The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-24
SO NEAR, AND YET
MINE SUITS PROGRESS
PLEASES EVERYBODY

Grand Central and told him that he
would find nothing there.
The witness tented any such state
ment Then he was asked if he hadn't
as soon as he heard of Losses strike,
started working toward it. The an
sWer was that he did nor. for ne was
working down in that direction any
way.
c d. Laranter was recalled for the
Mammoth in order that he might be
asked as to the Groupings on the Nam
moth. He said they were of such
character that he would have located
the ground if he had been out pros
pecting and found it unOCcupied.
D. 3. Gillies of Butte, was the last
witness of the day. MIR. Gillies is one
of the MammOth's experts. His exam
ination in chief viii hardly be con-
Guided before adjourning time at noon
tomorrow. His testimony was along
the same lines as the others, bur with
the aid of the many maps which he
had prepared himself. he went into the
case in much greater detail than any
of the other witnesses.
The Morning Session.
On the opening of court at 10 o'clock
this morning Samuel Mcintyre, the
manager and practically the owner OF
the Mammoth mine, was put on the
stand. Under skiIfui questions by John
NJ. Zane he went over the formations
in the big property referring contin-
ually to the maps and charts which
are in court in numbers sufficient to
fill a four-horse wagon.
Mr.. Mcintyre SAID he first became
acquainted with the Mammoth in 1874.
he had been identified with its man
agement and development since 1875
or 1876. Continuing. ne testified that
the ore bodies were continuous, or
practically so. from a point in the orig
inaI Mammoth claim down 10 the 700
or 500 levels, where the disputed ore
bodies were encountered.
The witness caused some amusement
to the court and spectators and some
annoyance TO Attorney Zane by al
luding to points on the maps as here
and there Mr.. Zane frequently re-
minded him that in order to get his
evidence properly into the record he
should designate what he meant by
points of the compass. Still Mr. Nc
Intyre would insist on telling things
in his own way, until Mr. Zane him
self smiled broadly over his witness
intraCtability.f
Mr.. Mcintyre was on the stand I'M
der direct examination when the noon
recess was taken.
The attendance Of spectators this
morning was not so large as on pre-
Vious days. The questions and answers
are so technical in their nature that d
correct comprehension of them is ex-
tremely difficult. Even the lawyers
find it necessary to rest themselves at
intervals by going into the consulta-
ton room off the main court room to
smoke and chat.
An exodus win take place on tomor-
row afternoons train Litigants, eX-
pertS and lawyers win go to Salt Lake
to spend Sunday They viii return
Monday morning prepared to resume
the almost interminable battle
The hOtelkeeDers and restaurants of
Nephi are reaping a harvest from the
trial. Hardly a room is vacant in
any hotel and the places where meals
may be obtained are crowded during
the hours for eating.
1t is possible that the court may
continue in session during Thanks
giving day. Although il is q legal hol-
iday. if both sides agree the case can
go right ahead as il would en- any
other day. All hands are anxious to
finish up as soon as possible. for they
realize that under the most advan-
'tageOus circumstances il viii be many
days before Judge Higgins can pro-
nounce judgment.
The array of legal talent makes the
Nephi court room lock almost like Salt
Lake. Judge W. H. Dickson, Brown s.
Henderson and A. G. Ellis, jr., appear
for the Grand Central. On the other
side are John NJ. Zane, Zane & ROg-
ers and George Sutherland
There was very little objection made
to John NJ. Zane's line of questions
this uorning. Occasionally Senator
Brown would interpOse a 'bject," but
it was quite rarely and he never
pressed his objections.