Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Seventh Witness Now Giving
Testimony For Plaintiff.
ONE MORE TO FOLLOW
And Then the Defense Will EndeavOr
to Offset the Evidence
Already Given.

O. A. Palmer, the Utah expert on min
eral veins. their origin and general char
acteristics. whose direct testimony was
taken yesterday morning, was called to
the stand again this morning for further
cross-examination in the suit of the
Montana Ore Purchasing company
against the Boston & Montana. The
session was opened with a few questions
relative to the naturalization of the
country in inc adjacent to- the west
cross-cut of the 45O-foot level of the
Rarus mine. Asked what percentage of
copper in his opinion would entitle the
rock to be designated as mineralized. Mr..
Palmer answered, very SMALL He
would not, he said, be able to distin-
guish with the eye mineral in rock car
rying only one per cent.
On direct examination Mr.. Palmer said
his experience in his profession had COW
cred a period of 35 years. during which
he had directed the underground devel-
opment of mines, reported on mines and
drawn maps of properties. Il have been
in the employ of the Ontario Mining COM
pany of Utah for the last eight years."
said he, but ave directed the UNDER
ground work there for 25 years. I was
also employed at the DAILY mine of Park
City. Utah: the Observation-Disclosures and
the Yreka of Tintic, and the purpose Of
that employment was development with
reference to some litigation the company
hal in 1886. At one time l was also in the
employ of the Ravwood & Neatly COM
pany at Phoebe, New. At Silver City,
Idaho. I was employed by the Poorman,
II N,oc q. Dox, orI tho O,N%h;no
and others of that district. My work
there consisted in the direction of under
ground development and the preparation
of maps to be used in connection with
litigation"
I'm connection with your work have
you given any study to the subject of the
origin of veins, and the methods of ore
deposits?" asked Mr.. Hughes.
Yes; it has necessarily led to a study
of ore bodies, their occurrence, their out
line and the formation in which they
occur. Where mine litigation has taken
place that study has necessarily been a
part of the work. I have made an ex-
animation of the ground in controversy
in this case. My first visit to it was made
about a year ago. and I have in the last
year or year and a-half made several
visits, spending more or less time on each
occasion in examining the underground
workings in dispute. l have made myself
familiar with the surface and UNDER
ground workings of the Rarus, Johns
tow and Pennsylvania claims"
Mr.. Palmer traced the surface lines Of
the claims and then dipped into the
workings below. He traced the veins to
the $50 level and explored it there
throughout. He then followed it down
to the 500 through raise q, passed a little
east and picked it up again, then carried
it through to the 600 and 700. From the
700 UP to the $50 he said raise % was in
ore all the way and thence on up until
the body was brought north of the south
side line Of the Rarus n Johnstown.
You may state where the top of all The
sulphide ore bodies are that lie in the
Pennsylvania claim west of the east end
line and east of the Johnstown-Rarus
compromise line extended
"They are north of the south side line
of the Rarus within the boundaries Of
the Johnstown surveyed ground and Of
the Rarus. except at the east end there
are some portions that come to the sur
face inside of the Rarus, but not inside
the Johnstown, while at the west end the
sulphide ores as a rule pass in going to
the surface, the south side line of the
Rarus and ore found on the north side
of that line. The strike is practically
east and west and the dip south"
ITO what part do you attribute the
heavy naturalization in the large
StOpes?"
THE impregnation of the granite, as
the ore bodies are not confined to any
assure limits, but extend, where there
is a group of assures. from one to the
other and is mineralized clear through
from assure to fssure."
Mr.. Palmer was then cross-examined
and it continued until II o'clock this
morning. He said he first came here in
1886 to look after some litigation between
the Alice company over the Rising Star
and some parties whose names he had
forgotten. About a year ago he visited
Butte in the interest of this particular
case. The Johnstown discovery vein in
the surface cut ran parallel with the
Rarus vein. 1t was we'll defined. On the
700, W the Johnstown and Rarus
assures, there We're seven seams, on some
of which drifts had been driven and ore
extracted. Although not exposed at the
surface, the witness thought they con.
tinued between the two veins to the sur
face.
Following the cross-examination, Mr..
Palmer defined the difference between
the naturalization of a lodge and a vein.
and George w. Tower. a mining engineer,
was called to h stand. He is the
seventh witness for the plaintiff.
Judge Clancy admitted Samuel john
son and Albert e. Sand to full citizenship
today. Both had resided in the state
long enough to be entitled to the honor
bestowed upon them. Johnson had as a
witness Sam Crook.
well, you are not a crook, I oppose"
said the judge with a smile, after the
witness had submitted his name.
mo, sir" was the response.
"What do you know about Sam John
son?"
Il know a whole lot about him. He
is all right and will make a good Citizen"
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