The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-10-20

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
JoANA MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
separated from the Aultman by q
small porphyry dyke. The late 4.
r. Watson was the original locator,
and through his energy the mine was
opened and developed. While Mr..
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
hundred feet of tunnels, drifts and OPEN
ings were made The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west end of the mine
for distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One OF
the principal OPENINGS, the one leading to
what is known as the cave, is reached
through q tunnel sixty feet in length, ut
which point q cave was encountered and
tb re ore vein was also reached. From his
point an incline forty-iive feet in depth
was sunk. AT the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
ty-tive feet to the north Several cross-cuts
were made at different places, all of which
are in ore Of good grade. To the west of
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which a large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and Il quantity
of good ore was exposed. great many
tons of ore were millcd from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From d
statment OF facts REGARDING the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the folio wing quotation
is made; "The ore was reduced at a small
ten stamp water mill at the town OF Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appli
ances tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, Us was shown by
constant assays OF the tailinqs. ApproXi-
mately seven dollars a ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the rctrrus bv
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose o! t Nation.
This would give, adding the god LOST in
the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
u ton in the ore worked. The amount tNk-
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the office Of the
aasessor of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is Il tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lenPth that
cross-cuts the ledge The whole length Of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average of the
different samples taken giving S4.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
cult indeed Tor all estimates to be made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons OF the ayerape value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bat the clay and
oxide OF iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min s have before it.
When the first great strike was made, and
ii was known that it vas u mine of unusual
merit, litigatio began which ran through
the courts for term of several years at
great expense and annoyance 10 the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the JUDGMENT OF the court was
had. During this filtration mum Der OF
mining men visited tlte Joanna vt various
times and made examinations o: tha prop
erty. It is generally believed That the
property met their expectations ana was
satisfactory; bat the law sui stood in tn
way nntil all ware tired ont. Had it not
been for tEis unfortunate affair il would,
no dorbt, be one of the large producers Of
the day. AID the district OF Robinson
would 1e in quite difercnt condition.
The Joaua niue is now tie property OF
Massrs, Hip, Wreu Cheney, Sadter ,tnd
Jackson. These gentlemen own a number
Of mines in the district.
JoANA NO. ,,
The property OF MeSsrS Ostergard, House
Lawson, Hip and others. adioiaS the 10
ana on tho west, There has been cousjil-
erable work d&1e, hut not sufficient to
develop The value OF the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same Ms the Joana in character. Out
Of number OF tons mill3d from tais prop
vrty s. per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Mesgrs. Lyons, McGil,
McOmie ana Upderhill is situate on Ault-
man hill, adjoinnp the Aultman niue on
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The groupis composed of i've mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey
Southern Cross-all adjacent to other. The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and chairman
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through \ large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, aud 125 from the surface At
the point of intersection made by the tun-
mel aud ledge "a lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance OF 500 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east Is feet
to Wine which extends down TO d second
or lower level of the mine, q distance of
100 feet below the tunnel or first level.
Thus il will be seen the total depth at til is
point is 227 feet Going back TO u point
where The lateral drift Sest leaves the
tunnel distance ofsixty feet to west in the
drift II croSscut has been made to the south,
and an opening to the north at the same
point, which shows the ledge at this point
to be thirty feet wide, Forty feet further
to the west, in the Lateral drift, there is
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged $11 per ton There is
an opening to the surface u distance OF
something more than 100 feet through the
roof OF the stope, which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
there is a crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back OF the Slope
and to the end of the cross nut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a distance of fifty feet to another crosscut
IN ~ nd che "a 1nJr a no,