Show OLDUESTION OF APEX I Rival Copper Kings Inaugurate Inaugu-rate Litigation MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED Marcus Daly and Senator Clark Contending Con-tending for Property in Butte Both Have been Actively Preparing Prepar-ing for Trial for Over a Year Country Has been Searched for MIning Mi-ning Experts to Testify Hearing Will be One of the Most Notable Ever Held in Western Courts Butte Moat March 2LA mining suit between the rival copper Icings Marcus Duly and United States Sena I tor SV A Clark is on trial In the theI United States court There are three I I I suits In all but the trial on one will determine all contentions The mines involved are the Never vcat of tho Anaconda company and time Colusa and Parrot owned uy the ColusaPar rot Mining company of which Senator AV A Clark Is the head The question of apex is involved and the determination of time matter will mean a great manymillions of dollars to tlie company securing a favorable decision Both sides hae been actively preparing prepar-ing for the trial for a year past and every section of tho country hna been scoured for mining experts to give testimony tes-timony Mine models costing thousands of dollars have been constructed for the purpoHcs ot time trial whk h will be one of thu most notable ever tried In the WesL Some of time hostknown geologists geolo-gists and mining nitn of the country are asrayed on cither side |