The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-03
WILL MAKE REPORT
ON PARSONS SLOPE
Engineers Who Inspect Silver
King Return After Prob
ing Mine.
BAD FOR THE DEFENDANT
WITNESS SAYS ALL FACTS ARE
PREJUDICIAL.

Frank Anderson. c. P. Brooks and c.
W. Burton, the three surveyors agreed
upon to make a joint survey of the Par
sons slope, that figures IN the suit Of
the Silver King Consolidated Mining
company against the Silver King Coali-
ton Mines company, have returned to
Salt Lake after finishing their work.
They viii be placed on the witness
stand at the hearing in the famous case
now being conducted by Special Exam
lner J. w. Chrfsty, in the course of a
lew Gays. after they have finished plat
ting their notes.
Their testimony viii have a very i'm
portant bearing on the case and will go
TO prove concluSively whether valuable
ore had or had not been removed from
the joint property of the two companies.
IL Is understood that q most thorough
survey was made by the engineers, and
that every part of the famous Parsons
stope was thoroughly inspected An
derSon and Burton made the latest sur
Vey IN behalf of the plaintiff company,
while Brooks represented the Coalition
company in the work
At the hearing yesterday E r Ze-
nnSkay, a mining expert, occupied the
stand all day, appearing as 6 witness
Tor the Consolidated company. During
his croSs-eXamination by Adrian c. Ell
lis, of counsel for the defendant com
pany, he volunteered the statement
that he found dynamite among other
things in the jog raise of the Parsons
Stope. This caused Attorney Ellis con-
siderable perturbation, for he declared
emphatically that he did not want any
voluntary testimony from the witness.
Volunteered the Testimony.
In continuing the examination, Mr..
Ellis wanted 10 know how it was that
Zelnskay volunteered the testimony
about dynamite. When the engineer
explained that he made a note of there
being dynamite in the opening of the
stope and that he was careful not to
crop anything on the sticks of eXplO-
siVe. Mr.. Ellis demanded to see the
original notes.
After some little hesitation. ZeIinskay
found his notes, and there the word
dynamite" was written. Mr.. Ellis ex-
am1ned the word carefully to see if it
had been freshly written. After the
minute examination, he was still sus-
pictous and asked Zelinskay if he
really made that note on the ground.
The witness said that he did while sit
ting beside the dynamite in the stope-
He further testified that he ran into
some dynamite along the drift, that
there were a dozen sticks that he ran
across at different places. He explained
that he made a note of some of the
places, but not all.
Zelinskay was accused Of talking to
newspaper reporters about the case, and
furnishing reports 10 the Engineering
and Mining Journal.
isn't IT a fact. Mr.. Zelinskay," At
torney Ellis said, that you have
placed your own Interpretation on the
evidence and made II prejudiciaI to
the defendant in this case?''
No facts have appeared in the case
which were not prejudicial to the de
PENDANT" the witness replied
Every article that was contributed
by you to the mining journal was preju-
dicial, was IL nOt?'
81 reported the facts to the best Of
my knowledge" replied the witness.
Eyes, but you have done everything
in Your power. haven't you, to make
out a case in favor of the PLAINTIFF
Il would like TO see the plaintiffs get
what's coming to them" was the reply
Attorney H. r. Mcmillan interposed
an objection to this line of cross exam
ination, and the matter was dropped.