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Show 6679 Franz- C 4669 Farnsworth: MR. FARNSWORTH: I think a fair interpretation of the testimony of the witness is this, what I think probably is also true of manganese; he merely says he is not an expert as to what those things are, does not know what those metals are -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: How could he testify, if he doesn't know personally about an ore, how can he testify that an ore is being mined there? The only way he could know it would be by somebody telling him, wouldn't it? MR. FARNSWORTH: He says he does seen a lot of it. THE SPECIAL MASTER: He also testifies on cross examination he doesn't know it when he sees it. I don't see how it is competent. MR. FARNSWORTH: I don't think the testimony susceptible of that. A miner who has worked in these metal mines all his life, worked in the lead mines, say, of Eureka, he will know a load ore as well as John Hay Hammond, be just as good a guesser on it. If you pin him right down to it, as to his knowing just what it is, understanding it, -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: I wouldn't have any hesitation if this man had been a miner on admitting the testimony. I don't see how a freight contractor with no more knowledge than he has testified to is competent to say whether uranium, vanadium or anything else is being mined there. MR. FARNSWORTH: My thought is this, take a miner, |