The Irish standard., 1897-04-24

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raralleledin the history of "a gentleman
whose peculiar methods had contrib
uted 30 much Of the spice of variety to
the mining annals Of Colorado And
from. this he passed ON to the mining
history OF the state, to the first diseov-
cries of the precious metals, with an
eloquent tributet I'd the. hardy endurance
and courage of the pioneers, citing sew
eral Of the first rieh,strikes, and slipping
in q story in which everybody over
looked the irrevelance for the fun that
was in it. The mining conditions next
occupied his attention, in his zeal to
make all clear to the now somewhat
restless jury, going back quite to the
7palezotie age. He quoted voluminously
from Hayden's survey; he carefullyex-
planned the difference between the
water-worn sedimentary rocks and the
crystalline structure Of the fgneous;
going on to describe the differing char
acteristics of the metamorphosed sedi-
mentary rocks of the Cambrian, silurian
and carboniferous series until the gap
ing jury, first amazed at such show of
erudition, were presently yawning for
sheer weariness:' Right manfully he
: held his ground until itappeared clear
that another word would make his case
forever abhorred in the minds OF that
unhappy six; resuming his seat at last
in complacent consciousness that it
lacked but IL minutes of four o'clock.
With the four witnesses at hand he felt
sure of using up the remaining time be-
fore court adjourned, while before nine
o'clock the next morning he felt that
something must be discovered of Harvey
Neil.
The first witness for the plaintiff was
the surveyor who had made the original
location for the Grubstake as we'll an
the Mascot lode. He produced a note
book from which he read entries made
in regard to the properties some ten
years before. He thought the boundary
lines of the Mascot as there entered
were the same as appeared in the United
States; patent of q later date, but it was
:, some, time. before he appeared to be
perfectly sure. He mumbled in his
speech and appeared to- be on the:verge
of mental wreck whenever a new ques.
:tion was put to him, than which moth
ing could have been more satisfactory to
Donald Bartels at the present jupcture.
The unhappy gentleman was :encour-
aged to take his time, and, although Mr..
Criley courteously waived the privilege
of cross-examination, fully rs minutes
had been used up before hatchet-
faced man in mining garb took his
place upon the stand. He had been
one of the original locators of the
Grubstake claim, and he ruefully ex-
planned how .ha and his partner had
conducted. thei4l iplnproatable expert
nent under spirit1ai direction. He re.
lated, with sly ifppreciation of the en-
tertainment he als aaffording, that they
had perseveredidns Aheir'> work until
they had not Sd mitch to live upon as
'the smell of aSioSi1ed rag" when he
in the old tunnel ttnef pulled out" No;
they had nevet, discovered any min
eral to speak OF, he disgustedly = de.
clared; they hadhstruck asshorse" OF
black granite t4!Hht Mas almost e hard
as flint tho drst sfh a q and in. his opinr
ion it went straightlthrough the noun
tain; at all EVENT.; 3fhey had never seen
; the, end, Of it. 'fHal IL had never. mined
under spirit direetieh sbefore"or since;
it had been 1rffs Partner who had got
him into that serapei, and he grimly
averred that hezrdidn 't.want no more
of it in his" to the great delight Of tho
appreciative. idlers in the back of the
room. : Mr.. Criley had a>few questions
to ask Of this witness, but could elicit
nothing tending to show. that the Grub
stake, as originally located, had devel-
oped anything even remotely suggest
ing the mineral Of its present ship
ment. p $500 - 't,->.s..
But half an hour remained to be dis
posed Of when the next witness took the
chair, a mining engineer and expert
whose reputation stood second to none
in the state. He had carefully exam
lined the Mascot mine, it's surface ground
and workings, and he would state that
it was unquestibnably true Assure
vein, with foot and hanging walls most
clearly defined. He described the char.
acter Of the country rock" the width
between walls, direction and dip of the
vein, demonstrating the character OF
it's ore by certain specimens which;
after objections on the part of Mr.,
Criley,: were given to the jury for ex-
animation. He described the: !"fault"
which occurred in the hanging7wallot
the mine, explaining by,what natural
agency it had been oceasioned, declar.
ing very positively: that. he had been
able: to discover 40 evidences whatever
of any true vein intersecting the Mas
cot at this point. Further, under AM
order from the court, he had, some
months before, made an examination Of
the Grubstake property, finding there
no true lead except small knife-blade
seam which had been opened up, in
the 15O-foot level, which was not in evil
dence in the present case. The rich
ore body claimed by the mine all lay
within the territory Of the Mascot, &C.
cess thereto having been gained by fol-
lowing as true lead the slip or fault
in the Mascot's hanging wall, as afore-
said. But although he had much to
say, this gentleman spoke with swift
Grectness that consumed little timei