Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-16
Mr., ROBINSON
TALKED FAST
Said Much in the Two Hours
Limit for Testimony.
DESCRIBED THE CLAIMS
Colusa-Parrot Vein a Continuous Ore
Body--No Evidence Of the
Blue Vein.

George H. Robinson was the witness
today in the mining suit of the Colusa-
Parrot VS.. Anaconda. Mr.. Robinson was
one of the plaintiffs two hour witnesses,
but he crowded more testimony for his
side into that two hours han any other
witness could in twice that time. In fact
he talked so rapidly and went over the
ground so thoroughly that the steno-
%graphers found it difficult to keep up
with him.
Mr.. Robinson began by stating that he
was a resident of Salt Lake and had fol-
lowed the business of mining for TWEEN
ty years. He began in 1873 in Leadville
when he was employed as surveyor and
engineer for some time in some of the
principal mines. He was under Prof.
Raymond. He remained there until 1882
when he came to Montana, locating in
Helena and establishing a general office
there. In 1885 or 1886 he took a position
with the Montana Company Qimited) as
surveyor and subsequently as manager
Of the company's properties. He resign
ed in 1892. Then he went to Utah, re-
naming two years at the Mammoth. The
two following years he was with j. De
Lamar in Utah and Nevada. when his
health failed and from that line until
January 1898 he had had no active en-
ployment. At that date he returned to
Montana and became consulting engineer
for the M. 0. p. Co.. and later accepted a
similar position with w. A. Clark.
Mr.. Robinson said hat since then
about one-half of his time had been
spent in studying the mines of Butte
and their operations. He was familiar
with the ground in controversy. Since
1898 he had been acquainted with the
Colusa-Parrot, Nipper and Never Sweat
workings. Mr.. Robinson then went on
to describe the three claims comprising
the Colusa-Parrot ground. The old Par
rot vein he said had a history that dated
back to the very early days of the camp.
1t was a vein that first attracted the at
~tertion of miners and prospectors in this
district. Mr.. Robinson was proceeding
to go into the early history of the vein
when he was stopped by an objection
from Mr.. Scallon n the court sustain
ed the objection.
Continuing Mr.. Robinso said that the
vein had been worked for it's copper, gold
and silver contents. Near the surface
the p contents had leached away
and that portion Of 1t had been worked
principally for its silver contents. The
vein. he said. could be traced from near
the Gagnon on the west by the numerous
prospect shafts and other workings,
across the Original, thence to the Parrot
to the west end line of the Colusa-Par-
rot, into the Ramsdell-P Parrot and across
the latter claim to a gulch 1850 feet east
of the Colusa-Parrot shaft and from that
point further east, although he groupings
were not continuous
1t was one of the most prominent quartz
: groupings in the district, MI Robinson
said. 1t was seen in railroad cuts in
-,~--@~-A - "a - &c..
the Gagnon to the east of the Colusa-Par-
rot the workings showed that it was a
continuous ore body having the same
apex. He asserted that there was not
the slightest evidence of what the defend
ants termed the blue vein. The groupings
east of the Salisbury We're more prom1-
nent than at any other point on the ledge,
and composed of just such material as a
prospector would follow and locate. Mr..
Robinson exhibited specimens of the CROP
pings taken from a point about 300 feet
east of the Colusa-ParrOt to prove his
contention.
| On the 3OO-foot level of the Ramsdell-
Parrot. Mr.. Robinson asserted that the
operators of that property We're driving
east on a vein having a dip of So degrees
south at a point 300 feet south of the out-
crop which he commended correspondent
with the apex of the vein east of the CO.
lusa-Parrot. There was no break in evil
Oence III the OuIcTOp ana no DfedK In the
mine workings so far as he had been able
to determine.
! Mr.. Robinson exhibited some samples
of ore which he said he had taken from
the alleged blue vein. 1t was of a sui
phide character. The witness also went
into a lengthy explanation of the charac-
ter of the alleged blue vein which he said
had not been correctly shown on the de-
PENDANTS maps. Lode he said frequent>
ly changed their directions. The Outcrop
of the Stewart mine was developed paral-
all to the alleged blu vein yet there was
fracture or break in the ore body. All the
lodes were composed of a system of CO.
ordinate assures which cross and recross
each other. The blue vein of the de-
PENDANTS, he said, was parallel to the
veins of the Snohomish in it's eastern
course to the West Colusa, Leonard, Cora,
Rock Island, Gray Rock, l.. E. r.. and
othr veins in the camp. The north vein
of the Nipper was also parallel to the blue
vein.
Mr.. Robinson then traced the ore con-
nectiOn between the Colusa-Parrot and
Anaconda veins, which he claimed IVES
in evidence from the 200 to the S00-foot
levels of the Cosusa-Parrot mine n a~-
planned the methods of ore deposition.
Asked where the richest ore ccur1ed n
replied long The cent, al portion of TIE
fracture or as it is was more generally
called the core of the vein. The lower
grades of ore We're taken from the sides Of
thu assures. He did not believe in tha
contention of the defendants that inc
Ana 'onda vein reversed it's dip near the
surfe re. 1t had a dip OF FROM II to -
degree south and was uniform in depth
i'm Il 'rrowins of the blue vein as. slloWn