The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-10


/ great wide mineral lode / should Judge
| IL to be 100 to $50 feet wide and possibly
wider. 1t is stopped with square sets.
From my examination of the Rarus
| lode 1t can't be anything else than one
/ lode. 1t could not be called several dis
tinct veins. This lode has it's apex on
| the surface of the Rarus except a small
| portion on the southeast corner of the
/ Rarus in the Michael Dewitt. From my
examination of the lode and the St
Lawrence lode and the connections be-
| tween them, / would consider this a
| continuation of the St. Lawrence lode. .
| Mr.. Forbis conducted the cross-exam-
| ination of Mr.. Shoemaker He told OF
| the mines he had worked in and said
| he had not worked in any mines in the
vicinity of the Rarus or between the
Rarus and the Anaconda. He had,
| however, inspected these mines when
he was mining inspector.
How do you know the St Lawrence
| lode is $50 feet wide?"
Il could tell by the fact that it is all
stopped.
Did you see the footwall and hang
ing wall there?'
Il did not look for them. but could
see that the lode must be that wide. /
could not give a definite opinion as to
the width. but | am sure it is a large
lode
st. Lawrence lode?"
Il don I know. All | know is that it
is stoped clear across
What is the character of the foot.
wall vein of the Rarus streak?"
Quartz"
..nogs n hove vel, aot;,,aa ,,.u,.,,., o.,
1t blends into vein material
.Hoasn,t every, ,,ein fro,,, ~ pa,
to Silver Bow creek din RI the south ING,
as this one Won have described in tba
Rarus?"
Yes"
"Al have that same dipe''
"All have that dip to the SOUTH
Gould you distinguish between the
granite to the north of the footwall and
that to the SOUTH"
Yes, sir
How
10 the north 1t has dry, dead, dull
appearance ard is bony. To the south
IL is mineralized.
II you located here would you have
ioeatea on one OF these veins or taken
the Whoie iooe
Before | knew the character of the
lodes of this district | would have TAX
en- each one of these stringers for
vein. But with the knowledge l have
OF the iodes of this district | couldn't
call it anything else but a big lode"
The witness said he noticed the seam
on which the Michael Dewitt or Sno-
homish raise is made. Ii is tight un-
mineralized quartz. Going down it is
better 1t is some sulphide ore. Going
up 1t is hard, tight, dry and bony and
the ore seems to be bleached out of it,
The witness did not consider it a true
insure because there was no clearly de-
nned wall on either side. 1t didn't ap-
pear TO have much mineral in it and in
some places 1t is tight. Between the
Michael Dewitt shaft and the Michael
Dewitt raise 1t Is all vein matter. The
Chase raise is one of the stringers of
the looe ana II is traceable from the
oo-toot down. 1t is eight to 10 inches
WIDE. 1t Will bulge out and then mar
row down again. There are two well
dehned veins in the Michael Dewitt
raise, the Michael Dewitt shaft and the
smart raise, but the one in the shaft
IS not so discernible. South of the
Michael Dewitt raise Is a seam which
might be two or three feet wide. The
witness could not say whether or not
TINS is the same seam on which the
Michael Dewitt raise is made.
Inc witness said that this raise is on
vein from the 400 to the 600, but not
beloW the 900. The stringers of the
Mlchaet Dewitt shaft and the Chase
raise come together on the 200.
- lheIe any connection or the Rarus
VEINS with any OF these stringers in the
Michael DeVitt!
nave never IolioWed them through.
ney are not open.
none OF the streaks then have been
ueN eiop r., oo"h INTO the Mlchael Dewitt
Slopes
nave not seen any stopping.
ANY raises or other development
WORK from the Rarus side down to the
Micnael levitt Slopes!
None mat Know OF
Inc witness said he did not see the
alleged lauil IN tunnel NO ..
IN ieuifect examination the witness
sala .ndt the free Mining raise which
continues up from the $50 reaches Rar-
US ground In replying to the question
Oh MI. forDls ne SAID he had thought
tnat Mr. forpls was asking about