Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-17
MORE ABOUT
UNION Of VEINS
Expert Palmer CrOsS-Examined
Today.
UNITE AT THE 900 LEVEL
Believes That to be the Point, Though
it Has Not Been Proven BY
Development.
UNITE AT THE 900 LEVEL

Robinson in the Colusa-Parrot-A Anaconda
case lasted almost all the afternoon yes
terday in Judge Knowles court. The
cross-examination was conducted by Mr..
Vale.
Mr.. Robinson saw that the Anaconda
and Colusa-Parrot veins diverged on
their westerly strike and also to the east
for the distance of 800 or 400 feet there
was a divergence. The Colusa-ParroS
vein, he said, divided going to the east.
veins Nos. !, 2 and 8 uniting before going
into the Anaconda ground, and vein No.
5 diverging, II prong going northwest
and one southeast. The witness adn,itted
that vein No. 4 had both an east and a
west and a northeast and southwest
course. The witness was also cross-exam-
ined very fully as to the course of the
No. 4 Parrot vein, which the defendants
claim is a portion of the alleged blue vein.
Mr.. Robinson claimed hat the drift IN
the blue vein at this point was ON a spur
of the No. 4 vein and that the main vein
had departed from it's southeast strike.
The witness was then conducted by Mr..
Vale through all the levels between the
1900 and 600 levels of the disputed ground
and asked to indicate on maps the point
where the Anaconda vein met the north
west assure commonly known as the blue
vein. Thu highest point of junction of the
Anaconda and Colusa-Parrot veins Mr..
Robinson said was between the 800 and 600
in the Never Sweat and also at the 300 of
the Colusa. a union was shown in the
cross-cut. BY actual workings, however.
the witness said he would say that the
first place where a union of the veins
was made was betWeen the 500 and 900.
Asked, If such was the case. why the
plaintiffs never ran a drift to the north
east to get a large body of ore contained
at that point, Mr.. Robinson replied that
the reason no drifts We're run was that
at the beginning he knew nothing of the
blue vein theory and besides, whenever
the plaintiffs attempted to make openings
there they had been stopped. In conclud-
ing Mr.. Robinson said the blue vein of
the defendants should be placed much
1afther to the west where it belonged and
by doing so the Colusa-Parrot slopes
would appear east of the blue vein.
t o. A. Palmer was the next expert wit
ness. He said he had been engaged as a
surveyor and mining engineer for the last
80 years. He located in Idaho in 1864. In
1888 ne made an inspection of the Alice
mine in Walkerville, and in 1898 had been
engaged in the Michael Dewitt case. Ha
had examined the Rarus. Pennsylvania
ana other mines east of the Anaconda.
He had spent six weeks in making an ex-
animation of the Co~lusa-Parrot Never
Sweat and Anaconda mines Mr.. Palmer
detailed the result of his observation as
to the surface groupings of the ground
IN controversy, his testimony on this
point merely being a repetition of that of
other witnesses who had preceded him.
During the cross-examination of Mr..
Palmer this morning it was shown that
at the point of alleged union of the veins
OF the Anaconda and Colusa-Parrot there
had been but little development. The
maps OF ooth parties to the action show
a great deal of projection. The defend
ants blue vein was shown largely bv
projection and the union of the two veins
in controversy is shown by the same
method.
This latter condition of affairs led Mr..
ecallon, when conducting the cross-ex-
animation of Mr.. Palmer to-day. to in
qulre IT in many instances he had not
FORMED an opinion as to the junction of
Velhs' without any development what
ever. Mr.. Palmer retorted that while
such was true in a measure, the best plan
of the defendants would nave been to
drive on the ore bodies on the south vein
of the Anaconda n in that way deter
min just where the junction was.
Don't you know Mr.. Palmer that we
were enJoined from working in that por-
ton OF the ground while we We're en-
deayoring to ascertain that fact?" re-
piled Mr.. Scallon.
well, in that case I would have quit
too" said Mr.. Palmer.
We'll. that was just what we did" re-
piled Mr.. Scallon.
Mr.. Palmer said that he had traced the
Anaconda lode extending toward the
west continuously through
workings. The general dip of the Ana
conda vein was about 60 degrees SOUTH.
He believed that there was a union of
the Colusa-Parrot and Anaconda veins
at the 800 of the Colusa Parrot. Above
that the vein was separated. Mr.. Pal
mer. however, admitted that the point of
union there was no development work
done. He was positive, however. that
the Colusa-Parrot lode was continuous
from the surface to the 1,4OO level and
that there was but one vein after the
union was effected.
On what were known as the t~respass
slopes on the LOO. 1900 and 1,3OO-foot
levels. the ore had been taken from the
Colusa-Parrot below the junction of
veins. Asked II any OF the four veins of
the Colusa-Parrot formed a union below.
Mr.. Palmer replied that they did. The
No. l vein branched below the 300 and
became the branch that the Never Sweat
had stopped IN from the 600 down to 500.
1t dipped to the south and extended west
erly connecting with the No. 10 raise.
The connection on it's dip had not been
developed. Veins No. 2 and No. 3 were
connected above the 400. Mr.. Palmer,
however. could not say where No. / unit
ed with Nos. 2 and 3 as there had been no
development In portion of the ground.
Pressed for an answer he said they would
probably connect below the 800 of the CO.
lusa-Parrot, but it was merely conjec-
ture.
Asked to give the dip of the No. 1 vein
200 to the 400, witness replied that it was
between GO and 70 0eRrees- Asked r. %hot