The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-05-16

shortly afterwards the foreman OF the
mine issued Instructions Ia this afiant
| ana one Andy Mccloud who was work.
Ing with ailiant and some others, who
were employed on the said level at
said stope. To blow up the sand stope:
that, pursuant To said Instructions, and
In order To carry out said Instructions.
this alliant ana the parties above named,
placed 3, 80 pound boxes of giant
powder at various places IN aud about
the said stope In such manner that the
same. when exploded, would blow out the
timbcrs, and permit said stopc Ia cave,
thereby entirely destroying the same:
that IN one place ana in one explosion,
to-wit, near the switch that entered
into the said stopc aud which WAS the
means of ingrrss to and oercss from the
said stope. this aliiant and said Nc
cloud and the other parties named. act
ing under Instructions from the said
foreman, placed ~ bo-pound boxes OF
giant powder, and exploded the same In
one explosion. completely dcmolishing
the entrance into the said stopp ana de-
stroyins the same.
Only Purpose to Destroy.
THAT. In order To reach The said stope
from the Minnie IIeaIy shaft, 1t was
ioction from the Minnie IIealy shaft
through crogs-cut. a Distance of 30
feet, when the drift turned northwest
eriy, which WAS pursued distance of
approximately dU0 feet. that such an
explosion aA WAS caused IN said stope
was not and could not have been caused
IN ordinary mining operations, and that
the only pufpose which could be served
by the explosion OF quantity of pow
der such AS hcreinbcfore get forth and In
The manner as hcrelnbcforr set forth,
would be To demolIsh and destroy said
siope, ana prevent ncccas thereto.
! "Anant further says that on the 10Th
day of December 1901. he ana said
Andy McclOud, ana other persons who
were engnged In working in what was
known and designnted as the Inside
Siopc. being stope which was about 200
feet further In norihweatcrly direction
than The slope herciobefore referred TO
Oh the same level. and about 100 10 ITO
feet In a northcrly direction thorefrom;
mat III order 10 reach the said stope the
dtifts aud underground workings pro-
ce.dcd about 200 feet westerly from the
above named siope which would make
about 500 feet IN a westerly direction
from the crOss-cut south IN ihc Mimi,
liealy shaft; that there was n lateral
drift or croaS-eut about 10 feet In
length and norihcrly from that was a
cfoSs-ent Of about 20 feet which opened
into IN ore body which had been stoned
on the slll-foor and first floor Of the said
level; that whore said ros9-cnt entered
INTO said st0pe, the said stope was about
i've posts wide which would be approx
lmately % feet III width. and which had
been sfoped about Il posts In an east
ely and westerly direction which would
make total length Of about il5 feet.
the aouthwcsterly portion of which
stGpc was not, as alliant remembers, In
ore, the ore having pnched out westerly
thorcfrom.
Entrance Blown Up
THAT on the night Of the 2ath Of De-
cembef 1901 the foreman ns aforesaid,
and shift boss employed at said Mimic
Hchly mine, Issued instructions 10 this
afliant and sad McCloud and others
were to blow up the entrance leading
INTO sad slopes; that by reason Of such
inFtruction ana In order 10 carry said
instruction Into effect this a1iant and
the others present drilled AZ drill holes
III The roof Of the CrOsScut leading into
Sald Stopc, In which were placed over 200
Sticks OF giant powder and exploded the
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