The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-04
W. r. Burgess Says Their Mining
Properly Was Worth More
Than They Owed.
Col Sanders Wants judicial No.
tics Taken OF tho Late FinGn-
cial Crash.
Jadrs Wnewiss says "a was Not an Act oi
God. witch Esouses Prom NeEieet.
hut uusiness

Pc. Inc afternoon was all taken u2 vii
the cross-exsminatiou. which was con
Quoted bV IhoA II. Carter. and direotel
mainly 60 the value 81 tie property On,
the rerrosentGtioas iecardinC 10 which Bur
Gess had msdo 90 Hanks. witness sal,
tie contemplated value OF che ma hinsr
nsedol vas from $1,000 TO g.. 800. and wit
IL they would have been an position 90 4,
shsad and work IA, ore 20 advantage
Witness so stated 60 Hanks
"In the light Of your knoWladre." asked
Nj Carter. what was @ reasonable vaiui
Of you half Of this property ~ this TIM
OF ths bond"
4 think 100000 a very ieaIonsbl,
price.
state what you said 20 Hanks about ;h'
value OF the property
My statement 60 him Was that il Wal
worth more than that"
In reply 30 farther question witnsss said
he had told Hanks II tie poverty held out
an expenditure OF $500 or 5000 would place
q on a seif-sustaining baus He also PEE
dietei that n Is he'd out IL would make
them worth half million apiece or more.
Hanks said be didn't have any money to
invsst but whatever was nesdsi he could
obtain If the property held oat. There was
no injunction Es to the expenditurs OF
monev. Hanks leaving taAt 10 witnes.
Judgment Witness had abont *. 900 worth
Of tools aud supplies ~ his possession wEsn
/ the boud was given. lie wanted 10 sell
them TO She firm. but Hanks objected. saT-
Ing II the mine urnsd out wall they would
bur the tools; Otherwise thsy would pay for
their use.
A. this point the prosecution objected TO
this st7le OF Contamination. and the
court said 10 was hardly proper. Witness
was then asked II atauy time the condition
Of tie mine did not warrant tho erpen1i-
ture made on IL The court sustained the
prosecutions objection 30 this style OF
cross-txaminatioa.a and the defense went
on on another tack. Witness was asked as
10 the amount OF development uo and
the ore taken out o, the bonded mines He
said they took from 1000 TO l,2JO tons OF
ore out Of the Ora Cache. and ran 400 or
900 tona through the mill. Witness esti-
mated tue retu -ns from the ore worked al
from $500 10 5000. There uers 600 Or
700 tons on tbs Ora Cache dump waen thsv
stopped work. They had run 700 or $40
feet Of levels and sunk forty foot WINE.
he number Of men en- yloyed Fangei from
thirteen 10 forty-hve IA the mill anu mines.
They had also done soms level aud shaft
work on the Moatana anu the =. X mines.
Witness was asked rsEa ding tie condition
Of the mines az tbs umss Hanks visited
iasm. In fixing the date OF one OF them
Burgess said it vsa when the present gov
ernor spoke at Aaiien during ths cam
psign OF 1892.
That was a Christian era" remarked
Col. Sanders.
The purPort Of Burgess testimony on this
point was thht each time Hanks visited the
miEos the outl ook was more promising. At
NJ last visit they had struck a cave ia the
Ora Cache where the ore Ia witness. op!n-
Hn Z a.. /.
The Z mine the orc nrst taksn out was
worth s. to 81 In gold 20 ths ton. It kept
on Improving tail ~ vas worth so TO S22 a
ton. 4 he :. osscuiIon Oblecteu 10 Wltness I
going into msttors Subsequent TO the clos T
ing Of the herchants bank. Tao defense /
held that 10 vas competent in this case as
showing the intent OF the defendant was I
good and not evil JudRs knnwles decided I
60 let th5 question 10 answered. Witness /
was then asked as 90 the value o. the ore la I
sight and % the damp. aud Of the property .
lie value OF the ore on the Ora I
Cache dump was about So 40 net that in .
sight A. the =. x. So 90 snd that az ths
Csystal Mountain 81 uOJ Tusfe we're Ier-
naps $1,000 tons ia slglt at the GA Caohe,
watch. vita ploTer PROCESSES for working,
vas worth from g TO - net 10 the com
pan. The aggiegate value OF all tue prop
erty Of Borgess. Co. was s64 40. There
was no time Wien the was not enough ore
ia sight TO ay all the Indebtedness Of the
firm.
Witness was next cross-examiued as TO
tie work done on the Valu- " the property
1WneI by tue n4m alone Ine CRYSTAL
Point lode was the onlf ono where much
Work had been done. Bat for tbs low
price OF SILVER witness wOuld have cOnsid
efsl tAis raging TropositIou. Ihs oths
tao niinsq, the God Mountain and the J. z
zs g., witness did not cOnsidsr o. much
Va.us. Mr.. Carter nsksd wituess what Oc-
cared Gboat July Hnd down 70 the time
work was disc0ntinued. which rendered Il
itnpUsslble to go on. 1hs prosecution Oh
j cteo. TIE defense saii 10 wEs to show
that Ia common with othe places tue
financial crash had had its effect al Mai
den. be court Gustsiuo1 the o0isction.
Ar. Carter then assed what unusual oondi-
tiona oss between the bonding and the
end OF OPERATIONS % prevent gong ahead.
20 prosecution Hga.n OBI cted and the
court sustained the oil elton.
Sanders.
4 don't care TO-" inter upel Judge
knoslss. When man sits IA n dram
aud catches cold ha las himself % Lame.
When man goes INTO "a mi 1lnq deal he hAs
:" take chances on change Of administra-
boa '
Il done ca o 20 put II on ihs grounds Of
4 change o. administration" broke IN Col.
oaneers. h- tLea vent on % quote the
oIse - mere ". A. CLossmsn vas su9d for
lauhRes caused ~ tas bTeekiug 90 a dam
which it was claimed Was caused By neg
ect. le court Hll0wsd testinCny 10 the
.h CO that tie break was caussl uy a cloud
burst. md ihr plaintiff vas beAt0u. In tie
resent case no continued. There sWstt
Town Oh tle country GA absolute currenos
'Hmin' tAs worst tbs world ever
"a" he only taing IL whether the
Jury Will accept u ua fact or matter OF
history without further ur0of"
Judge hnoWlas said Toe breaking Of the
ian was an aut Of God. Wh.n man was
confronted With at act Of God. which be
lad NOS taken into his calculations. ho
rouid not be accused Of neg ect Ibis.
However. WAS uot 81 that kind Of ct. II
vas business matter. u Was NOS pro-
9osoi - show tnat Hanks had property
30 meet his obligations.
Col. handers We WILL show that on our
1Nu examination.
Judge Know ss-You come in here and
Try 20 show tbfrs was a COMMERCIAL crisis.
10 10 noi even shown that 10 was the worst
Tie country hsd ever seen.
Co. nLndsrs-Ws NAV be able to y owe Il
vas tns worst one for the United states. II
he court viii take Judicial notice.
without turther comment on tue huau-
oial cEasu Judge hnoVl ~ sustained the OBJ
lection and an exception was taksn.
hr 1arte aakud witness ~ DO. as mem.
1er o. tue nrm. meant 10 pay the tank ali
money used. An o. lcotion 20 thts wassns-
tanned on Tue ground tnAt Witn-ss Burgess
vas nnt on iaL t0ntnui1g v.tue.s said
10 fat - thsy rraiIz = on an 90 tre or
Tue oosfpta ware nt Co Great Ia,ls 70 psv 3
'n ths hfm's .ndebt dusss - the Merchant.