The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-05


Nephi. Dec. 4.-Upcn the opening Of
court this morning John NJ. Zane
continued the discrimination of
Engineer c. P. Brooks with a view to
showing that some of the Slopes and
workings were not represented on his
maps. that they were not complete and
otherwise incorrect, but were made to
favorably illustrate the case Of the
Crane Central.
Bert Holden, who has been present
during the whole of the trial watching
the case very closely and at the elbow
OF the Grand CentraTs counsel, ready
at all times to advise with them and
10 make suggestions upon the cross
examination of the experts of the
Mammoth people. was the next wit
ness called to the stand. He testified
that he was a graduate of Harvard
university and had practiced his pro-
fessiOn mostly in Utah, and had been
superintendent and manager of sew
erai mines in this state and had also
examined mines in most of the western
mining states He had made special
examination of the Mammoth and
Grand Central ground in controversy.
He testified that the calcite and iron
stained lime that the Mammoth ex-
perts had referred to so frequently as
the vein matter connecting their vari-
Gus slopes and indicating the course of
the vein, had nothing to do with the
economic naturalization of the vein,
was not deposited at the same time
and was in no way connected with it.
That the same could be found in all
limestone formations. He testified
that iron was one of the most univer-
sally distributed minerals and that all
lImestOneS carry, generally speaking,
from half to one per cent of iron in
the shape of an iron oxide, and that
this iron and calcite was almost uni
versally deposited in seams and
cervices by the action of the surface
waters becoming supersaturated with
minerals made SO by coming in con-
tact with mineralized rocks.
He testified that veins received their
deposits of mineral mostly from asid-
ulated waters coming from great
depths, bearing in solution minerals,
such as gold. silver and lead, and also
gaugue matter such as quartz. He
said that water under great pressure
had greater solvent powers than under
the mere atmospheric pressure, so that
as they came up from the deep into
the assures of the eaTth's crust they
became over charged with mineral,
and thus the minerals were deposited
as they were found in mines. Mr..
Holden then went into a general
description of the two mines and
agreed with Mr.. Jennings of the Nam
moth people in many particulars
Just before Mr.. Holden was called TO
the stand there was a telegram came
to Judge Henderson, which resulted in
his asking for a suspension of the pro-
ceedings for a few minutes. The at
tOrneys of the Grand Central and some
of the experts retired to the consulting
room, and when they returned Mr..
Holden took the stand. Tt was learned,
however, that the telegram which in
terruptedl the proceedings was an an
nouncement of the death of Mr.
Holden's wife. But as the train did not
leave till 3 o'clock this afternoon. it
was deemed best to say nothing to
Mr.. Holden about it till the train was
ready to leave, it being evidently
thought advisable not to put him under
the painful experience Of this sad news
until he could depart Immediately.
Many Of the attorneys seemed much
affected, and the cross-examination of
Mr.. Holden was cut short.
In the crOSS-examinatIOn of Mr..
Holden John NJ. Zane took the witness
from the Condor tunnel between the
two lines running east and west from
the 500 level to the surface and Mr..