The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-29


better prepared when came back 10
make a fuller examination. So he left
the express messenger in the cabin and
went up to Fairplay between two and
three o'clock In the morning and re-
turned with some wax and plaster of
paris. With these he took an impress
sion of the seal on the bags, and hay-
ing finished this work. replaced the
bags of samples in the sack, carefully
sewed 1t up and took it back to the ex-
press off1ce, from which II went ror-
ward to Denver by the morning tram
the next day.
/ How The Facts Come Out.
! He further stated that the younger
brother went to Denver and hunted
through the jewler shops there for a
ring with seal that correspondent with
the one used In sealing the bags. Fail
ing to find one, he sent the impression
to his brother In Chicago, who made a
search there, and not finding a seal
that would answer the purpose, he had
one cut On the return Of the younger
brother to Fairplay, he showed the
seal to the express messenger and told
him he would be ready fer me when
] came to make the final examination.
| asked the senator how he knew
all this, and he replied that the Eng
lish company, which had purchased
the mine on the report of the English
engineer, had brought suit in the
circuit court of the United States, al
Detroit, against the two brothers and
their associates, and that the express
agent, who had been promised some
of the swag,' had told the story OF
sailing the samples of the different
engineers, including my own, because
the brothers had failed to 'diyvy' with
him. / watched the trial of the case
with interest and was somewhat dis
appointed when the verdict was rem
dered In favor OF the defendants. Ar
appeal was taken to the court of af'-
peals. where on February s, 1894, the
circuit court WAS ieNelStd MI" q ~
cison rendered giving the complain
ants judgement for all they asked
The title of the case Is Mndville Min
ing company, limited ct al V. Wat
roue ct al. The decision Is reported ir
full in 61st Federal 1913, and affor6'
interesting reading.
The third instance occurred at Bree,
kenridge, Colorado Those who know
the veins in that district know that IL
many of them the ore Is contained II
an altered and often very clayey per
phyry rock occurring in bikes in tht
general formation. was one of sew
eral who were engaged to examine ant
make separate reports on one of tn
prominent mines of that district, fam
Gus for it's specimens of lead-gold,
Samples Under Microscope.
The mine was opened with five lev
els driving from a central well-eduip
ned shaft. 1t was stated that the de
veopment disclosed an ore-shoot wle
ening from some 300 fl, on the uppe
level to some 800 TT. on the lower leYe
and filling the full width of the drift
with ore that would assay from S
to $40 per ton in gold. | began cuttin
large and systematic samples as care
fully as possible, and these sample
were broken and CHARTERED in the us
ual way and assayed by one of m
assistants in the assay office at tn
= mine. We occupied the adjoinin
b room to the assay office as sleepin
d quarters and as a convenience 70
b working out our details. No one cam
4 near the office during the time of tn
Q examination and we felt ourseve
$ quite safe. As l was bred among IN
o gold mines of California, | had learne
% to use the old Mexican horn spoon, an
G so / never examined any free-g)l
e mine without making numerou
Mornings of the ore in the diff
e ferent samples of this ore, ! no
J. ticed that there was quite
+ difference in the character o
= the gold, both In its color and in tn
I destiny of the particles. 1t was mod
e erately fine gold, and the sample
i assaycd quite regularly within yer,
! limited extremes, So marked wos IN
= difference in the appearance Of the gol
that | saved the horning until ! hat
e accumulated fair sample, About tn
: time finished the sampling, with tn
I result that the assays apparently con
: irmed the statement made as to tn
\ length and value of the ore-Ghoot
Q some business called me to Denver
4 took my samples of Mornings with M
e and there visited Professor Van Deist
r who was the happy possessor of on
t of the best microscopes at that tim
i In Denver. Under this instrument
B the different qualities of the golc
: showed I'M very plainly, and some o
ii certainly had the appearance Of fl,
I inSs or grinditgs from the old brassy
I looking IS gold-pieces that were coin
= ed many many years ago in New Or
e leans and are now regarded as curios
B itles.
2 The Test OF Honisty.
While on this trip to Denver de-
termined to inquire into the antesced
eptc nf tha nUpnr of tho upopartNY opf