The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-14
BOOTS, HAIR AND ALL
Mr.. Rneger Says It's Folly TO Think The
Lexington Vein Could Be GObblel In.
THE BUTTE & BOSTON RAISE
Yesterdays Testimony Was In+ar-
esting to Experts, suit Most of
1t Was Sanscrit to the
Rest OF Mankind.

{ c. c. Rueger. superintendent of N,
2 Lexington Mining company, has testi
i ned for three days in the trial OF ~.
. case Of the Butte & Boston against tbe
. Lexington, and he is not vet throuob
py great deal The testimony given
yesterday was interesting to the min
ing experts who listened to il. but %
the layman much of IL was as uninteI
hSloIe as Sanscrit All the evidence
went to support the claim of the de-
tense that there are two veins In ~
disputed ground and that botb hava
their apeXes in the Lexington no,tion
OF the NappellO. However even ~
! that contention were admitted il vrouId
not settle the case according 70 the
claims of the plaintiffs, who argue mat
| wien the original lode claim was segre-
sdteu Dy A. j. Davis and sold in diffar
| ent parcels 10y him the right 10 foIIor,
d VEIN on the dip no longer existed b,,t
| the boundary lines of the difyarent
/ pieces OF ground sold marked the Un1jt
! OF the mineral rights. This noipt
| Whlch Is the most important in the
case and one that has never heen
passed on by the courts Of this state
ana by very few other courts. win nroh'
any come up for argument on the
question of instructions to be submit
ted TO the jury.
IN his testimony yesterday Mr. Rue-
veins
parallel both in their strike and din
me ore body i'm the Butte & Boston
raise, which was developed for the mn
poses OF the trial, is nothing but n
small stringer abutting against the
hanging wall of the south vein but docs
no. penetrate II, said Mr.. Rueger. The
north vein, according to his belief VIC
FORMED before the other veins and e.
sures' The Butte & Boston raise fol- Of
lows some small stringer of ore off the
hanging wall of the south vein and
fortunately for that company comes
INTO the slopes Of the Lexington below
1T is folly" said Mr.. Rueger "to
suppose that the Butte & Boston wind
ing raise, following no well dednad
lIise, should In its sinUous course fin
any Eobble up the Lexington vein.
boots, hair and all"
MT. Rueger concluded his direct tes
timony shortly before the noon 49,
ana John +. Forbls took up the cross
Examination and the whole ground
ePftSented by the model and mans
vas gone over again. The witness adj \
nltted that there were few slight er
ors in his model which yyare nor at
covered in time to be corrected "rTbe
discrepancy is not a point in our IA
or" he said u
VIII you please explain how the
hree hundred level, with all its RANT +
C@Iiohs was rum? asked Mr.. Forbls /
aiteT the upper levels had been OK 3,
Iofed Mr.. Rueger said that the -
eyel got lost In a search for the vein -
hlIe at work the men heard some / :,
lasting by leasers in the Butte &, Ros- -
81 ground ana Mr.. Rueger suspected NJ
Iat the Ieasers were inside the west "a
"a Ire or the Lexington ground and a g.
Ilit was run To determine If the sus n,
zion was correct In driving the drift
le VEN was found. Some very rich ore y,
as taken out. Four shipments ran s,
ON % 10 10 ounces in silver Nuner M
- raises were made and the level ~
lshed IN preparation for the suit. said hi
= nl'.Sss' ana while they were stop- ha
X LOT the purpose OF Determining the "a,
? OF the Butte G. Boston served an no
JuhetIoh ana stopped further explora
ms subsequently Mr.. Rueger stated sn
a announcer reason why they stoned m,
Lhs tich discovery was because they sn
eded the ore to pay expenses re-,
one or the raises about half u,a,, -, an
anEed its original course and NJ sb,
'rpis asked, rs IL not a fact thai Tho 7
In the raise tends toward the south apl
q tnat II YOU had followed IL as Won ne
= teu OUT 70 do you would have come KIN
I IN Butte & Boston ground D, T
VII. Ruecer said the raise u-as no. sne
lde IN ore and IL was not intended 80 we
low the vein, but to get up tbrougb Of
easiest material II was the inter- we
- tLe ore afterwards The J neT
> "a sllu' uipped to the north 60 and
Re a. - mo-
Is II not fact that in making the ash
Sc nofthWard you passed tbroneb ad,
eral seams of ore that Inclined 70 rec
, . har
- nv reason why there should as
&c pech such seams or branches wit
!. mere Is nothing wonderful in and
n cross seams" "' IN
U. hueger said he would wager that
ore IN the seams Of the IN raises A
~ asSIS as much as the so-caIled Bal
"a quite q Boston raise in the Ala
81 solv
~ Dct win you" replied Mr. tori
~ ~ NuoEcr viii probably be o'cl
the witness stand all TODAY cen