Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-22
F rank L. SiZer Now Giving Di-
rect Testimony
IN THE BIG VEIN SUIT
He Carries the Court and Attorneys
Through the Various Slopes
and Levels.

The or James Mac
farlane in the trial Of the big mine suit
between the Montana Ore Purchasing
company and the Boston & Montana
company over the ownership of the vein
of the Pennsylvania claim, was COM
pleted late yesterday afternoon, and
Frank L.. Sizer, another mine engineer,
began giving testimony in reference to
the course and extent of the veins OF
the Johnstown and Rarus. which the
plaintiff maintains are the upper portion
of the Pennsylvania. Commencing at
the surface, he traced the various work.
ings and ore bodies of the Rarus and
~Johnstown, giving the judge n attor-
neys engaged in the case and also inter-
ested outsiders a clear conception of the
extent of the work that has so far been
performed in these claims. During the
first half of this morning his testimony
was as follows:
II had traced the vein Of the Rarus
down through the Y raise to the $50 level,
thence in the $50 level on the vein to the
1874 raise down through the 1874 raise to
the 1874 level, west of this level on the
vein to the top OF the raise. which, be-
low the 250-foot level, is called the No.
"a. The vein is continuous through these
various workings; and from the 134-foot
level l PASS dow through the "a raise,
passing on the 250-foot level through this
fiat raise, designated or cross section
IT, and I believe I got as far as the
21o-foot level, where the vein is 70 or IA
feet wide. Sulphide ore is encountered
between the 25O-foot Level and the 210 in
this raise, but only in smal streaks and
punches; and the vein is still an OxidiZed
one. Below the 21o-foot level, going on
down Through the "A raise on the same
vein, 1 find that in the main this raise
does not take the full width of the vein.
1t shows an ore streak from a, point
about 60 feet below the 210-foot level Of
from two to five feet in thickness, and
from this point down it is commercial
ore. The vein is continuous down
through this raise to the 45O-foot level,
and on the $50 level there is a short drift
on the vein, showing the strike of the
vein. The same raise is continued down
below the $50 on o~re-sulphide ore all the
way to the snohomish s5O-landing at a
point about 20 feet east of a raise put
up by the Boston & Montana company
You spoke of the Snohomish $50.
What is the elevation of that $50 as COM
pared with the collar of the shaft Of the
Rarus, the working shaft on this prop
eaty''
1.-THE snohomish $50 is about 20 feet
below the Rarus 600-foot level, the Berk-
ley shaft, on which his drift is run, be-
ing much lower dow the hill. This
VldCCo " COlllllluOuS VSl1 connection nom
the surface just west of No. 1 shaft
(Which point is on the Johnstown south
side line) to a depth of between 600 and
700 feet. I am measuring from the Rarus
shaft. The vein here disclosed is we'll
marked from the surface to the last
workings described. 1t is a continuous
vein which shows all the characteristics
of o~utcropping to start with, and contin-
uity and identity all the way through the
workings traced. The vein is exposed in
some other workings and the connection
of this PARTICULAR may say the strike of
this particular streak of ore is exposed
at both the $50 level and the Snohomish
$50 level. In the $50 crosscut, which ex-
tends from the Windlass vein to the
south, there are two other streaks of ore
exposed both having a deeper dip than
the vein l have described, being about "a
degrees from the horizontal; and the di-
rectlon of the dip in this would carry
them up under the vein exposed In the
a raise. In other words, the apex OF
uhese particular veins is plainly unde,
the fiat vein described as passing down
through the "a raise; and they do moi
pass through lido not cut it, but termi-
nate against the fiat vein in their up-
ward course"
You say AGAINST. Do you mear
Junction or cutting off ?"
"A junction. l mean a junction witt
the vein exposed in the "a raise"
you nave traced a certain ore bod,
from the surface down by means o.
what you call the "a raise to a poin,
about $40 feet below the plane of ~.
Rarus shaft or top of the Rarus sha f.
You nave traced that from the. surfac,
down as l understand. Now, state to th,
court whether Or not the top of tina
raise, the top of the ore body you hay,
traced down by the "a raise, is part q
the apex which you spoke of as the John
stown apex in your first testimony O.
part of the vein."
THAT apex is a portion of what I spok,
of as a part of The Rarus outcrop on tn,
surface, being distinguished by the tun
mel from the B., A. & F. railroad cut ant
the drift from the No.. / tunnel to the Gu
back of the boiler house north of shat
No. l and the railroad cut farther east.
Does the top of the raise connect o
not with the ore body which in it's west
erly course you identify particularly a,
the YOUNGSTOWN apex?"
Yes, sir; I described the johnston,
vein as probably making a junction witt
the Rarus vein at some point betwee,
the B., A. & p. cut and No. / tunnel. Tha
is where the junction of the two vein,
occur as far as surface indications go
I will now go back to the $50 level ant
at the bottom of the ~ raise pick up tn,
same vein and trace it down through
what is marked on this cross section a,
the No. 2 raise to the 25O-foot level. Thi
follows a vein which has an average dill
of bout IS degrees and is evidently
portion Of the vein at the 15O-foot level
After passing the $50 level it flattens O
joins a flattened streak which is shown
on this raise from the $50 on down to tn,
21O. The vein is larger and stronger afte
this junction, and while still in an oxi
diced condition there are a few traces o
eulphide ore betWeen the ESQ and the 21