Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-25
Explained by James w. Neill,
the Utah Expert.
HE KEEPS PACE WITH
The Rapid Propounding of Questions
and Avoids All Legal
SnagS.

The attorneys in the great mine vein
controversy, now on before Judge Clancy,
did not consume much time in the ex-
animation of James w. NeAl, the Utah
expert, who began giving his testimony
yesterday morning. Being a rapid talker,
Mr.. Neill was considerable help to the
rapidity with which his evidence was
taken; and h the legal gentlemen
knew he desired to return to his business
in Utah as soon as possible and carried
the work along as rapidly as possible.
Little more than half an hour finished the
cross-examination this morning, and
then Mr.. Kelley was recalled for further
cross-examination.
Attorney Forbis conducted the cross
examination of Mr.. Neill. The witness
said the assays taken by him showed
uniformity throughout the fissure system.
THAT is true of all the veins you have
traced here, is it not?"
Eyes, Sir"
1T is true Of all the veins in the cop
per district of Butte, is it not?"
my examination has been limited to
the veins within the mines in question::
therefore I cannot say as to the Others"
Where do you first find the vein of the
Johnstown at the surface?"
1T passes through the end line 70 feet
from the mouth of the cut. At that point
1T is merely a discoloration and it's strike
or course cannot be etermined."
Where do you next see it going east?'
Probably in the open cut, which is
about 400 feet from the other point. 1t
is disclosed there by the same discolora-
tons; and the detection of it's strike
would be a mere matter of guess. 1t is
next found in the B., A.. & P. cut and
then in No. / tunnel. In the latter there
is five or six feet of good quartz which I
took to be that vein. We next find it at
the portal of No. 2 tunnel"
I'm tracing 1t east you spoke of crop
pings. Are these groupings float or rock
in placer"
Il have no doubt they are float, as it
is hard to find rock in place at the sur
face"
And do they mark a we'll defined vein
t~here-could you locate it from these
croppings?"
II think those groupings would be
sufficient evidence to a prospecting miner
for him to decide to work there. The ex-
act line of that vein is not indicated by
this float, as the float would naturally
roll away in either direction"
do you think the JohnstcVn vein is
explored sufficiently by underground
workings and as to groupings to allow
you to say with definiteness that it has
the course you have given it?"
II think the underground workings and
the openings denote that"
"Where is the apex of the JohnstoWn?'
II don't know"
"Have you not traced it through these
workings?"
II nave traced the main branch that
comes through No. 5 shaft"
1.-The only groupings you have on the
surface is No. 5 shaft?"
YES; that I have designated"
'In your estimate of the location of the
Johnstown vein you rave crossed it
through the Rarus vein. Or, in other
words, they lie something like shears or
scissors wild open with points to the
north?"
Eyes, sir: something like that: a differ
ence practically as I have given 1t. the
difference being about 80 degrees between
the two"
Some questions We're asked the witness
relative to the veins at the 400, 500 and
600 of the Rarus.
us it not barely possible hat you have
got off your bearings in the faults below
and got hold of another vein?' asked the
attorney.
1T is possible, but not probable. 1t is
certainly continuous ore-a continuous
streak from the top to the bottom of the
raise, going up inside the outlines as
usual"
Are you going to abandon all this idea
of the apex being regular and having a
line and then go back on your senses
when you get down deep and say that
this straight line on the 700 is not what
it appears to be-"
II don't think I ave to go back on
any of my statements by saying in a
general way hat the strike and dip are
fairly regular. Those irregularities may
occur at that depth and they may not
I am quite sure the ore is continuous
throughout those workings, including the
700"
ITO what does the Windlass vein be-
long?"
1.-The Rarus. The connection is made
through the 70 raise. which goes up witt
the east end line of the Pennsylvania and
connects on ore through the Dryroon
raise"
MIR. Neill, when we closed last night
think we were speaking about the faci
as to whether you could trace the VEN
on the $50 Snohomish, the Windlass vein
or any Of the veins in the Michael Dewitt
or Pennsylvania lines beneath this faul,
into the Rarus or Johnstown, without
crossing through this faulty material III
this crushed up material to which YOU
have referred" said Mr.. Forbis.
II believe not. All the raises go through
through in ore. There must be twenty
of the raises that go through. Raise Z:
/ have identified and testified to goes
through from the $50 level o N the Wind
lass vein-through the fault and to the
south side line of the JOhnstown. on ore
Rais,s "a goes from the $50 Snohomisf
through the faults in ore. and inside OF
the Rarus surface to the 1874 raise. A
raise known as the Boston & Montana
goes uD from the Windlass vein. It Is 9