Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-05
For the Plaintiff is George w,
Robinson.
HE CUESSES AT NOTHING
In Submitting His TestimOny-He
Says It is One Large Vein
System, Faults and All.

After a rest Of two days. the attorneys
engaged in the trial of the Pennsylvania
NINE SUIT resumed their labors in Judge
C1ancy's court this morning, with George
w. Robinson on the witness stand. Mr..
Robinson began his testimony Saturday
afternoon, but before more than the pre-
lininary work had been covered court
| adjourned for the lay.
This morning he described the under
ground workings of the Johnstown lis
covery Vein and its various connections.
Below a certain point the vein had, he
SAID. a dip of so degrees. It's aDices were
the eastern end of an outcropping that
covered the entire copper belt of Butte.
1t 1ared up in places, and its apices were.
as aDices go in Butte. the most proni-
nent in the camp. Their identity could
not be mistaken, as they extended into
the valley at the east, covering in their
course the st. Lawrence and Anaconda
veins.
After imparting to the court and at
to1neys his knowledge concerning the
Johnstown, Mr.. Robinson turned his at
tention to the Rarus. He gave a minute
description of the veins of the property
at the various points of development and
coupled with it a statement regarding
the general habits of the veins of the
district. He said the vertical dipped to
the south, and where they We're of a
sulpllide nature they did not break
through the surface crust. Flat veins
had no Independent apex. A question,
he said, had been raised as to whether the
nat ore bodies passed through the faults
md hnan, ,,A N,aH ,f %Io ,>rt.. --.-
In this connection he you'd state that
they did pass through the faults, as he
had coupled them in the following veins:
Nos. l, IS, Al, Is, II, SIS. "A and s. He had
Also found the ore body in No. 10. AS to
the Windlass vein. it passed through the
east fault, making the whole ore body
one vein system.
In the direct examination no statement
made by the witness was based upon
~supposltion or rendered uncertain by UNI
supported allegation. He was emphatic
in his assertions. In illustrating the
character of the ore found at the SOO-foot
level of the Rarus vein Mr.. Robinson
placed before the court and attorneys
two sets of ore specimens 10 demonstrate
the continuity of the vein at that point.
Taking a map he pointed out the places
from which they had been ~taken-one set
had come from the vein east of the west
fault and the other from crosscut No. l3
west of the west fault.
The cross-eXamlnation of Mr.. Robinson
was commenced by Attorney Patterson
at II :05 O'Clock. He was first questioned
on points concerning the source of his
education as a mining engineer. Com
menclng way down, he traced himself
through the numerous crosscuts, levels,
raises and faults of his existence as an
apprentice and amateur, finally reaching
the apex of his chosen profession, show
ing conclusively that the faults encoun-
tered en- route We're only temporary OBJ
structlons in the course of his career.
He then began giving expert testimony
on mlneralogy. The dried up mud bot
tom of a pond was suggested to him for
comparison with the rock of a mineral
ledge between the surface aud the point
at which solid mineral is found. -
Questioned III regard to the size of the
apex of the Rarus vein, the witness said
it was 600 feet wide from the west end
line of the claim to the b., A. & P. cut.
and was visible in three places. He
traced It through the No. 3 raise to the
4%oO-foot level and thence downward,
swinging into line en- route argument suf-
f%iclently strong to make himself clearly
understood.
Mr.. Robinson is the last witness in be-
half of the plaintiff, and as soon as he
finishes his testimony the defense will
begin operations. So far the suit has
covered a period Of nearly three weeks,
and 1t may cover as much more. -
Michael Gordon will have to submit to
a trial in the district court. as Justice
Nichols has decided that the testimony
adduced against him at the preliminary
hearing warrants a holding decision.
Prior to the hearing Gordon's bond was
$50, but at it's conclusions it was elevated
$l,0oO. 1t was signed by Dr.. Bernheim
and Harry Blumkin.
Gordon IS accused Of having taken a
few hundred pounds of brass from the
warehouse of the Washoe Copper com
pany on August Is.
Antoine Dorals was arrested last night
by Officer Peters and taken to the county
jail to await an examination into his
mental condition.
The case of the state against H. c.
Hulit, charged with the practice of medi-
cine without a license, Was tried in JUS
tee Nichols court today and resulted in
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