Evening journal., 1916-12-07

as an authority on gold fields. Mr.
Wise showed Springer few nuggets
containing gold and asked him 10 Sc
lect one which he considered con-
tanned a dollars worth of gold and
when Springer had done so. the mug
get was marked for identification and
given into the custody OF the clerk
The nugget i'm question will likely
play a further part I'm the trial.
Going to the Manard claim. Mr.
Wise asked Springer II he had ever
rocked any gold from the claim.
mterruptiug the course OF his uues-
tioning 10 request the witness TO des-
cribe what rocking" gold dirt meant.
Rocking. Springer explained is % lit
lie more elaborate process than pam
ming. The rocker is wooden box
like affair somewhat resembling q
baby's cradle fitted with sieve at
the bottom and the gold dirt or
gravel Is put i'm the box and rocked
back and forth. the dirt and sand
passing through tho sieve leaving the
gold bearing rock and coarsest gravel
in the rocker I'm panning the dict
Is scoopcd up in utcnsl resembling
AN ordinary frving pan which is then
partly filled with water aud shaken
and manipulated. to rid it OF the
water. the water carrying off The
lighter dirt and sand. the particles OF
gold. being heavier than the other
material therein. coins 20 tho bottom
OF tho pan and remaining there with
handful OF dirt when the process is
completed
MI Springer declared that the csti
mate OF 10 cents set forth iu a re-
port on one Of these gold claims
should have been "9 cents" and that
while ne signed the report ne had
done SO i'm q hurry before he had read
81 through carefully
Mr. Springer testified that i'm one i'm
stance OF sinking pits ON the Peru
Exploration Cnmpanys claim. he hat
gone down at least 100 feet
To whom paintings from these pit,
were delivered Mr. Springer could mo-
remember. although his best recollec
tion was that he had delivered then
20 McCune Springer said that Eros
had told him that the value OF the pan
nings from the first ten pits was 3.
cents cubic yard
Former Judge j. Frank Ball, Of c0un
sci for Mr. Miller, asked Springer j
10 was true that he considered tn,
gold fields he bad examined no good
and when he said it was. Mr.. Ball in
Quired If he had ever made such q re
port to Miller. Frost, McIlenry or 9th
ers? Springer replied that he had not
Springer was on the fields for abOu
q year.
Following Springer George r. VIII
son of Indiana. another miner employ
ed by the Maranon River Placer Inc
qualified as a mining expert and sale
that he had gone to Peru at the re
quest Of Mr. Frost. His work on In,
claims was that of general utility
man. he explained. TO questions pu
by District Attorney Curley, Wilson
testified that he had never found any
coarse gold on the claims. The deptl
of the test pits he said, was eight 0l
ten feet. He never saw more than AZ
or 80 test pits on the Maranon River
Placer property
Shown the map of the property b,
Mr.. wise, Wilson said that he ha,
gone over only a part OF the tract o
I lduu OMntu ny AAAN COMPANY
A. ]. Manard. who accompanied Nc
Cune on his exploring expedition inn
mediately after the formation of tn
Peruvian Exploration Company. testi
fed that he had no first hand knowl
ledge OF the gold values on the proper
ties as reported by McCune.
An effort by Mr. Wise to draw frOI
Nlanard testimony as TO his persona
knowledge Of gold values on III
claims. resulted in a tilt betwee
counsel, Messrs. Curley and Wise Nh
~urley declared that the governmen
was not concerned in whether ther
was gold in Peru or not; that tn
/ charge OF fraud was based upon
Contention that McCune had gone int
Peru and had later circulated ne
port concerning gold values there
which was fraudulent and that Man
ard had signed a statement bearin
out McCune's report without any per
sonal knowledge OF the gold value
himself
Mr. Wise stated that he propose,
To show that the witness did hav
knowledge Of gold values in the pit
reported on by McCune and was al
! lowed to proceed on his line Of ques