The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-09-22
HE|NzE'S FOREMAN
GIVES TESTIMONY
MAHONEY CONTRADICTS EVIDENCE
AT OLD TRIAL IN HIS TES-
TIMONY TODAY.
GOOD MANY DISCREPANCIES
Mahoney Admits There Were Ore Veins
Which He Could Follow When
He Took Charge OF Mine.

Edward l.. Mahoney Heinze's foreman
at the Minnie Iealy after the alleged deal
with Finlen and the alleged transfer of the
the stand at the Minnie lIealy trial most Of
the time today.
Mahoney, in his direct evidence today.
frequently contradicted the evidence which
he gave at the trial before Judge Harvey.
In cross examination it was shown,
through the reading OF the old testimony,
after he had answered questions pro-
pounded to him, that he had taken both
sides Of the same question number OF
times. and that his recollection OF events
connected with the case had changed con-
siderably since the previous trial.
An Important Admission.
One admission of Mahoney's was very
important Heinze and his superintendent,
MacFarlane, and Mahoney as WELL OH di-
rect examination. had testified that there
was no ore in sight in the Minnie Healy
when Heinze got possession Of it from Fin
len.
Upon cross-examination Mahoney ad
mitted that there were ore veins, which he
could and did follow, opened in the mine
when he took charge Of it and began 10
operate il as foreman. He also admitted
that he began hosting ore within three
weeks after he started to operate the mine.
The amount lifted daily reached as high
as IS cars in the last of January, yet he
Il. Eas ,j..
a3 and some time was used in cleaning
out the workings which MacFarlane and
Heinze both testified were full Of mud and
water, and which Heinze testified were so
choked upon one visit which he made with
Finlen into the underground workings as
to be impossible.
Could Not Remember.
Mahoney could not remember whether
le was present when the alleged transfer
of possession from Wishon, Finlens su-
perintendent, to MacFarlane, Heinze's SUI
perintendcnt, took place. lie was very
hazy OIL this matter, and the testimony on
the subject given today did not agree with
that given at the previous trial.
In the afternoon Mr. Kelley, for Fin
lens side OF the case, took the witness
over a good deal OF ground in cross-ex-
amining him about the workings he ex-
cavated in the Minnie Healy after he took
charge of the property.
He testified that there was a cross-cut
run south from the shaft OH the $50 level,
and that he drifted west from that shaft.
The vein he followed west was from three
inches to three feet wide. 1t was the
same vein as that followed by the DRIFT
that ran east from the cross-cut on the
same level.
Were Other Drifts.
"Were there any other drifts from the
cross-cut on this level:" Mr.. Kelley asked.
YES" the witness replied.
"Where were they?'
eve drove a drift westerly 40 feet south
of the shaft"
Started it from the cross-cut, did you:"
EYES,"
"What on?"
"Ore."
"What size was the streak?"
about two inches wide"
"How far west did you go!"
"About 40 feet
"Did you drive any other drifts on the
$50 level?"
YES"
"Where!"
"About 60 feet south OF the shaft"
What on!"
"A streak of ore. 1t was four or five
inches wide at the crosscut, and it widcncd
toward the west to a foot in very good
ore"
Did you stope orc?
"Yes; in all the drifts"
"How high was the stope in the most
southerly drift"
"Not higher than go feet on any side of
the drifts. The slopes were not continuous
We stopped in several Places
"What was the character of the ore?"
ut was smelling ore"
"What do you nvan by smelling ore?'
"Ore that will go 10 or I2 per cent in
copper"
"What kind of ore did you get in the
other drifts?"
Smelling ore. 1t was better"
"How soon did you start these drifts
after you went into the mine?"
Probably the first of February on this
level
On the $50 Level.
The witness testified that little ore
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