Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-01
MADE A MISTAKE
But it Was Due to a Shortage
of Development.
CORRECTED LATER ON
Expert Tower Traces the Veins of the
RaruS From Near the Sur
face Down 100 Feet.

In view of the fact that Monday is to
be observed as a legal holiday Judge
CLANCY will not hold court, but in order
to give the attorneys in the Pennsylvania
mine suit an opportunity to get over and
under as much ground as possible this
week, will hold a session of court tomor-
row for their especial benefit. conse-
quently there will be no motion docket
business until a week from tomorrow.
The cross-eXamination of George w
Tower, the seventh witness for the plain
tiff in the Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany's suit against the Boston & Mon
tana, was commenced this morning under
the leadership of Attorney Scallon. Nh.
Tower said he was formerly connected
with the government geological survey
and his first visit to Butte was in 1896.
for the urpos Of making an exaniEa-
ton of the mineral district. . After the
folio had been prepared, nearly three
years later. he had received word from
Mr.. Robinson to the effect that his report
concerning the naturalization Of the
RaruS mine was somewhat at variance
with the actual conditions Of the proper
ty. THE drawings ! had made"
said he, indicated a displacement Of the
vein. ! returned to Butte from WASH
ington and found that Mr.. Robinson was
correct
AS a government official you found the
vein displaced and at the request Of Mr..
you found it all right said
Mr.. Scallon. is that correct?"
NO. that is not correct" answered the
witness. when | made the first exam
ination there had not been done a sutfi-
Gent degree of development work to fully
determine that the transverse assures
We're faults or otherwise. Since then,
however. work enough has been done to
demonstrate that these faults pass
through without interruption. l know
from my examination that the trans
Verse assures are older than the veins
and ore faults. There are three veins in
the Rarus. One is known as the Ralus,
one the Johnstown and the other the
north-connecting vein, which forms a
conjunction with the Rarus."
Mr.. Tower was questioned closely in
regard TO the age Of the veins, porphyry
dykes and clay found in the property in
controversy, but he would not theorize.
What he knew he knew and that which
he did not know was not given perman-
ent standing on the affirmative side of
the testimony. He was shown a sample
of rock taken from the I00-foot level of
the property and asked if he could tell
whether it had been subjected TO the ac-
ton of water. His ansWe was in the
affirmative.
What is termed secondary enrich
ment' was explained by the witness. 1t
was. he said, the result of water seeping
from above and carrying with it mineral
which it deposited in the rock below
Sometimes this water deposited its min
eral substance many feet from the Vein
The assures referred to in connection
With the Rarus, he said, Gould be traced
to within $50 feet of the surface near the
east end of the air He had seen them
i'm drift No. 8 of the 7OO-foot level 2S(
feet from the south side line of the Penn
s%ylvania. From the point at the east enc
of the Rarus to the place in the 700 leve
where the assures We're visible it was
$50 feet southwest, but on a horizontal
line it was less. The strike of the west
transverse fissure was northeast and
southwest.
Mr.. Tower defined the term mineral.
ization' n its application to lodes and
veins. He also spoke Of the affinity Of
veins and lodes.
The Plumbers and Gas Filters union
has been made defendant in a suit
brought against it by Richard Morrison
to recover judgment for 800. Besides the
union there are several individual de-
PENDANTS. among them John Duranger,
William Magill, William Walsh, William
killeen, Tom Cooney. Tom O'Malley,
Walter Porter, John Kennedy, John
Reardon, Gustav Bush and Cos Martin.
In his complaint Morrison alleges that
since April /, 1898. the defendants have
levied and collected from him 500 by
intimidation and raud. which he had to
pay or cave the city. He paid the money
under protest, he says, and has since
then demanded it's return, but the de-
PENDANTS have refused to surrender it.
Victoria Dlubala is suing Louis Dlu-
bala for divorce on an allegation of cruel
ty and inhuman treatment. Their mar
riage occurred at Rodorn, ILL.,, September
3, 1886, and they have five children. Be-
sides a decree of legal separation she
asks for the return of her Made name,
Victoria Louimska.
The suit brought by Victor Paltrovich
against NJ. Roth for an accounting and
the appointment of a receiver for the
business in which they were engaged,
that of pawnbroking. has been dismissed
as settled at plaintiffs cost not to exceed
SOS. so.
John Collins has petitioned the district
court for the probate of the will of Cath
crime Sullivan. The estate consists OF
$500 cash in the State Savings bank
Robert COombe, administrator OF the
estate of j. H.. Brandt, has p%etitioned the
court for an order of settlement and dis
tribution of the estate, which consists OF
$163. go in cash. 1t formerly amounted tc
S347. 10, but the following expenses were
charged against it: Undertaken. for bur
ial of body, $125; advertising, $3.50:
| clerks fees, IS; attorneys fee IEmmet
Callahan), $50. Balance on gld. s166. 60
to be distributed among eight persons.