Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
To FAULTS
AND FRACTURES
Mr.. SiZer is CrOSS-Examined
at Length.
THEORY OF BLUE VEIN
His Testimony Intended to Prove
That 1t Cut Off the Ore
Body.

The cross examination of Frank L. Siz.
had not been concluded when the United
States court adjourned last evening and
was continued this m%orening.
During the examination of this witness
yesterday Mr.. Sizer stated that the Ana
conda and Colusa-Parrot veins were
about 600 feet apart at a point east of the
Anaconda shaft. The two veins were
practically parallel the Anaconda vein
being much t1atter at the west end than
at the east. The COlusa-Parrot vein was
complex and had a great many changes
in its dip caused by the transverse ifs
sures. Mr.. Sizer, however, would not ad-
init thai these assures had faulted the
main vein.
Referring to the granite horse in the
Anaconda ground Mr.. Sizer said that 1t
was the material that was left between
the north and south veins, the latter
forming a union with the Colusa-Parrot
vein at a point above the 800, and the
main vein effecting a like junction near
the 900 foot level.
MI. Sizer admitted finding several small
faults IN the ground in controversy cit
ing an instance at the-9O level where a
fault had dislocated the ore streak a dis
lance OF about Is feet. However. Mr..
Slzer commended that the DEVELOPMENT
+ performed proved a continuous ore
connection through the alleged blue vein.
Mr.. Slzer was conducted by Mr.. Scallon
through the numerous raises, crosscuts.
tunnels and other workings of the colnsa !.
Parrot mine and was asked to explain the
geologlcal. neurological and other con-
ditions Of the ground.
Mr.. Steers cross-examination this
morning covered a wide scope. Faults,
fractures and vertical and transverse
assures We're exhaustively dealt with
while actual and theoretical projections
U his attention for a long time
me object Of all this Of course was to
prove for Mr.. Scallon's side of the contro-
Versy the theory that the blue vein cut
Of all ore connection.
Mr.. Sizer aid that the evidences az mo-
tion IN the alleged blue vein were very
slight and that clay seams were FREE
quently formed without any motion or
disturbance whatever. AS to the rela-
tive ages of the various assures which
existed in the ground in controversy he
sald, that the naturalization of some Of
the assures might have stopped while
thai of others might nave continued.
Referring to the ore which had been de-
nominated drag" by the defendants. the
witness said that developments of the 500.
700 and 800 of the Colusa Parrot had
shown that the ore was all connected
with podleS OF mineral in that mine On
redirect examination Mr.. Scallon asked
the witness if he had had any difficulty
in finding the alleged blue vein at the
points indicated. to which Mr.. Sizer re-
piled that in a great many places frac-
lures had been found but in no place as
wide as anything indicated on the mans
as the blue vein.
Judge Knowles at this juncture asked
the witness some further questions about
the drag" ore alleged by the defendants
to exist in the blue vein. Mr.. Sizer illus
trated this by referring to the map of the
SOO-foot level where he said there was a.
continuous ore connection by raises No. l
and 2 with the large ore bodies at that
level.
It was not drag ore, he said.
At the 1,300-fooot level he said.
the veins We're united and on the other
levels it had been demonstrated that the
ore body was continuous.