The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-01
BUTTE NEWS.
AKERS WAS UNDER FIRE
But the Cross xaminatio Was
a. Brief One.
A FAULT WITH TWO WALLS
That Is What Expert Tyler Said Whom
Called to the Stand for the De-
fense-Some Geologi-
cal History.
A FAULT WITH TWO WALLS

The cross-examination of Expert
Akers was the briefest cross-examina-
ton in the big Pennsylvania case as re-
lates to the defendants witnesses. Mr..
Akers was under fire from the plant
ifs counsel for less than a day, while
the other witnesses varied from day
and half to four or five. This may be
explained by the assumption that the
attorneys are growing weary, or by
the assumption that the ross-examina-
ton was not sufficiently profitable to
warrant its extension. ........
Il should call the formation fractur
ing the east and west veins crosswise
one big fault with two walls is what
Mining Expert Sidney W. Tyler, the
sixth expert for the defendant, said
when it was up to him. to explain the
fault assures. He gave it as his opinion
that the formation of the fault assures.
the displacement Of the moved area
and the disorganization and reconstruc-
ton and Encouragement of the inter-
fault zone We're accomplished in one
fell throw, geological and rhetorical,
and that the formations in the ground
between the outer walls of the faults
so completely lost their identity that the
entire mass now composes one great
fault. He recited the geological history
of the ground in dispute in lucid terms
and attributed the same chronological
order of origin to the formations as the
five preceding witnesses, adding the
weight of his evidence to theirs.
At the opening of the case Mr.. Akers
went on with his testimony.
What is the difference between the
hn%x tI,n 20, nd
that outsider" asked Mr.. Hughes.
THE entire zone between the faults
is much more broken and crushed than
that outside" said the witness.
The witness said that inside the
faulted area there are, at the faults,
several parallel fault planes at places.
Sometimes the first one is the main
fault plane: sometimes it is not. The
witness said the broken material in the
fault crevices has width of more
than 20 feet in some places. The frag-
ments of the broken material vary in
size, reaching a magnitude of three or
four feet. The clay slip also fluctu-
ates in the matter of width from an
inch to a foot or more.
How finely is the crushed material
ground within those limits?" asked Mr..
Hughes.
Il would not attempt to define that,
said the witness.
He said the country along the fault
lines is lighter in color than that away
from it. The clay slip has different
colors in the oxide region and the sui
phide
What is the difference in the color?
asked Mr.. Hughes.
"In the oxide region 1t Is a lightish
red; in the sulphide region it varies
from black to dark gray" said the
witness.
rs it true that the east and west
assures broke the ground great deal
prior to the faulting?"
Decidedly not, sir"
WAS there any breaking OF crush
ing of the ground by the east and west
assures at the time of their forna-
tion?''
Yes. sir"
Does the crossing of veins in theil
formation cause a great shattering OF
the country"
Yes. sir
Are there any veins west of the
west fault that form crossings?"
NO, sir; but some form functions"
What are they?'
1.-The iron vein joins the south vein
and the powder vein joins the north
connecting vein."
Mr.. Akers, in what respect does the
copy of plaintiffs cross section K
map that you testified to yesterday diff
fer from the originate"
ut differs in no respect"
ut is a true Copy?"
Yes. sir
The witness explained that his prin.
cipal objection to the map was regard
ing the red bands representing veins
In his opinion the veins, while in the
ground, are not at all where the rec
bands place them. He differs radi.
cally from the map in regard to this