Evening journal., 1916-12-07
COLD AIHE EXPERTS
GIVE TESTIMONY
Tell What They Found In
Investigating Peruvian
Fields
DID NOT FIND MUCH
GOLD, SAY WITNESSES

Three practical nin.r- testified in the
Intca States Distict Cour this morn
ing for the prosecution in the case OF the
go,cramen. dgau~t Charles $. Niler
ana Raymond NcIlme, an trial hriore
Judge Edward G.. Bradford. on charge
of conspiracy and using the United
States mail- TO further scheme 40 de-
fraud Through ilc sale oi alleged worth.
less gold nnnc stock. AID three start
ed from California for thc gold fields of
tho Msranon River Pacer-. Inc. in
Peru. carly in l9li aad remained there
year. and their testimony Na, as 90
what they had discovered in regard to
test pits sunk and the commercial value
of the gold fields Court and lawyers
had some difficult n getting the Wit.
n. -ses 10 speak iu Voices loud enough
@ bc heard 10y 'hc jury
Edward b Frost the gold miner
Who testified for the prosecution yes
terday. was recalled 10 the witness
stcnd this morning and asked II he
had ever found cOarser gold In the
MaIanon River Placers. TO which he
answered I'm the Affirmative United
states District Attorney Charles r..
Curley pressed many questions. to
which the witness said the "concen-
tratcs" or results Of gold panning
operations. the value OF which he had
testified yesterday were handed him
hy either McCunc or &. W. McHenlV.
and that he did not obtain the con-
contrates himself
Cross-examined by Henry A. Wise,
OF counsel for McCune, Mr. Frost said
he could not tell positively which Of
the two. McCune or McHenry had
delivered tho concentrates to him.
Mr. Wise tried to bring out from Mr.
Frost that the latter had testified on
"a previous occasion that he had made
an the tests in the Maranon claim
drillings and had made the cslcula-
tions. but Mr.. Frost's recollcctions
were nor clear on these points.
William s. Springer OF Diamond
Springs. California. who also said he
was miner Of twenty years expert
ence. testified that he went 10 Peru
I'm February. 1914. in company with a
Mr. Wilson and q guide i'm the en-
plov OF the Marnon River Placer Inc.
in the capacity OF a hydraulic man.
Mr. Frost. Mr.. Miller and several
others we're on the claim az the time.
he said
To questions put by Mr.. Curley ON
direct examination. Springer testified
that he examined ten on twelve pits
ON the various claims Of the company.
uanning the pits and in other ways
getting out samples OF dirt. Asked as
TO what results he had obtained in
his examinations. Springer said from
some or the pits he had obtained
color" while other dirt produced
traces" or gold The former. on
"color gold, he said. was practically
/ valueless. while even dirt from whicl
he said he had obtained traces o
gold was OF very little value CONNER
cially.
Springer testified that McCune uni
day showed him a nugget Of gold wits
the information that the nugget haC
been taken from a particular pit
which Springer located on the mar
: i'm evidence i'm the court Asked 10 h'
had investigated this particular phi
/ IN anticipation OF finding similar mug.
/ gets, Springer said that he had. Dd'
; had never found any nuggets moi
even any coarse gold. Summing ul
his investigations of the mining prop
critics of the company. Suringer dc.
clared that in his estimation The
properties we're valueloss as "A gold
] placer proposition.
/ MI Wise took the witness at this
point and undertook 10 discredit hin