The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-15

strong evidence on the surface Of the
Rarus that there would be mineral
found below
Under the surface the witness de-
scribed what he saw. located the foot
wall and hanging wall as previous wit
nesses have done, and said that between
the two walls 1t is all copper blossom or
lead matter The faults did not inter-
rupt the continuity of ore After his
examination Of the property the wit
ness concluded that all the ore bodies
are certainly in one lode.
on ross-examination Mr.. Clark said
that as prospector he is largely guided
by outcroppings. A prospector in
strange country would be governed
largely by the surface indications.
Are there any groupings on the sur
face of the Michael DEWITT
Nothing to speak of
Then from the surface indications
you wouldn't expect anything under
the surface Of the DEWITT
mo, not from the surface indica-
TONS
Your outcrop is all up on the Rarus?''
That is the birth of the whole thing.
mo groupings whatever on the
DEWITT"
Nothing to justify making loca-
ton
You don't make locations on crop
pings, do you?'
THAT Is where you would be likely
to dig your first hole"
The witness said that in the Y A
raise the bottom of the streak is IN
stopping ground. As IL goes north It
rises in ore. Towards the top the sui
phide ore changes to the oxydiZed. In
70 raise there is also good streak.
but the witness could not remember the
size He judges that the streaks pass
through the faults without interruption
The ore is in line mostly, but bietchy in
some places.
on redirect examination the witness
said that in the Free Milling raise there
is sulphide ore to the $50, above which
is oxydized.
+. 4. Heinze was No. IL for the de-
PENDANTS,
Did YOU ever have, Mr.. Heinze,
special education as mining engineer?
Yes.
when and where"
Il graduated from the Columbia Col
lege School of Mines in 1889, and since
then have devoted much attention 10
mining, practical and theoretical.
State your practical mining expert
ence since graduation
II have visited all mining districts of
the United States, except the most
westerly portion, in the examination
and operation of mining properties, and
have examined and operated mines also
in Mexico and British Columbia, and
have been generally occupied in the
mining of ores for profit during the last
six or seven years.
when did you first become interest
ed in the ownership of the Rarus?'
About 1893 or the beginning of 1894.
And you have been operating the
mine since personally or in connection
with the Nj. o. T.. company"
Yes
Giving your personal attention to its
development"
Yes. | first had it under a lease
agreement with the owners. ! operated
it for about year under lease. There
had very little development work OF
any kind been done up to that time.
There was a crosscut on the 40o-foot
level and a little drift and crosscut
ON the 600 That with the exception of
the shaft was practically all the work
in the mine. 1t was lying idle and no
body seemed to consider that ii was
worth anything"
We'll, it's lying idle has nothing 10
do with the case" said Mr., Forbis.
We'll, 1t doesn't do anybody any
HARM" said Mr.. Vale.
THE mine was operated under my
| supervision" continued Mr. Heinze,
| for two years after acquired II. The
stopping and mining was first conducted
with Il view to developing the western
portion of the mine. The eastern por-
ton was rather neglected because the
| Snohomish was owned by outside par
| ties. and | was anxious 10 acquire that.
| Two years ago the development was
| prosecuted toward the east. The
| slopes between the faults had first been
worked out on a much smaller scale
than at present. for under the lease |
4 -,
a certain grade. But after acquiring
! the ownership we stopped more thor
oughly and got to know the ore bodies
! much better. We stopped along the east
| fault and found absolutely no break
| whatever When we went through the
| ore seam there was either ore or we'll
defined vein material. There was abb
solutely no place in the mine where the
clay seam was penetrated that ore Oh
| vein material was not found beyond
the fault where it had been east of the
| fault.
What did the clay seam occasion p
1T seems to have oceasioned abso,
lutely nothing"
Had the development of the eastern
portion of the mine been completed al
the time of the beginning of this suit
THE development was very incom
plete at the time of the beginning o.
Much money has been spent to show
the locus of the different ore streak.
and what their connections are. Whei
the suit was first started the only de
yelopment was on the south streal
under the Michael Dewitt and on III,
middle streak there were some Sigh
developments and some on the north
There was connection by diagona
drift on the 450foot level and crosscut
| ON the M shaft south Wa vera N
: terrupted by injunction proceeding
from stopping under the surface of tn
Michael Dewitt except on the nortl
vein. as the plaintiffs brought no in
junction proceedings relative TO III
north vein. | understood that tn,
Windlass drift was covered hy III
injunction suit and the middle vein wa
not covered. The south part of tn
middle ore bodies were not DEVELOPS
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