The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-09

The country beyond is not mineral
| lied at all. 1t is the boundary of the
| commercial ore.
| On redirect examination Mr.. Free
land said that 1t is usual in patents TO
| describe the discovery shaft On the
map. reading from the patent, the wit
| ness pointed out the discovery shaft
! to be in the dump underneath the shaft
| house.
Joe Tetrault was next examined, not
as an expert, but in regard to an iso-
| lated fact in connection with the case
| He said he worked in the Rarus mine
when his brother Peter was an owner
in it, The level had been driven on the
$50 to a distance of 500 or 600 feet. The
work was done through No. / shaft.
He never noticed any fault or break
in the ore at all. He worked in the
mine three or four years. He had been
miner Is or IA years.
| William Walsh the next witness
was the third expert for the defend
ants. He was examined by Judge Nc
Hatton. He said he has been a miner
Is or 10 years and has worked a num-
Der of years in Butte copper mines.
He had worked in the Mountain Con,
Green Mountain. High Ore. Spectator.
Wake-Up Jim, ]. l. c., Ground Squirrel,
Clear Grit and Rarus. He worked in
the Rarus mine five years ago on the
400, 450 and 500 foot-Ievels. He worked
| in the mine about two months at that
time He had also worked there the
! past Is months. He knew the work
! ings of the Rarus and the Michael
| Dewitt. He examined the surface and
in tunnel No. 1 he found 100 feet of vein
matter. In tunnel No. he found the
same conditions and about the portal
| of the tunnel reached the foot wall of
| the lode or ledge. He examined tunnel
No. and found about the same condi-
1 -
with all appearance of foot wall On
! the end line cross-cut of the 150-foot
! level he found barren country rock.
| There were various streakS of ore run
ming east and west and interlacing. He
found the hanging wall about Is or 16
feet south of the Snohomish raise on
the Michael Dewitt. Between the hang
| ing wall and the foot wall is all vein
matter. 1t is all more or less mineral
| ICED in streaks. He examined the north
cross-cut on the 450-foot level of the
| Rarus and found the foot wall and also
a well defined streak of ore in the drift
| The foot wall was disclosed in two
places in this drift He had examined
| the streak disclosed in the Snohomish
upraise and in the Michael Dewitt
shaft. The streak in the Snohomish
upraise below the Heinze Wine is
much larger than that above the winze
in the Snohomish upraise. He described
| the streaks in the zone. There are two
principal ore bodies on which stopping
has been done and which have an east
erly and westerly direction. At this
point in the testimony of the witness
| recess was taken until O'Clock.
At the afternoon session William
| Walsh resumed his testimony. He said
! that in passing west on the 450-foot
level ore is to be found south of No. /
shaft Ore has been stopped from the
| $50 to the $50. There has been consid-
cradle stopping on the $50 north and east
of No. l shaft and some west. The foot
wall is disclosed on the 350-foot level
! so to 60 feet north of No. l shaft. Ore
| is stopped on the 400 east and west of
the shaft. Between the 400 and the $50
| foot levels ore is disclosed by having
been worked by square setting. The
| body of ore is large there. Extending
| on west there are streaks of ore with
some stopping. There are places not
| stopped, but it is all more or less min
eralized and seems to be one body of
| ore. 1t is practically the same ore body
! at the 450 to it's western limit. He
went through the Sullivan cross-cut on
| the 500 level, where is to be seen the
| foot wall. Towards the south from No.
l shaft on the 500 level stopping has
| been done and the ore continues in a
westerly course. There is a hanging
wall in the south grant drift from the
| cross-cut near the west end of the 500
| On the 600 the witness found coming
| south from No. 2 shaft lead matter to
the south Bryan stope. 1t is lead mat
ter because it has the interlacing
! streaks running diagonally and the
walls are stained with what is called
| copper salts. 1t can be found only in
rock that is mineralized. The country
rock does not have this stain. There
| is no hanging or foot wall to what is
| styled the middle ore body. Between
| the middle ore body and the north
drift on the $50 level the rock is min
| eralized and there are diagonal seams
| running through. The entire zone or
| lode is within the Rarus lines with
! the exception of the southeast corner,
which laps over on the Michael Dewitt.
| In going from the hanging wall close to
! the east end line adjoining the Snohom-
| ish and travelling to the foot wall are
many seams and streaks interlacing
| which will average two inches to four
! feet. A portion of the rock is not pay
| ore but ii is practically ore. i am of
| the opinion" said the witness, that it
is all the same body of ore. There is a
we'll defined foot wall on the north and
| hanging wall on the south, and these
| are the only hanging and foot walls
! could designate in this space. / find no
| separation whatever between this ore
| and that further west. 1t is my eX-
| perience that when you strike the foot
wall you will find more or less water
more than on the hanging wall or in the
| lode. This is always noticeable. but l
can't explain it. Between the parallel
ore streaks in the mine are boulders
and waste of granite, which is common
| in this district. In some places ii is
| just as hard as in the hanging and foot
wall but usually not so hard. There
| is a mine called the Ore of Butte on
which l once had lease, and there are
seven or eight streaks of ore running
through. In this mine l prosecuted
| from the foot wall to the hanging wall,
| $50 feet, and found nine streaks All
| these streaks l considered the same
| lode"
The witness said he had not observed
| any faults in the Rarus. He noticed