The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-20
MINING SUIT MAP
IS CALLED FALSE
Silver King Coalition Sketch of
Workings Said to Be
Deceptive.
EXPERTS ARE WITNESSES
FRANK ANDERSON TELLS HOW
lie WAS STOPPED BY FOREMAN.

That the Silver King Coalition Mines
company prepared and exhibited a false
map of the workings of the mine at
Park City, and that the underground
workings from which were extracted
several million dollars worth of ore
were omitted from this map, was the
substance of testimony offered before
Special Examiner J. W. Christy in the
federal court yesterday. The testimony
was given by Frank Anderson, engineer
Tor the Silver King Consolidated. which
Is bringing the suit. He not only
charged that the working model Of
fered as an exhibit by the defendant
was Incorrect but he produced map
OF his own TO prove IL.
Where the 1.200-foOt level enters the
Parsons stope at the cave raise he de-
elares is 20 feet high, while the model
only shows 1t to be three or four feet.
John Tregea, VINO was on the witness
stand when adjournment was taken
Monday, was recalled yesterday morn
ing. and his evidence was largely cor
roboratiVe Of that OF the testimony Of
previous witnesses for the plaintiff
company. His testimony was brief and
when he was excused Frank Anderson.
chief engineer for the Consolidated
company, took the stand. He was sub
Jscted to a rigid examination, being on
the stand up to the hour Of adjourn
ment
His testimony went to show that the
working model introduced by the Co
alitton company was incorrect in sew
erai particulars. He testified that from
DIS examination or the Parsons stOpe,
lie thought ii had been Quilted OF ore
and afterwards filled up. He had been
instructed to make a survey and while
doing so the honeycOmb OF drifts. raises
and slopes was undergoing constant
chs nses. He would find a stOpe one
day and the next day he would find
il caVed in and partly filled with waste
material. lie was unable to state who
was doing this work, but the ground
was made so dangerous in some places
that he and his surveying party were
afraid to pass through the Slopes.
Brooks Map Inaccurate.
He testified that he was il the Par
sons stOpe and the connecting tunnels
some time before lie could obtain Ia
accurate survey Of the underground
workings of the mine. Anderson point
ed out on the model the inaccessible
parts of the mine which ne encoun-
tered. He was unable TO get through
The 1.300-fOot level under the NeSuVlus
and Andes claims. On the L.z00-foot
level he ran Under several bulkheads
of waste anG timber which had been
thrown in and dirt caVed from the roof
by an explosive.
In attempting TO get into some of
the drifts in the mine, Anderson says
he was stopped by Foreman Nike
Daley and refused admission. He told
at some length OF the working OF the
mine in the direction of the Custer and
the 900-foot levels. The ground near
these claims was caved IL at several
places, while a Dulkhead was found on
the 7O0-fOot level Of timber and waste
which he and his men were unable TO
pass.
There was one section which he and
the men were afraid to enter. They
were stopped by rock and earth. which
We're continually falling from the roof
and side slopes. SOundings were made
but he said he was unable TO tell
whether these places had been filled
in or not.
From the notes made by II. Brooks.
engineer for the Coalition company,
and all surveys made by him in the
Parsons stope prior TO the commence
ment Of the present suit, Anderson said /
he had constructed a map which was |
introduced in evidence. The map, which |
is a mere skeleton of a few lines. shows |
how few surveys Brooks had made be- |
fore the Institution of the suit aud !
what little knowledge he must have had |
of the slopes before they were caved IN. |
Cross sections OF these surveys were I
with the cross sections made /
by Brooks.
Anderson also testified that the model /
prepared by tho Coalition company did i
not correctly show the walls and roofs /
Of the stOpe, and that TO dc so IT would /
be necessary to have il enlarged. An /
dersOn's further testimony VIII prob I
ably take TWO or three days.