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Show vXiH OF yam ends jlounsel Asks Relation Between Be-tween Anaconda and Con-yt Con-yt solidated Companies. lineral Formations Described De-scribed With Aid of Models Mod-els in Apex Suit. Cross-examination of Reno TI. .Sales, ikl sr-olozist for the Anaconda Copper Mipany. was continued yesterday in the saatwilt for apex rights between the L'lah nsolidntcd ami the Apex Mining coni-mles coni-mles in tho United States district court. xamlnalion of Mr. Kales was completed I ,('" ) hour before adjournment of Ih.j after-'':oon after-'':oon session and A. S. Whither, supcrin-' supcrin-' J iiiden: of the Utah Consolidated com-.. com-.. jri)-, look the stand. At court adjourn-ciit adjourn-ciit .1'JdRC Tillman D. Johnson ari-unced ari-unced t'nat the trial would be continued ' "'-oii'lav momUlg at 10 o'clock. 04, In tiie cross-examination of Mr. Sales, 3' iiriticr Judge John A. Marshall, counsel r,' "r Ihe Apex company, Inquired as to Mr. ' iles's relation with the Utah Consoh- tied company. Mr, Sales replied that he " as serving simply in a professional ca-: ca-: ! , .tv and not as a member of tho com-inv's com-inv's staff. Judire Marshal! also wanted , know if the Anaconda company was ')t tn a sense, the same concern as the tnisollrialed. Mr. Sales said It was not, ' ' tiough. he . continued, there mignt be ime stockholders interested in both coin- t,1;1' Judge Marshall aal.ed If these two con-u con-u inn were not jointly interested In tho M atloual bead fompany. Mr. Sales an-i an-i .rered that, to his knowledge, they were ' lUUCIO JlftW" v"-. In hla testimony yesterday Mr. Sales .1., hlblted the aame mine models and maps iat were used durins Thursday's ses-i ses-i ions and in his correlation of the various '"'nestonc ,,etls he saifl- tliey ":cre asso-1 asso-1 ated. He stated, however, that they ' ere interrupted by the porphyry and 5" 12 urefore In that sense were not continu- '' l; JS. He testified that the Occidental LiUlt was plso responsible for some of ' i'.'li intcrrupllon, but that the four blp siimcsfone lodes unquestionably were of in o ie ame beds, and he saw no other possl-j possl-j 3iu(cfj correlation. 0 Kj Mr. Sales then took up tbe character of 73. iw Tjeadville fault, going into detail and lining his notebook frequently as reTcr-lenuaice. reTcr-lenuaice. He stataU that the ore did not gen- 4Uy follow the Assuring up and down en in the lodes and that the ore bodies ocki pped with the lodes. There is minerall-.tlon, minerall-.tlon, however, he said, out of the lodes ,, . the fissure and the fiasuring is diffi-..'h'ilt diffi-..'h'ilt to trace lrt the lode. The Highland j'iy limestone, he said, showed increased ' t' lnerallzition on the 1 600-foet level, to j! hleli ho Invited special attention of the Ira-IfllfrL eterson Raise Described. "" .Mr. Sales then took up tbe Peterson v.- ise above the 1300-foot level, which, he : Id. starter) from a stope and showed Ight mineralization, but was very Ir-;-! gular. To clarify part of his state- ent. he said that a mere drift does not 1 "ways develop the whole lone, and to ' "intmto this he said that tho mlnerall- ". . tion was small in one direction on the i: UO-foot level and larger In another fll- . ctlon on the 1600-foot level. ,' Tho Oregon stopes came in for par- .;..'.ailr attention from Mr. Sales and at Is point reference was made to ahe glass Ine models. Tt developed thai other opes near by hud been consolidated in i, e testimony "given, bearing on this par-?ular par-?ular working, and that two of them had A 1 her names. '' .ludtro Marshall handed Mr. Sales a L; Inerallzed rock and asked him to ' lalyze it. Mr. Sales said he did not care delineate fully its character and re-V re-V cd to sny whether or not Its composi-n'r'fil composi-n'r'fil was of lime, ouarlzite or porphyry. i,';Mr. Sales said the I.eadvllle fault fls-:,?' fls-:,?' ire was not mineralized, in so far as i had observed, and. that it was prob-. prob-. . ily there before the mineralization oc-1" oc-1" ih'ed. Tie acknowledged that the mln-allzatlon mln-allzatlon made its appearance in the 5 rnmtion of tiie least resistance and Iv-.at, while the fissures were open and niposed of the poorest rock, they were . , It mineralize, j c Utte Ores in Fissurings. "": Mr. Sales said he had been In the Butte fining dlsti'lct for nineteen 'ears and c the ores in that camp were In tiie 'j,mirlng and followed the fiasuring. Dl-D Dl-D lfli3t examination of Mr, Sales was com- . .t.1 Im'tnrr tUt nfl.rnAnn fiAaqlnn gg s 'Superintendent Whither of the T'tall A-1 018011(10 ted company was introduced as (,tnc :'e plaintiff's fourth witness. John Gray.. ! : aliitlff'H counsel, explained that Mr. v 'hither was not called as an expert kcoI-if; kcoI-if; :tlst. hut Mr. Gray did not Indicate that '"'4 r-ie Pontiff company had completed its trodiictlon of geological testimony. Later "'. stated that It. N. Hunt, who was the - rst witness for the plaintiff, would be " iled. In testifying Mr. Whither aald that he itl been with the l'tah Consolidated tommy tom-my as superintendent for nine years. Ho v- ild thai the mdO-foot drift, which was Si" ore than 2000 feet In length, was opened V :3 for the purpose of ore development ; ' Vilely. He then referred to the lead ores r tho 1600-foot level and said there had ion a considerable tonnage of lead ore tj. hied on the lfiOO-foot level. On the 1(100--'01 level, he said, the Leadvllle fissure :, , badly crushed, but not developed to extent. flcturnlng to the 1300-foot level. Mr. ' 'hither said he knew nothing of the ore dles when the west 1300-foot drift, was (tended out some distance. In describ- - K what he called the Leadvllle country, I stated that up to October 1, 1919. ere had been produced from that area '.000 tons of lead ore and 1900 tons of J ipper ore which carried from to 5 cent silver and from J1 lo $2 gold per Pj Eight or nine carloads or ore. he "ted, hn.l le-n taken from the quartXtte. d',1 the l.ton-foot level. |