The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17

as the rock was moved west of the
faults The ground between the fault
was moved toward the north about las
feet, witness said. The witness said that
the rules applied to determine these
facts or reach these conclusions are OBJ
vious and accepted rules
The upper part of the ground between
the faults is very much broken. As de-
scent is made into the earth the condi-
ton become less marked but the
ground remains soft and the untmber-
ed drifts coming from outside the faults
have to be timbered between them.
The ground between the faults has
been broken and moved, the witness
said In the upper part the ore Is in
chunks and punches: below the veins
grow more definite and preserve more
of their identity
The witness said that the ore condi-
lions within the faults are different to
| anything outside of them. There is a
mixture of stringers, streaks and
broken granite.
The twisted, broken and mixed bodies
of ore, veins and segments of granite
| between the faults constitute a new
| mineral mass-what might be called a
new mechanical deposition of minerals,
the witness said. This was distinct
from the veins outside the faults.
Mr.. Bulky, / wish you would give
us some idea of the time it took to
create each geological formation" said
Mr.. Patterson.
The witness said that this was a diff
cult thing to do; the time probably en-
braced centuries or hundreds of CEN
turtles. After the injection of the por-
phyry dixie into the granite it probably
took a long time for it to cool. The
naturalization of the assures took hun
dreds of years, perhaps, even If rapid,
and it may have been slow. 1t was be-
You'd the power of the witness to at
tempt the time required for the fissur-
ing and the other formations. The wit
ness said that owing to the displaced
character of the float rock on the sur
face he could not tell the direction of
the apices of the east and west veins
all along their courses; rock in place
was necessary for that. He thought the
apices are east and west generally. He
traced the upper parts of the veins and
the apices, as shown in the surface
openings, using the defendants surface
map for the purpose.
The witness gave his opinion as to
| the character of some rock samples put
| in evidence by Expert Tower, witness
| for the plaintiff. As to one sample, he
| said that he did not think Mr.. Tower
| said it was porphyry, but if such was
the case he thought Mr.. Tower mis-
| taken The sample was a piece Of clay
| selvage from a fault. A sample that
| Mr.. Tower called brecciated porphyry,
| he said, was indurated clay; clay that
| had been softened by water and then
| indurated.
is there discoverable along the fault
| plane in any of the accessible workings
| the presence of injected porphyry?'
| asked Mr.. Patterson.
| mo, sir" said the witness.
| Mr.. Tower testified that brecciated
porphyry was found in the faults at
couple of places.
The witness said that he thought the
| easterly part of the north connecting
| vein, as shown on the defendants apex
map, was part of the vein; that it was
| most reasonable to conclude So The
workings were not developed sufficient
| ly, however, to prove the proposition,
| but the dip of the vein under the sur
| face corresponds with the projected
apex line,
He said that this vein has a vertical
| dip, while the south vein has dip to
| the south of rs degrees Owing to the
different dips II is probable that the
south vein departs toward the south, as
| it goes east from the point where the
| apex is last exposed the veins being
| close together at this point.
The witness traced the apex of the
nameless vein from west to east, to
| where it is cut off by the faults. He
said that the vein is not found between
| the faults. He traced the apex of the
| fourth vein south as shown under
| ground near the surface. Then he
| traced the veins that are farther south
and described them as disclosed in the
| workings.
He testified to the position of the
Johnstown discovery point as shown
him by Lee Hayes. Counsel for the
| plaintiff objected to this and the OBJ
lection was overruled.
| rs there any shaft there?" asked Mt
| Patterson.
| Mr.. Hughes objected, and the objec-
| ton was overruled.
| The witness said that there is no
shaft at the point in question. The wit
| ness described the faults and the veins
on the model, saying the latter are cut
| off by the former: he also described the
Slopes on the different levels. The wit
| ness had not finished his direct exami-
nation when the case adjourned to 10
| o'clock Monday morning.