Show KEARNS ENGINEER IS DISCREDITED Brooks Survey and Figures by Own At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney in m in Court ANDERSON IS NOT SHAKEN MAPS AND STATISTICS WITH WITE WITHSTAND w STAND CR In the of Frank Anderson chief engineer for tor the Sil Silver Silver ver Ter King Consolidated Mining com corn company company pany at yesterdays hearing before Special Examiner J T W Christy in m the suit against the Silver ilver King Coalition company W W H II Dickson chief coun counsel counsel sel sd for the defendant unwillingly brought out the fact fa t that there exists a difference of ot something like cubic feet between the two surveys yS made of the Parsons The Joint survey requested by the defendants counsel to disprove Andersons former fonner testimony seems to corroborate lira nim in detail The only apparent discrepancy lies in the th extent of he along the sections s to the north Mr Dickson quizzed Anderson in an attempt to disprove some of the former testimony of the witness by his own figures In so doing he overlooked the elevation of the Incline Mr Dickson finally gave it If up and nd when Anderson was excused his and surveys had not been shaken The chief Issue at present is over o r t U e location of ot the solid soUd wall at the e t nd of the Par Parsons Parsons ParSons T i sons Anderson location lo of the solid wall wail west d of t the point fixed by byC byC byC C P Brooks the Kearns engineer This makes a considerable difference in the size of the Mr Dickson picked out a score of stations oh on o Brooks original survey showing the elevations and then asked sUlked Anderson the elevation which had been deter determined determined determined mined by the joint survey The dif difference difference ference ferenee was in most cases in only hundredths of a foot Mr Dickson also went Into the cubical contents of the Blue the Pink and the Brown where Brooks original survey surrey agreed with the joint survey Considerable time was taken up in reading Into the records the contents of the filled and open spaces In these chambers cham bers Brooks Brook Figures Discredited Dl At the close of ot the morning session Mr Dickson asked for a joint deter determination determination determination of ot the specific gravity of the samples of ot ore Introduced in the case The figures of Brooks were disputed by Dr James E Talmage who made the tests for tor the Consolidated com corn company company pany and by Dr W C Ebaugh Attorney H P R McMillan chief chit coun coca counsel counsel sel set for the Consolidated said that a joint determination could be made If 1 the defendant desired It it The experts will start work today on the tests and the results will be produced at the bearing hearing next week L 1 1 C Burton the engineer who made the Joint survey with Anderson and Brooks was called as a witness for forthe forthe forthe the plaintiff company at the afternoon session He H was subjected to a rigid by Attorney Dick Dickson Dickson Dickson son who went over the tle ground already covered coV red In the testimony of Anderson in an effort to prove that Brooks original origInal original inal survey did not differ materially from that of the joint survey Burton Barton was still on the stand when the hearing adjourned |