The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-22

| for the enrichment of a vertical zone
! 200 feet in depth. He was of the opin-
| ion that the water changed its level at
| intervals, but did not believe the con-
| dition of enrichment named had been
| produced in the controverted ground.
| Does the grinding up of a sub
stance make it clay, without the agency
| of decomposition asked Mr.. Hughes.
| Il should think some decomposition
| necessary But clay is an indefinite
| term Kaolin' is the scientific term,
| and kaolin is entirely the result of de-
composition" said the witness.
And kaoln is the pure base of all
clay, modified by other substances?"
Yes"
The second redirect examination was
taken up here, and Mr.. Patterson
brought out the fact that in the part
of his book on re-enrichments read by
Mr. Hughes, the geological writer Phil
lips had quoted the article by Douglass
as his authority. Prior to this it had
appeared that the contention of Mr..
Hughes was supported by two distinct
that there was only one authority dupli-
Gated, there was general laugh in
which Mr.. Hughes and his associates
joined. Mr. Patterson remarked dryly
that the geological works seemed built
on the same plan as law books.
When he had finished reading Mr..
Douglass statement that the re-en-
riched zone in the Butte mines has a
vertical depth of 200 feet, he said
Mr. Bulky, what is the extent of
the ore bodies in the ground in litiga-
tom"
About 500 feet" said the witness.
We'll, then after you have passed
down 200 feet, does the 30O-foot part
below differ in character or richness
from the 200 feet above, directly under
the oxidized area?''
mo: l observed no difference"
This concluded the testimony of Mr..
Bulky, and William Braden was calleo
to the witness stand.
He said that he is % years old and
a resident of Helena; has lived 10 years
in the state off and on, having been
shorter periods at intervals. He worked
for the Montana company for year
as an assistant engineer.
He worked on the surveys and maps
of the Elkhorn mine; was in the en-
gineerng department of the Anaconda
Mining company for a year; and
worked for the Butte, Anaconda & Pa
cific railroad. He went to Colorado as
a chemist and assayer for the Arkan-
sas Smelling company, and was assist
ant superintendent for it later, spend
ing year and a half at Leadviile. He
returned to Montana and went into the
business Of a consulting engineer, go
ing, after that, to British Columbia to
examine mining property for mining
company. In 1894 and 1895 he spent a
year in Chill and Peru, examining
mines. He then spent some time in
vestigating mining localities in Cali
fornia, Colorado, Arizona, Washington,
Montana, Idaho and British Columbia.
From that time till now he has had
charge of various mining properties,
and is at present a consulting engineer.
He is also employed at present by the
Butte & Boston and the Boston &
Montana companies, and has bust
ness office in Butte.
He attended an academy in Connec-
ticut and the Boston Institute Of
Technology. Since leaving school he
has followed his business continuously
and striven to improve both his prac-
teal and scientific knowledge.
He has had the ground in contro-
versy under examination since Novem-
Der, 1898. and has made a careful study
Of and is familiar with, all the subject
matter involved in the case.
Mr.. Braden described the geological
character of the ground in controversy
in a general way. He said that the
ground mass is granite. Then he de-