Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-04-30
WEST END WINS DECISION IN APEX CASE

pillars in the slopes, which condition
adds great deal of difficulty to the
making of estimates and the meas
urements of lines, especially in the
area containing the lines XII, M and
N. No doubt the vein quarts extends
above the high" lines described
extends east and west of points
where the vein shows in drifts, cross
cuts, wines and raises. All this pre-
sents no serious difficulty, however,
except in-th vicinity of XII, NJ and
~ The lines on the diagram are
drawn as straight lines between the
pairs OF points, and of course are
only approximations; but they are
reasonably close to the truth.
Between the lines 7-8 and $40 is
no sign of an anticlinal axis. The
vein workings represented by them
are much higher in elevation that
what appears to be the correspond
ing workings west Of them because of
the influence of the Buried Fault,
which passes between the points 8
and A on the south slope and 10 and
o on the north slope The Edwards
/ aditf WhODC tAACSLo utC thC hiOHl CA
tensiye of any of the faults that oe-
Cured in the area under discussion,
passes between the points X and V
on the north slope. 1t destroyed the
vein between these points, but on
the south slope its action was not
! sufficient to break the continuity OF
| he vein along the line DEF, though
II depressed the vein and contrib
uted to its non-existence above the
400 level to any considerable extent
between ID and +, this effect extend
ings westerly probably to f and q.
| Daring the argument certain
word was given unusual prominence,
| The word obvious" in contrast with
which, its newly coined antonym
'subyious" demanded marked atten-
lion (Alling's argument, l41; Lind
ey's argument. "a, S4) "Obvious"
Is a good word
The discussion of the lines of the
diagram brings out something OBJ
yious. In the western territory il is
obvious that the line H-6 is an apex.
Its length was not clearly shown by
the evidence, but 1t is more than Goo
feet From it as terminal edge the
vein dips to the north. 1t is equally
obvious in the eastern territory that
the lines 9-10 and O-P are apices,
whether the workings they represent
are a part of the MacNamara-W West
End vein or not II not, 1t Is
obvidns that the lines rs and BE
are apices and if so, they are still
apices. controlling $50 feet of the
vein, from which the vein dips to
the south. II is obvious that the line
DE represents an apex, from whicn
the vein dips to the south; and it is
obvious that ST is an apex from
which the vein dips to the north. II
is obvious that EFF and FIG are apices
except as interfered with by the lines
XII, NJ and N; and that WV and KY
represent apices except as interferef
with by the same lines. From FL
and FIG the vein dips south and from
WV and KY the vein dips north Til,
only "subvious" place is the regio,
between EFG on the south ant
VWXY on the north, extending from
X to G. On the Butler model thi
region is $40 feet long, of which al
but 100 feet along where the cres
line is supposed to be is space, tina
| lis, rock, the 120 feet being represent
. ed by the line XII. On the Wes
! End model this region is 440 fee
/ long. of which 100 feet appears to b
/. along the crest line, in three parts
5 40 feet, 20 feet, and 20 feet long RI
( spectively. represented by the line
a XII, NJ and N. one of which, N, is
Y doubtful piece. On the Butler maj
e Exhibit /, this region is shown a
t $50 feet long. containing two cres
e connections, one at XII and one 9
S n 1t looks as though some one q
0 more had taken ii for granted that
1, crest line exists through this regio
Il for $40 feet or more, which bring
IS out curiously contradictory stat
e of affairs, the West End people bein
n willing to find the point at whic
l- the crest line crosses their mort
e, side.line in this region at a poii
Ie 1l42b feet from their northeast co
e ner and "in space" tRichardso
ie 47.) And yet they put up none
10 their famous "A Raises" in that r
Ie gion. The Butler people, to who
n the anticlinal axis is vital, thoue
8 they did considerable work in We
n. End territory, left $40 feet of tn
,e axis in very doubtful conditio
3. One of the counsel for the plant
ly terms it Terra incognita,' in whic
eel however, he includes the space fro
ID G to d, 760 feet in length down q
Ic- supposed slope of the anticlinal ak
(Lindley's argument, 39) Why W
pc not exploration done in this "Unt
Is plored country? The answer Is
in vious; the burden rests upon the
te, fendant to show an apex throu
he doubtful territory, CLindley's art
ct. ment, 40) Yet the same couni
tn says that his figure 147 represer
pc, the Butler contention. (Lindley's
he gument, 30) Figure LAT is a color
IN picture of the Butler block model.
en- which something will be said lat
as To sum up at this point, Il m
a be said that on the south slope
On the vein apices exist at rs, BIC, !
ith and HI. that an anticlinal axis exi
Ter along CD and GIL, and that an app
rec ent apex along EFG is thrown Il
re- doubt by the unexplored condit
xis from X to G. In West End territ
are 10 be found $50 feet of anticli