Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-28

animation Of the Anaconda vein he had
assured himself Of the fact that the Ana
conda vein being continuous: that at no
place was there any sign Of a union or
junction Of the Anaconda and Colusa-
Parrot veins. and in his opinion the Ana
conda vein could be mined without know
Ing Of the existence of any other vein.
Anaconda. he said. vas taken from its
main vein. The mineral in the blue vein,
he said, wal born within 1t and came
from water, that IL was deposited in So
luton. Asked how many faults he had
examined. Prof. Shaler said he could
safely say 100.
Professor Shaler was on the stand dur
ing this mornings session Of court. He
gave his testimony On q clear, deliberate
matter, without any display Of ostenta-
ton. n several times refused to an
swer hypothetical questions. Asked at
n time to express an opinion ON a GER
tain matter, baslng 1t on an assumed
fact. Professor Shaler replied:
II will not render an opinion on what
might be II something else were.'
His direct examination was concluded
this morning when Attorney Lee asked
him If. in speaking about the blue vein.
he had sal he passed through the May
flower mine.
Professor Shaler said that he meant
the Moonlight mine.
On cross-examination he said he had
been employed in law cases similar to
the one now on trial, but not similar in
the matter Of the character Of the ore
involved. Asked as to the character of
work he had performed during his resi-
dence in Madison county, he said that
1T Included placer mining, the study of
the lower portion of Alder gulch and the
general geology of that section of Mon-
tana. He had never been engaged in the
study OF copper mines.
The professor was asked as to the
character of the horse which is encoun-
tered in the Anaconda vein. He said It
was mineralized rock and might be
classed as vein matter. Asto the char
acter of the naturalization Of this horse
he said 1T was mainly a replacement de-
post. There were veinlets extending
through the horse which antedated the
horse condition OF the vein. He could
not say that he had seen channels or
v~einlets Of copper ore in the horse be-
tween the foot and hanging walls Of the
Anaconda vein. He had. however, seen
certain veins on the ends where the
crosscuts go through. He a not paid
much attention to the diagonal veins.
Asked as to the differences between
the hanging and foot wall streaks of ore
in the Anaconda, he said there We're no
changes except What were due to the
swellings n ~shrinkings or enlarge
lCIlS ~ O1t III liz VCItls ~
horse. Professor Shaler said, increased
with depth, owing to lack Of mineraliza-
ton below. The horse began about the
6O0-foot level. He said there was but
one wall to the hanging wall streak and
the horse in between the vein had no
walls.
"What is the greatest width of any
portion of the Anaconda vein?" the pro-
lessor vas asked.
IF my memory serves me right it was
about 30 feet. but l am not sure of that"
replied the witness.
what was the widest part of the blue
vein?"
IL have seen it in some of the workings
About so feet in some places. I can on
ly recall it generally in some places near
the 900, LOO. 1900 and 1.3oo-foot levels.
I believe it is at least. so feet"
Opposite this point what is the width
of the Anaconda vein?"
That l cannot tell you."
"Isn't it $50 feet wide?'
II have no memory Of it,"
What is the greatest width of the CO.
lusa-Parrot ledger"
II think I have found it so or 70 feet"
What is the narrowest place on the
, blu vein?"
places outside of the ground in litigation
! where it was less"
Prof. Shaler said that the Anaconda
rein being wider than the blue vein was
less apt to nave spurs and branches. The
blue vein came later than the Anaconda
and Colusa-Parrot veins. The Anacon-
da and blue veins came in contact at the
600 and 1,300-foot levels.
He was handed several specimens of
! ore n asked If it was similar in appear
| ance to that taken from the blue vein.
Prof. Shaler said he could not express
any opinion on that point as it might
come from any n of 10, 900 veins. He
was then excused.
G. c. Rueger was the next witness.
Mr.. Rueger said that his occupation was
that of mining engineer and metallurgist,
He was SIS years of age and had had 80
years experience in mining. His first
experience was in the Comstock In 1865:
then he took a two years course at
Freiberg n went to the Hartz mount
aims where he travelled at least 900 miles
underground. From there he went ia
Berlin. He then returned to California,
| thence to Utah and Nevada and in 1884
came under contract to the Anaconda Co