The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-01-26
M c A THY TELLS WHY
FAVoRs BUYING STAR
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Mccarthy said that he had accepte,
the Hershey report because he knew
\ Mr. Hershey and knew that he wa,
familiar with the geology of the Coau
dAlene district; that he had made ,
longer and more extended study of IN,
district than any other geologist. Thai
ms report described the Morning ane
other mines, geologically, as we'll as
d the star, showing a similarity of con-
a ditlOns' indicating that the Star ore
would De continuous at great depth
Under similar conditions the Hecla ore
, had persisted to depth of 1000 feet
2 and will probably continue much fur-
5 Their. These conditions described by
, Mr. Hershey, with his own knowledge
) OF the Hecla and Star as well as his
! knowledge of the Morning vein at
} great depth, strongly influenced him
IN favor of purchasing the Star. An
other important factor was his infor-
nation that the Bunker Hill company
had developed a successful electrolytic
process for the treatment of zinc ores
OF which he had been advised by Mr.
Bradley and Mr.. Easton, and that the
company would erect an electrolytic
plant for the treatment of star and
other ores at Kellogg; that while no
contract had been entered into, he had
assurance that Star ore would have
the benefit of the difference in freight
] ftsTr,
| Great Falls and the rate from Burke to
the Bunker Hill plant at Kellogg.
These, Mr.. Mccarthy said, were the
controlling factors that caused him to
favor the Star purchase, and in doing
so he had used his best judgment and
had no thought of personal benefit
but acted solely in the interest of the
Hecla Mining company
Plaintiffs Sample the Star.
Roy Wethered said that he was
the chief engineer for the Tamarack
and Hercules. commonly known as the
Day mines; that the sampling of the
Star mine to be used in evidence in
this case was done under his general
supervision; that he did not personally |
sample the mine. and was responsible |
only to the extent of supervision. Neal
O'Donnell. draughtsman for the Days |
identified maps of the Star workings |
introduced in evidence.
Sidney L. Shonts, formerly of Wal /
lace. now residing in Washington, D. |
c., where he holds a position in the |
Ii.
ing in connection with the valuation
of mines as a basis for income tax
He had been engaged in mining en-
gineering in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict for II years He described the
manner of taking samples, which was
by cutting a trench across the vein
about inches wide and at intervals
of about 20 feet He said the higher
grade ore was generally along each
wall and that it was impractical to
sort the ore underground.
J. E. Berg.
J. F. Berg. upon taking the stand
and being questioned by Mr. Higgins,
said that his experience as a mining +
engineer began in 1912 and his first
was with the Federal (
company He afterwards went to the
Alaska Gastineau gold mine, where he
was employed in the mill. and from
there went to Whitehorse, Yukon. as
engineer and afterwards became SUI
of the mine, a position
he held for about nine months Since
,or1 10 bo. baa,, apoinaa,-inor for tho 4
Day interests Mr.. Berg was question
toned in connection with maps show
ing the Star workings, with the ore
bodies designated and assays obtained {
from sampiing and also assays secured
from the Federal company obtained .
during the Star Federal litigation. He
said the ore shoots were short and not
many samples were taken above the
300 level. and that the values were
generally uniform. Samples represent
ore to be mined and that it is not prac-
teal to sort and eliminate waste I'M
der ground. Had inspected raise con-
Meeting star tunnel with No. and
raise to lower Grouse tunnel and ,
thence down to No. tunnel, but
found no naturalization like that in
star tunnel Took no samples but
submitted assays taken by the Fed
sral Referring to Hershey report he =
,aid assays do not indicate any ap- !
oroach to commercial ore between No. ,
and the Star tunnel. Some CONNER ,
,ial ore on No. 5. but would cost too g
much to get it out. Other ore indi- ,
lated in the Hershey report in the G
over levels Mr.. Berg said was not
commercial, the grade was not high :
enough to stand cost of mining milling :
md treatment. He said the ore is
cad and zinc associated with much
,iderite which made its treatment diff
Icult. Mr. Berg's examination was
.xtended and was mainly questions re- :
features of the maps. He SAID
,,s estimates of the amount OF ore IN
,arious shoots was the rule laid down (,
n "Hoover's Principles of Mining !
4e,,ring the shoot to extend above and
,elow the level distance half the
.,, 10 tha shoot Summed up, Mr.