Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15
Of ORE
EXTRACTION
DISCRIMINATION of c. S.
Batterman in U. S. Court.
DIFFERED WITH HEINZE
Considered That Some of the Latter's
Charges Were Unreasonable
and Unjust.
DIFFERED WITH HElNZE

| T.. .. BattGrman assistant SupeTlHt61lu-
emit of the Boston & Montana and Butte
! & Boston properties was on the witness
stand during the forenoon session. in the
United States court today. Mr.. Batter
man was cross-exam.ned at length on the
average cost of the ore extracted through
the Rarus shaft from the Tramway and
Snohomish properties. Mr.. Batterman
made a very ready witness his answers to
the questions ~propounded by Judge Nc
Hatton for the Montana Ore Purchasing
Co. demonstrating a thorough knowledge
of mining operations in this district.
Mr.. Batterman's direct examination be-
gan at a late hour last evening. He at
tackled the figures presented by Mr..
Heinze of the cost of extracting ore
through the Rarus shaft. There were sew
eral charges made by Heinze which Mr..
Batterman considered unreasonable and
unjust. One of the items was a very
large sum charged to drill repairs, an
other was hes ALLEGED excessive pumping
charges and other items considered excess
sive were charged to miscellaneous ac-
count.
When Judge Knowles convened court
this morning Mr.. Batterman stated that
before proceeding he wished to make a
correction. He was reported by a morn
ing paper to " said that the cost Of
drill repairs was considerably over $4,000
when as a matter of fact it was only
about $1,000.
"Oh, that's all right Mr.. Ratterman,"
said Judge McHatton, 1--WE won't hold you
responsible for what the newspapers
say
Mr.. Batterman commended that there
We're unreasonable charges in Mr..
Heinze's reports of operations for the
months of November and December. He
thought the one item of $161.10 for oil
for the month of November was an excess
Sive charge.
"You think that unreasonable for hoist
sing 1900 tons of ore?" asked Judge Nc
Hatton.
YES. as much of it was coal oil and oil
used on the cars. That should not be
charged to hosting expenses. but to tram
ming"
MI. Batterman vas asked If the cost of
hosting in the various mines in the dis
trict did not vary from month to month,
and he replied that it did slightly, and
also the cost of repairs, unless in case of
some accident. In the matter of the wood
consumed he did not believe that the
Rarus mine consumed over 600 cords in
one month. The boiler capacity he con-
tended would not make a very great diff
ference in the consumption of fuel, as
there was very little difference in the eff
cheney of boilers.
Does not the tonnage hoisted have
something to do With it," he was asked.
yes" responded the witness, 'the
larger the tonnage the less the cost per
ton"
Then followed a discussion as to the
charges made for electric lighting. The
witness did not think that these charges
could properly be added to the expenses
Of hnfctino tn ~ n a ~ ~ - &l,o .:.a-
the district the lights were used in the
drifts and other workings and not alto
gether at the stations. Another unrea-
sonable item, in the opinion of the wit
ness was the bill of Webster, Camp and
Lane, for repairs to a portion Of the ma
chinery. That particular repair could not
be used Up in one month. All the charges
concerning pumping he considered unreal
sonable, because the Trawmay was
drained by the Leonard and the Snoho-
mish partly by the Minnie Healey. The
total charges of Mr.. Heinza were So, 1926. 50.
He did not believe that the Tramway and
Snohomish should be charged for pump
ing unless water was pumped through the
Rarus shaft from the mines. Witness
thought about 5000 would cover all the Ia
Dor expenses in the general account.
In making up the estimate Of the pro-
portion the receiver should pay, Mr.. Bat
terman said he had scaled some of the
items because 1t a been shown that
they could not all be used in one month.
He objected to the teamsters bill because
he thought the teamster was a in
hauling supplies to Heinze's properties
and was largely employed in haul
ing supplies for the construction work at
the Rarus. He also objected to the bill
for the use of saddle horse for the time
keeper of the Rarus.
Then you think the time keeper shou11
walk I" asked Judge Mediation.
wen / had to do it. when I was en-
ployed there" retorted MI. Batterman.
He objected to he charge of So. 2es