The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-15
FINISHED HIS EVIDENCE
Last Expert Witness for the
Defendant.
SOME MINOR MATTERS
A Number of Records Offered in Evil
dence-Concluding Testimony of Ge-
ologist Clarence King-Case
Will End This Week.

At o'clock yesterday afternoon
Clarence King, the last expert witness
for the defendant in the big Pennsyl-
vania mining case, who went on the
witness stand on Monday morning,
completed his testimony. This practi-
cally finished the defendants evidence
in chief. There was an epilogue, how
ever, in the way of evidence on minor
matters and number of records that
We're offered in evidence.
The concluding testimony of Mr.. King
took up the odds and ends of particu-
lars relating to various features in the
case. 1t was somewhat in the nature
of a brief summary of the main points,
and contained the statement that his
conclusions as to the existence of
north and south lode remain firm and
that the chemical analyses of the indu-
rated clay and quartz porphyry made
at his instance are correct. The origi-
nal loca ton notice of the Pennsylvania
claim was excluded from the evidence
some time ago when offered by the de-
PENDANT, and yesterday a certified copy
of it and other papers from the land
office were also excluded.
1t looks as If the end of the case will
be reached this week unless the length
of the evidence in rebuttal prevents it.
Mr.. King continued his testimony I'M
der redirect examination when the
case opened in the morning.
Mr.. King, l believe you said in your
direct examination that there were AZ
openings at the faults. where you could
see the north and south lode. Having
examined the lode in AZ places, with the
east and west veins in connection with
it, does your failure to be able to see
where the openings are caved initiate
against your conclusions that it is a
north and south lode?" said Mr.. Pat
terson.
mo, sir From what I saw at the
openings I inspected I believe the faults
TO be continuous and the east and west
veins to be cut off universally said
the witness.
.'You agreed with MT Hughes that all
water that comes. up from below in the
ground is originally surface water. Is
there anything to show that the water,
when it comes UP, retains any OF its
original character as surface water?'
THE waters charge themselves with
many mineral salts as they pass
through the earth They may undergo
vast number of changes The fact
that the surface waters have organic
matter as they go down is no proof
that they will have the least like char
acter in the world when they come up
as artesian waters.
please give a resume of your ideas
Of redisposition in the ground
II believe the water had a perma-
nent water level at the lower limit of
oxidation because ! believe it had an
exit at that point. If this level had
been higher the top of the sulphide ore
would have been higher; oxidation
would have stopped at that point
Wherever the point of exit for the
water is reached the end of oxidation is
reached"
Then, do you deny the possibility OF
redeposition?
1T seems impossible to me-"
so no redeposition of sulphide ore
above the water level could have taken
placer"
None"
Mr. King gave a further explanation
on this subject which tended to bear
out his position.
You were shown some slides of ore
by the plaintiffs council in connection
with the subject of redepostion. What
did they indicate to your mind?' said
Mr., Patterson.
"AIl ! could see by the light l had
was pyritic crystals, l would not like
to be bound by the examination l was
able to make" said the witness.
Was there anything about the slides
to throw light upon the question of re-
deposition?"
''As far as I could see, they have no
weight at all in determining the cues
ton of redeposition."
You were asked questions about the
analyses of decomposed quartz por
phyry. Can you determine the differ.
ence between quartz porphyry and clay
slate?"
Yes. sir"
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