The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-09-29

man on the north Is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
separated from the Anltman by a
small porphyry dyke. The late a.
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
and exposed on the west eud 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 Il tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point a cave was encountered aud
the ore vein was also reached From this
point an incliue forty-tiye feet in depth
was sunk At the bottom of the incline a
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thlr-
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 a quantity
of good ore was exposed A great many
of the mine with fair results. From
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following 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 for saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays of the tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns bv
Watson under oath to the assessor of White
Pine county, for the purpose Of taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailingS, an average OF fourteen dollars
ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
en- out in the aggregate was something
| over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the office of the
| assessor of White Pine county" Some dis
| lance further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length 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
1 an experienced sampler, the average OF the
| different samples taken giving $4.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates of the
| amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
| cult indeed for all estimates to be made
| with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
| ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
| ton. The gold is free bnt 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
| it was known that it was a mine OF unusual
| merit, litigatiO began which ran through
| the courts for q term of several years at
| great expense and annoyance TO the owner.
| The property was tied up and could not be
| united until the JUDGMENT of the court was
had. During. this LITIGATION number OF
- IL.
| times and made examinations o. the prop
| erty 1t is generally believed that the
| property met their expectations and was
| satisfactory; but the law suits stood in the
| way until all were tired out. Had it not
been for this unfortunate affair it would,
| no doubt, be one of the large producers Of
The day, and the district OF Robinson
would be in quite different condition.
| Messrs, Hip, Wren, Cheney, sadler and
| jackson. These gentlemen own number
| O. mines in the district
Jo3NA NO. .,
The property Of Messrs Ostergard, House.
| Lawson, Hip and others, adj0ins the DO
| ana on the west, There has been consid-
| cradle work done, but not sufficient to
| develop the value Of the claim. In the
| deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same as the Joana in character. Out
of a number OF tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
| CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Messrs. Lyons, McGill,
| McOmie and Upderhill, is situatel on Ault-
| man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
the west and the Jcana No. on the south
| The groupis composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore Turkey V
| 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 l large tunnel, which taps the
| ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth Of
| the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. At
the point of intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
| to the west a distance of 800 feet also, q
| lateral drift has been run to the east - feet
to a Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level of the mine distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
| Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 feet Going back to point
where the lateral drift Sest leaves the
tunnel distance of sixty feet to west in the
| drift 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 a
Slope 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 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 stope
and to the end of the cross ut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
a distance Of fifty feet 10 another crosscut
| To the north and shows the 1p6oa to ba