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Show ' "AND I SAYS, SAYS I." A Specimen of Pcre Vernacular by a Fcreka Witness. tiii: TotKNsm: toMitownsv. I (Jiirillnnof SpfciiUHcn. Matlfr nf Ilraua;.-!' It Ulntril fr Non aincral Land 1-1 li Lflrailuii of CUiuif Itc. The croM-cxftinlnatlon of the wit ii cm Ilendenon, by Major lllrd, mm continued th'i morning, upon the re MinipUon of tho I'ureka tnwmlle In qulry at the United Blatci LamiOfllrp. Ue waaqucetlonctt minutely at to the diicovery of ore In the Kcd lllrd mine, nnd -aid there wire small pockota found about the 300 feet level. The woltlotc- In the Itcd lllrd reachid down (o the 400 f tet level. ThUwatln 1635. He did ntt know how much dtrper It had been auiik ttuce then. The "i-ag " wai mineral ground; It waa on the Umratiue formation. Tfaero waa no Ilrae within the town He. The lime atone Ult carried the mineral, and the coutaetof thegranlte lay eiut of thu minora) belt, which cut oirthollinettonu formation a a dyke; there waa no mineral at ill la that dyke of granite and porphyry. The ground of the Buowllake, weat of the Kegle, waa mineral In charnctvr; that between the Bnowflake and the Lagle wae partly io. There had been houca Imtlluitfju tho Wolfe Tone ever alnco 187. The Wolfe Tone wa lo tated for aptriilatlon and not for mining rurpoiii. He waa not nwaro that Mr. T. I). Mulllvau had auld, or oirrred to aell, water from any mining claim or any othor placo wltbtn tho townaltn application. ti. Then are you prepared to awear that Mr, Bulllrau located the Wolfe rone for apfculathm purpo-.ee and not for mlnlngT A. Well, ai far w 1 unde rata n J, he took H up for the purroou of water, tj Vii- of the lltme Btake people liaveeprcuIaledluloUlo your know ledgt? A. I do not know of any of them; only by hoariuiy. li Upon what did you bane your aniwer, then, that that ground waa taken up foriMCtilatlvepuri'oeof, and not for mining purpoeee at All? A. Thereupon that I think It wm taken up wae for selling ground for buttdltig purpoeec. There were a great many of then told me that the partlee that owned the ground wanted money for the laud that thrlr liouaee were built upon. I didn't eee how they could go to work and tuaku a man pay for ground thai they didn't own themielvea, Anetber thing. It h the whole Ulk of tb town that it was for ecuIallon. W.-Whenwai It located? A. I do not know. Q Upon what did you make ycur auewer that the Home Itule waa takeu up for aptoulatlou and cot for mining jKiri-oaot? Wltnris a ni wared thus Auguat Uyher told me that Thomas Hume wnutet to charge him $23 for the ground that he lived ok. 1 says: "You 'are very fool lib If you ever jay a cent. I woat pay Tom Hums nor no other man for that ground," "Wel," he r.T, "he la going to make me iny It. I see Tom Hums myself. I says to Tom: "I underi'au 1 you are selling ground ou the Home Hula?" Heeay: "1 don't know as I am." "Why Bypher tells me so," I says; "Jo you think you will get a quarter of a dollar out of me?" He says: "I havn't asked you yet." "o," and I ears, "you had belter not, for you wont gel nothing." Heaaya: "You have lived on thegrouud for quite a number of jean." That liwbcro I got my Information In-formation from selling ground on tho Home Itule. J. At the time you had this con venation, as sou relate, with August Bypher was Mr, Hums j resent? A. No. sir. (J. Upon what did ou bate your answer that tho Robert K, Lee was located for speculative purposia and uot for mining? A. Well, there wai nothing fjr a man to locate thtte for, only f ecu la Hon. Q. Do you know of any of the own ersof that mlno ever having speculated specula-ted In or sold town luU? A. Ne, sir, I do not. g Is that also true of tho Little Chlel? A. I never knew anyone to buy anything off the Little Chleh (J. rtiatlio't quite an tuiHor to my queatlon. Did cu ever know any of the owners of the Little Chief to oiler for sa e any ot the lot upon the sante? A. No, only by hearsay. WHnvMwas next questioned as to the location of the Diablo claim, the date of whleu he thought waa "noiuv wheres along IBS! or ltb5," Q Do you know of an one of the Acquarlus speculating In or selling town lota upou the same? A. No, there huve nover been any tewnlott sold ou tho Acquarlus that I knnw of. The cress oxamlnatlon of the wit Iicm wosln progreaa when thu time arrived for the poon adjournment. |
