The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-15
UNDER THE GROUND
Seams, Dips and Angles Explained by
Mr. Rueger.
IN THE BIG MINING SUIT
Character of the Ore In One Of the
Upraises Described by the Wit
ness-Engineer Macfarlane
Gives estimony.

c. c. Rueger began on the fourth da,
Of his testimony yesterday morninr
when the trial of the Butte e. Boston.
Lexington mining case was resumed
on redirect examination by Mr.. Cotter
the witness explained some of the
points brought out on cross xamina-
ton. He said Mr.. Forbis was right
about seams of ore being in one of the
1 upraises, but that is quite natural. as
there was n disturbance in the ground
at that point. The raise was put up In
the soft lateral and the vein was left
: 1t is possible the seam of ore may tend
/ to the south, but it is not known, as IL
! was net followed. Such 5eams are
( found all through the Lexington prop
erty from top to bottom, east to west
and all over. They can be follow ed
/ from the Alice mine to the Hat below.
Some OF them have a decided SOUTH n
dip and some lie almost fiat. None OF
them carry enough ore to Justify any
one following one Of them for g feet.
This peculiar condition Of the m.r er4l
deposits in that part Of the district can
well be seen in the railroad cuts on the
hill The seams are to lie found every
where and lie in every direction. The
seam in one of the uprIises On the
Butte q Boston ground Is a well
defined ore seam but 1t clearly goes into
the hanging wall of the south vein of
the Lexington.
The Butte & Boston dill mo the
Kindness to demonstrate this by a
cross-cut they drove. in which the seam
was cut" said Mr.. Rueger.
Some new development work was
testified TO, and, on re-cross- examina-
ton Mr. Forbis inquired as to the ex-
tent and value OF one Of the ore streals
that had hppp fpllpy-a1 hxrf 7
ton company. Mr.. Rueger said he tried
TO examine the streak but found that
the Butte e. Boston had filed up the
working so that he could not get
through except by crawling, which he
did not care to do.
rs it not fact that the seam was
not over one inch wider" asked Mr..
Forbis.
NO. sir; it was at least eight or ten
inches thick"
James Macfarlane, n civil and mining
engineer OF 20 years experience. fol-
lowed Mr.. Rueger on the witness stand
shorty before the noon hour. Mr.
Macfarlane said he had for seven wears.
prior TO three years ago. been chief en-
gineer for the Anaconda company and
was familiar with all the mines of that
corporation and many other mines I'm
the district. He had made an examin-
alton of the property in dispute be-
tween the Butte Boston and LeXing-
ton companies, and particularly the !
ground within the Lexington portion of /
the Wappello and in references to the |
apeXes of the veins. He found at the |
southwest corner of the claim and |
north Of the boundary line, in Lexing- |
ton ground, an open cut showing the |
hanging wall of the south vein and an |
ore body l3 feet wide, nine feet of which |
is very strong quartz. In another cut |
some distance farther east, the vein is |
shown "a feet wide. Other cuts east |
ward show vein matter of varying |
widths, the hanging wall being about |
20 feet from the boundary line. The |
apex of the north vein, as shown by |
various cuts, is about 10 feet wide. Mr.. |
said the surface indications
pointed to two distinct veins, one des-
gnated as the south vein and the other
as the north vein. He said he also ex-
amined the Lexington workings from |
the surface down to the 5O0-foot level
The maps and models in evidence, he
said correctly, or almost so. represent