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Show 6675 Franz- D 4665 deposits lie. MR. FARNSWORTH: I would think what any layman can tell, if he knows, where there is exposed manganese. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I don't think so. I should not know manganese from teakwood. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Do you know manganese when you see it? A I can tell manganese when I see it, but couldn't say what grade it was, anything like that. Q Have you seen enough of that Green river manganese that you know it when you see it? THE SPECIAL MASTER: This witness is not qualified to say the extent of any manganese prospects. MR. FARNSWORTH: We note exception. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Perfectly clear he is not an expert on manganese. MR. FARNSWORTH: I don't claim he is; I don't think that is expert testimony, at all. THE SPECIALMASTER: if you take an exception and the witness has not answered, the question, just state what you ex-pect to prove by him, and we will let the witness answer it, so it will be in the record. I shall rule he is not competent, but we will get it in the record. Read the question I ruled was not competent, the preliminary question which Mr. Blackmar objected to, that |