Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-20
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Experts Talk About the Blue
Vein Cutoff
DIR. RAYMOND RECALLED
Found Very Little Ore in the Granite
Saw No Union of Disputed
Veins.
DIR. RAYMOND RECALLED

The cross-examination of Expert E. E.
Chase in the trial of the Colusa-P Parrot
Anaconda suit was completed yesterday.
The cross-examination was conducted
by Mr.. Cotter. Mr.. Chase reiterated his
belief that the blue vein cut off the
Colusa. He had also, he said, seen the
blue vein cross the Ramsdell-Parro at
the 400 level. At that point it was 80 feet
| wide and the stopping was all to the
, northwest. While admitting that the
ore in the Colusa-Parrot slopes con-
tinued beyond the blue vein, Mr.. Chase
said that the ore was of the drag va
riety.
c. c. Rueger was the next witness. Mr..
Rueger said he had made several exam
nations ~recently of Raise No. 4 in the
| Colusa-Parrot 700. He corroborated Mr..
| Chase's testimony as to the blue lode
at his point. There was nc indication
of a union Of veins. he said, at the 500
level of the Never Sweat.
Mr.. Rueger also believed that the
slopes on the 400 Of the Ramsdell-Parrot
were in the blue lode. What had been
called the Colusa Nc. 4 vein on the
! Ramsdell 400 he would consider q paral-
lei fault fissure.
In the 800 crosscut Of the Never Sweat
Mr.. Rueger said there were some quartz
SodD1S, Dul lie ulO IOI COISluCI lie
ground Of the same material as that of
the granite horse in the Anaconda. Mr..
Rueger took several samples from the
ground. the character of which he de-
scribed in detail. In no instance did they
show commercial ore.
D.. W.. Brunton being recalled was
asked to describe No. 4 raise Of the
Colusa-Parrot. This raise he said ran
through the Anaconda horse. There was
nothing there that indicated any union
or Junction. Mr.. runtOn maintained
that there was a continued divergence OF
the Anaconda and COlusa- Parrot veins
as depth vas attained.
DR.. Rossiter w. Raymond was recalled
this morning to testify to some recent
explorations maze by him in the disput-
ed ground. He was ami with Spe-
cial reference to the O0-foOt level Of the
COlusa-Parrot, at which the point where
according to Expert Chase's testimony
yesterday the blue vein cut off the ore
body. This DR.. Raymond illustrat-
ed by means of blackboard drawings of
the workings on or near the blue vein
on the 70O-foot level where he located the
final footwall of the blue vein.
Asked if he had been in the crosscut of
the 500 Never Sweat recently DR.. Ray
mond said he had made an examination
Of it this morning. At 1880 O'Clock this
morning that crosscut was in 17OH feet
south from the middle of the lateral drift
anu WITH the AccpllOu u u SIIldll I-luCII
seam of sulDhide ore the whole of the
crosscut was in granite. At the extreme
point of the crosscut it gives evidence Of
approaching the blue vein but no clay
seams ave vet been cut.
Asked if he had seen any evidence of a
union of the Colsua- Parrot and AnacOn-
da veins, he said he had not and in fact
all the evidence of the ground disprOved
this theory. If there was a junction of
veins at all he said, it hould be shown
in thai crosscut. There was no way of
getting from the Colusa-ParrOt to the
Anaconda ground without crossing the
blue vein. Vein No 4 of the plaintiffs,
DIR. Raymond characterized . an ''insig-
nificant crack" belonging to one OF the
many assures of the system.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Cotter,
DR.. Raymond went over again the work
ings at the 700-foOt of the Parrot
mi described the character of the min
eral and country rock oun at various
places.
In the 800 crosscut of the Nev Sweat
he said. the granite was of a darker char
acter han that of the Anaconda horse
This was caused by the hornblende and
black mica in the rock. There was nc
indication there Of an east and west
structure in 800 Never Sweat crosscut
DR.. Raymond did lot agree with the de-
auctions made by Expert Chase.