Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-29
To FAULTS
AND F|SSURES
Cross Examination of c. e,
Rueger Continues.
WIDTH OF THE BLUE VEIN
Diagonal Fissures Terminate Ore in
the C0lusa-Parrot
u .s Vein.
WIDTH OF THE BLUE VEIN

Charles c. Rueger who was called yes
terday as a witness for the defendant in
the suit of the Observation-Disclosures
was on the stand all the afternoon, his
cr0ss-examination being continued today.
Mr.. Rueger said hat he had made
notes of 1000 observations in the Colusa-
Parrot and Anaconda mines. He had
collected about 90 different specimens of
the mineral contained in the disputed
ground. AS he was limited to two hours
however. Mr.. Rueger was unable to go
into the details as fully as he wished and
was obliged to condense his statement
and confine himself to the most import
ant points.
Mr.. Rueger began by giving a very
minute description of the apex. groupings
and surface characteristics of the Ana.
conda vein which he said was a power
full one. A trained miner, he said, could
follow it by the SOUND of his pick and an
intelligent blind man could grope his
way unerringly to it's contact with the
diagonal vein. He defined the AnacOn-
da lode as one Of the most powerful, well
defined and continuous ~ore-bearing bod
les he had ever seen, from it's Outcrop
down to the 1,6OO-foot level.
Judge Knowles asked the witness to de-
scribe the conditions in the crOsscut at
the 1.600-foot level of the Anaconda at
the point where it is alleged the blue vein
cuts 1t off. Mr.. Rueger traced on the
map the distances and deposits of the
Anaconda lode, the quartzOse rock, seams
OF clay and granite strips up to the
blue lode. He described minutely all
the features of the disputed ground, con-
telligent miners could extract ore from
top to bottom and from it's east end to
where the Anaconda vein strikes the blue
vein, without encroaching upon n other
vein, M Il
Mr.. Rueger corroborated the theory of
the preceding biologists that the diago-
naliOr blue vein was created subsequent
~ to the Anaconda and that in places
this blue vein cuts off the Anaconda lode
as clean as if it were cut with a knife.
The cross-examination by Mr.. Hughes
had just started yesterday when court
adjourned for the day. Out of respect
to John W.. Cotter, one of the attorneys
IN the. case. whose brother was buried
this morning IN adjournment was taken
until 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
The croSs-examinatiOn of Mr.. Rueger
was resumed this afternoon. Mr.. Rue
geriWas asked at which most easterly
point the step fault cut the Colusa-Par-
rot vein. He replied tina the only point
he noticedit was on the quartz vein south
o. the side line. That was what he con-
sldered the master ault and was the
only point on the surface where he could
designate it.
AAot OOIu NC IL lou wall OF the
step fault?"
II should consider it the hanging wall"
rs that the fault or assure that YOU
say discovered the Anaconda Colusa- Par
rot?"
II believe So"
Are there any cross assures cutting
through on the northeast, the northeast
parallel assures on the surface but there
are several on the various levels"
Where do you find them?"
N(1n tho Q01 nrJ I I'M rS 49, <y,---
rot. On the 900 the cross-fissure exist
within the walls of the master assure.
On the LOO they are found on the dia-
gonal LOO they are found on the dla.
gonal lode" "
Does it terminate the ore %
II think it does"
What is the width of the Colusa-Par-
rot vein on the 800, taking the crosscut
from the ~Colusa-Parrot shaft?"
~ should say including within the
width of the lode the poor material left
standing because it was not rich enough
to treat. that it would be about 30 feet
in width" ~
What is it's width at it's widest point -,
by ocular measurement I should saw
about 45 or so feet
Mr.. Rueger believed that the LITTLE
veinlets in the ~neighborhood of the Co
iusa- Parrot Anaconda veins belong
ed to neither systems. The vein of the
Colusa-Parrot or the 300 and 1,1OO-foot
levels of that mine was one and the
same. o
rs there not a narrowing Of the b,ue
petWeen the l,40O Of the Colusa- Parrot
Loco OF the Never Sweat?"
There is not much difference. It seems
to be wider at the 1000 of the Never
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