The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-19
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1 spent in the Occur d'Alenes. During the
| past two years he had made examina-
4 stion of many mines to ascertain their
value. He had in particular worked for
/ the Washoe and Anaconda companies.
| He had devoted much time to an exam
| nation of the Rarus. He surveyed for
| the patent for the Rarus He also had
/ been interested in a lease on the Snono-
! mish. and afterwards on the Michael
| Dewitt. lie was in charge of the work
running the Snohomish drift westerly
| to the east end of the Rarus claim, and
| raise was started from there up to
the 600 of the Rarus, thence to the $50,
| and on up to the surface wash. He was
| in charge of the work, and unquestion-
ably the Snohomish raise was made on
the vein. From the GOO to the 450 it is
carried practically vertical in the vein
all the way. From the 450 the raise
was carried to the surface on the con-
tinuation of the lead.
1.-THE area of ground embraced in this
controversy" said Mr.. GiIlie, lis only
a small portion of what is represented
on the model. These slopes in red are
the Mckinley slopes on the 700. Just
above are the yellow workings, which
represent the Bryan slopes Then come
in green color the 450 slopes. If we
trace the top or apex of these slopes to
the Michael Dewitt ground to your sat
isfaction, we have done all that is
necessary to show we owned the ore in
these slopes instead of the defendants
owning them"
The witness then described the Snoho-
mish raise, which. under the claim of
the plaintiffs, follows the vein up from
the slopes in controversy to the apex on
Michael Dewitt ground. From a verti-
cal line from the bottom of the Snoho-
mish at the 600 foot level to the sur
face the departure is only 80 feet. One
al limo oh RID fro, f,,H
to the bottom of it. The raise was not
pushed under surveyors directions, but
by miners. who We're merely instructed
to follow the vein. The vein did not at
any point turn to the north, and the
plaintiffs had no difficulty in keeping to
the vein. It was supposed by Mr.. Me-
Farlane that at one point the plaintiffs
hat lost the vein, and had run little
drift But this, the witness said, was
only runa few feet to get place to
store timbers in. The witness described
all the work done by the plaintiffs. the
raises, cross cuts. shafts and levels made
to show where the veins apexed. BY
actual workings it was ascertained that
the three veins in the Michael Dewitt
all apex in Michael Dewitt ground south
of the south side line Of the Rarus.
There are two small seams going north
from three to six inches in width. There
is nothing, however, going toward the
WHICH WOuid De CONSIDERED as
vein. The naturalization south of the
Wind1ass vein is greater.so far as seams
are concerned, than it is north of the
Rarus south line. The north slopes
apex in the same line as the south, or
Windlass vein, about 100 feet south of
the Rarus line. The cross vein apexes
about 10 feet south or the line, at the
point nearest to it, These veins do not
in any point apex in the Rarus Wheth-
err considered as all the same vein, and
that the footwall vein, 1t would still be
10 feet south of the Rarus south line
But the witness considered that they are
undoubtedly separate veins. and We're
so regarded by the miners who worked
them. The north vein is 80 feet from
the Windlass vein at the $50 level The
ground between is the regular country
of that portion of the district some por-
phyry, but mostly granite. The gran
lite is altered just as it is in other parts /
of the district. The granite Is scanned
and cracked, the seams resembling a
eobweb 1t would be possible to go on
one seam, follow that until it struck
another, and then go off on that until
another was reached, and keep on
changing seams until one reached near
~ any point he wished to go. That is
found all over the district. There is a
clear separation between the two veins.
What do you say as to the east fault
Undoubtedly it cuts it off. The
fault is persistent, and you can locate it
anywhere in new or old working. You
can map 1t and find it within few feet
of where you had 1t Indicated"
Does the vein continue through the
fault"
mo. There are places where you can
go on ore each side of the fault, but it
is not on the same vein."
What do you say as 40 this being
one lode or several distinct yeins?"
Several veins. If you called it one
lode, you would have to call ii all one
lode from the North Star mine, two mics
above Walkerviile, to Silver Bow
creek"
Mr.. Vale cross examined Mr.. Gillie
Continuing on this subject Mr.. Gil
lie, | would ask if you know Mr.. Steph-
ems Raymond"
Il do
did you have a conversation with
Mr.. Raymond in December and jan
Il did not"
did you ever have conversation
with MIR. Raymond on the subject?"
Not that I know off,
Did you not say to Mr.. Raymond in
December or January last in your of
flee that you considered the mines along
the line of the Poulin, Mountain Con
and Green mountains are all on one
lode, and the Never Sweat, Anaconda
st. Lawrence and Rarus are all on an
other lode, and that In some instances
they have connecting veins, such as the
Clear Grit and the Little Mnah, and
that where such connecting veins occur
they are mostly silver?"
Il did not"
did you say anything similar to
that?"
mo, sir"
The witness said that he had spoken
to John McGinnis some time ago in re-
gard to the ore bodies of the Michael
Dewitt, but at the time he spoke of that
he didn't know what bodies apexed in
the Michael Dewitt, as not much work
had been done in the development of
the mine.
What is the apex of a vein?" asked
Mr.. Vale.