The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12
BOTH WANT THE 81 ACRES
Mr.. Heinze Says He Needs the
Land in His Business.
THE B. & B. SAYS so, TOO
Testimony on the Order to Show Cause
in the Condemnation Suit
Brought by the Montana
Ore Purchasing Co.

The hearing on the order to show cause
in the condemnation suit of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company against the
Butte & Boston was resumed before
Judge Clancy last night. but was not
completed and will be taken up again to-
night.
f. Augustus Heinze was on the witness
stand and testified that he was the presi-
dent and general manager of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company. The company,
he said, was engaged in mining and
smelling ores and purchasing and treating
custom ores. A large percentage of ores
require concentration before they can be
smelted. The witness said it was neces-
sary to have very large tract of ground
upon which to dump tailngs, because the
water which is run out with the tailings
must be used over again, and it is neces-
sary to have a large dump so that the
water can be drained off and stored Mr..
HetnZe said 1t was absolutely necessary
for the operation of his concentration to
have the 81 acres sought to be condemned.
About so per cent of the ground is al
ready covered by tailings and water In
answer toea question from Mr.. Cotter as
to the probable length of time the dump
ing ground would be needed Mr. Heinze
said that judging by the developments in
his mines and similar ore bodies in other
mines of the camp, 10 years would be
very conservative estimate of the life of
the mines.
who determines what custom ores
should be treated by your company" ask
ed Mr. Evans on cross-examination.
II don't know that 1t is any ones bust
ness to do that. We are in the business
.,c vt,,St t,,l-
u.s. ~
You don't pretend to say that you take
all TIE ore that is offered?'
I'VE are trying to do So
did you not recently publish notice
in the papers that you would not take
any more custom ores?"
mo, SIR"
Was such notice not published for
the Montana Ore Purchasing company?'
I. No, saw 1t in the newspapers but l
don't know how it got there. There is
great deal in the newspapers that gets
there In one way or another"
Don't you know that the notice was
authorized by your company"
mo, It was not authorized
Mr.. 1einze said that his company treat
ed from 1000 to 5000 tons of custom ore
a month.
I'VE have not refused to handle custom
ores he added, but there IS a sort Of
a
offered u.s.
The company has about $780, 900 invested
in its smelter and concentration.
George H. Robinson, who said he was a
miner by occupation, testified that he had
been in that business for 20 years and
was now employed by the Montana Ore
Purchasing company as consulting en-
gineer. He said it was necessary to con-
centrate the low grade ores and that the
ground sought to be condemned was nee
essary for the operation of the concen-
traitor. The tailings are now being Dump
ed upon that ground.
At the conclusion of the plaintiffs case
the defendant, the Butte g. Boston, Of
fered testimony to prove that it needed
the ground itself for its own Mines
smelter and concentration.
William Wrath testified that he made
map of the ground in question and said
the Butte & Boston reduced all its ore at
the company's smelter in Butte, and that
the ground wanted by the Montana Ore
Purchasing company was required for
the came purpose by the Butte & Boston.
The witness said the company was operat-
ing the Gray Rock Blue Jay, Silver Bow
No. !, Silver Bow No and the Berkeley
do you know such a corporation as the
Amalgamated Copper company?", asked
Mr.. Cotter on cross-examination.
mo, sir. l do not"
"Do you know whether that company is
operating those mineS?"
mo- sir; all the work I did at those
mines was done for the Butte e. Boston,"