The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-12
ANDERSON STANDS
SEVERE CROSSF|RE
Kearns' Attorney Attempts to
Skater Damaging Testi-
mony of Engineer.
REVIEWS BROOKS ERROR
NINE DISCREPANCIES AND
HOW THEY WERE MADE.

Frank Anderson. chief engineer and
surveyor for the Silver King Console
dated Mining company, was on the
witness stand all during yesterday
session of the hearing before Spacial
Examiner J. w. Christy in the suit
against the Silver King Coalition
Mines company. During all of the
time he was IN tina stand. Anderson
was subjected to severe cross-exan-
ination by w. Il. Dickson. chief coun-
sci for the kearns concern.
From the nature of his questions. it
was evident that the DEFENDANTS coun-
sci had decided TO ignore the subject
OF the joint survey, which appears TO
be such an important link in the chain
Of circumstances operating against the
Coalition company. Instead, he toe K
up the question OF Br0oks' former sur
vey Of the stope. which, according to
previous testimony, has shown no lit
tie diScrepanc ies as compared with
Anderson's former survey.
Most Of the questions fired at the
witness by Mr.. Dickson were unusual
~ lengthy, and very frequently they
had TO be repeated from the stenogra-
piers notes. After Mr.. Dickson had
gone over all the discrepancies which
Anderson had called attention to If
his direct examination, he inquired of
the witness if ne did not think that
Brooks survey OF the Parsons stope
an unusually accurate one.
Anderson replied that he did not
think SO. although he admitted that it
was a fair survey with compass, but
not an accurate one.
IF I had made that survey with a
compass" he added. 81 would have
gone over it again, and where I found
that there was a discrepancy of sew
eral feet in a station run from two
lines of survey start >, from different
points, would have Checked up on
What Anderson ouId Do.
Taking up Brooks notes and the
map that Anderson plated from them,
Mr. Dickson continued the exansina-
ton. In the first place, he referred 70
station Is and station P 1e, which
the Brooks survey showed vertically
over each other. The map plated by
Anderson showed that taey were moi.
that station 2 was considerably TO the
east. after the variations had been
scaled, Mr. Dickson asked Anderson
what he would have done IL he had
been in Brooks place.
why. on the map, I yol1I7 have
closed up the discrepancy by caicuIat-
ing the variations which appear In the
result OF the survey" Anderson re.
piled.
The next instance vas station P 80,
where Brooks notes showed two posi-
tons for the same place. His notes
showed discrepancy OF four feet be-
tween the survey to station P ~ from
two lines OF survey starting from Diff
ferent points. anderson, when asked
what he would have done in such a
case. declared that ne would have
closed up the discrepancy in plating
the map, and that he certainly would
nave figured out the variations.
Mr.. Dickson did not like the quail
ned answers however. He questioned
Anderson in regard TO certain drifts
and fills which had been figured in the
estimated cavity Of the stope. Part of
the tag raise was omitted, because he
was unable TO get an estimate of the
size Of the portion which was flied.
The cross-examination OF Anderson
VIII probably be finished this morning.
when c. P. Books viii be placed on
the witness stand.