz left there on the hanging wall
-. -.,- hi~h 1roIn ~ vot
not taken out. When the vein passed the
Sam pson ore bdb it narrowed down from
twenty to four or five feet.
Mr.. Bratnober said that the Castletow1
and the Drum Lummon lodes where he had
examined them were separated by hare
country rock, stats. The walls in the Cruise
l.vel are mostly very hard slate walls
When they worked in the Sampson stops
the foot wall vein. wherever there was ore,
1t was a little softer than where it was
barren. When they got into the barren
norton OF the drift both walls were very
hard.
Tho witness said he had been in thu
Hopeful incline shaft. Both walls OF th'
development of the Drum Lummon are IN
the incline and the vein there is from two
to three feet wide. There is what is called
a west drift and an east drift on the thirty
foot level south Of the st. Louis moline,
In the west drift the witness said he found
nothing there that ne Woulu call wall, Du'
there are seams. slips. behind the shaft tina
dips west. Going south on the west drift
there from the incline a tale streak is found
with a wall similar to b the witness
found in the Cruise level. The west drift
on the thirty-foot level in his opinion wa
not driven on any vein. and the materia
between the west drift and the east drift o,
the thirty-foot level he did not regard n
vein material but it was slate
Mr.. B,atnobsr also examine
several cuts on the surfsc
extending from the incline to the north ent
of the st. Louis. In the main open Gu
running north there is a seam in tho slate
He did not see anything there that locke
like n vein. nothing more than n dry scam
He did not see any goRue in the seam. !
is just a seam where the slate edge conn
together. Two blocks come together, blu,
ting up against each other, and il the lowe
block il taken off it looks like the hangin
wall, and if the upper block is taken of
looks like a foot wall
From his observations Of the ground thor
and the workings Mr.. Bratnober conclude
that the Jubilee ore chute and the Sanpso
ore chute are on the Drum Lummon veil
He could not say that the developmer
work of the st. Louis was on any vain.
Rucllanss Arnl0a SALIVA