The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-11

You say the High Ore is an awful
big lode?"
"Ycu bet
And the hanging wall hasn't been
j found YETI"
/ THAT it hasn't"
And the lode is already half mile
! wide?'
Well. that's just a calculation OF
| mine. ! never measured 1t, but IL looks
| awful big"
1T is i bigger lode than the Rarus
! them"
a whole lot bigger"
And no wall YETI"
/ "Niver WALL
Then it may run clear down to Sill
/ YER Bow creek"
It's likely to; yes"
The witness was cross-examined
| about as the other witnesses had been
in regard to the workings of the Rarus,
the stringers and seams and hanging
and footwalls, etc.
What Is the difference between ordi-
nary country rock beyond the walls and
| that between the walls?'
1T is mineraliZed more between the
walls"
How much naturalization does it
take to make part of the lode out of
country rock?"
Well. sir, that's a puzzle. 1t is, in
deed
Doesn't all granite carry half of
one per cent. of mineral in this dis
trict?"
NO. sir; I don't think 1t does. Much
of i. goes nothing"
Have YOU ever assayed to ascertain
what per cent of mineral is in the
grante?"
NC, sir; but | have assayed lead
matter that / thought ought to go
pretty good, and Ii went niyer a
trace"
Where did you get any such assay
as that
Il got ii over on your claims, Mr..
Forbis, over around the Black Rock"
II am speaking of copper lodes. not
OF silver" said Mr.. Forbis, and the wit
ness was excused.
John Byrne. mining inspector, was
the next witness for the defendant He
had been a miner II years before be-
coming mining inspector. He had ex-
amined mines considerably in this dis
trict and had worked in about all the
big copper mines, including the Ana
conda, St Lawrence. Mountain Con,
Green Mountain, High Ore. Bell,
Colusa- Parrot, Ramsdell- Parrot, and j.
l. c. He had spent six days examining
the Rarus and concluded ii was all one
lode. The witness described specifically
about as other witnesses the mineral
ization OF the lode, its walls, etc.
You have worked in the Anaconda
| and St. lawrence"
''Indoubtedl5.
You know that the st. Lawrence is
| Immediately west of the Rarus@"
Yes
What do you think as to the Rarus
being on the same lode as the St. Law
renee and Anaconda2"
Il have not formed an opinion as
| have not examined the underground
workings of the west end of the
Rarus."
What do you think of the surface
/ indieations?"
From The surface indications
should think ii likely that the Rarus
! Is the same lode as the st. Lawrence
/ Colusa-Parrot?
/ Yes"
rs that a large lode?"
| 1T is Is 10 so feet wide-not one of
very wide lodes.'
Mention some of the wide lodes"
'"The ST. Lawrence and Anaconda are
/ extremely large lodes. So is the High
! Ore The Mountain Con and Green
/ Mountain are good average Butte
! lodes.''
MIR. Byrne was carried over the usual
series Of questions in cross -examina-
| ton.
What is this lode composed OFF,
/ Various streaks of ore separated
| by vein material"
What Is the vein material?'
/ Altered granite
What is altered grantee
You must ask the experts that ques-
| ton. | know il is altered but can
| explain the alteration. The change Is
clearly discernible to the eye of the
miner and it is always Vein material
The witness admitted that he was ar
| appointee of Governor Smith, one OF tht
| plaintiffs attorneys.
Max Boehmer of LeadVille, Colo, q
| civil and mining engineer. was the neSt
| expert. He said he obtained his educa.
tion in Hanover. Germany. He Wen
on al length, and in a very interesting
manner in his description of the geolo
| gy of Butte. Mr.. Boehmer had black
board with colored pencils and illus
| trated his explanations.
There are two kinds of rock strik
ingly prominent in the Butte district
said Mr.. Boehmer. 'They are porphyrs
and granite. The porphyry came latel
than the granite. 1t is an eruptiv,
rock 1t Is plainly illustrated by tht
big butte which is such a feature II
the western landscape Of your city. II
the eruption the harder rock has beer
| left standing while that around wa!
softer and fell away. In this butte ane
the bodies connected With it. | find thi:
ernptive rock differing in various
places in its appearance But 1t Il
enough similar 10 show that all of th'
rock was made out of the same dough
This butte is the central point of ;
heavy eruption Of this rock. There arr
number Of spurs running out in dykei
or bodies of porphyry such as ore fount
in the underground workings of TIN
Rarus and other mines in the Nieinit,
of the Rarus. These dykes or bodies o
porphyry all. CT nearly ALL point TOWARD
the hig butte.
The granite rock has no special fea
lures. You can scarcely ten any dit
ference in Ii AT one place or another.
The assuring, which causes the or
bodies alsa turn in the same direction
toward the big butte. This erupiiy
rock. porphyry, occurs i'm very errati
manner Sometimes the fissures ar
vertical or nearly so. Dyke is the nam
given To this eruptiye rock when il !
formed into sheets,
''On the surface of the Rarus hill tn
first thing which struck me was tn
! very prominent outeron Of quartz, ex
traordinarily heavy for Butte, starting
a 4 a.