| Show BUTTES BIG MINING SUIT special correspondence butte mont nov 8 involving r manyol nany is the ore I 1 millions controversy between the I 1 elm orlu mining company and the butted butte superior copper company which hash u been on trial the past two weeks in the fed eral court in butte judge george M bour quin quill presiding the value of the ore body involved is variously estimated by the ext ex ports for the dark clark elm orlu and the butte superior interests at to it is stated that if dark clark wins he will get practically all of the butte superior vein and lying west of the blackrock shaft which contains enough ore to keep the butte superior mine andl anah mill running at their present capacity forr for a year and a half the clark contention is that the big rainbow lode has its apex in the elm orlu claim which lies south ot of the blackrock and jersey blue claims of the butte superior company and that on its strike to the east it forks the northern branch entering the south side line of the blackrock and passing through the claim and out of the north side line thus giving to the butte superior no extra lateral rights to that vein the main contention however is that the rainbow vein at depth dips north into the jersey bue and blackrock Bac krock claims and that the butte superior has been mining on the rainbow or elm orlu vein on its dip to the north and that between and feet of that vein under the blackrock surface belongs to the elm orlu the claim of tile the butte superior of course is that it owns the apex of the veins upon which it is mining known as the jersey blue and blackrock veins many of the most noted geologists and mining experts of tile the country and learned and experienced mining lawyers have appeared in the case for one side or the other in the complaint only a nominal sum is mentioned as the value of the ore already mined from tile the disputed vein y but should clark get a judgment there will i follow an action for accounting by mutual y agreement the butte superior has stopped mining in the ground in controversy be side the disputed vein the butte superior has other good ore deposits and is developing more in september it mined and treated in its oil flotation plant tons of ore at a cost of per ton recovering tons of concentrates valued at per ton |
