The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-11-24

man on the north is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
separated from the Aultman by a
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,
iugs were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west ehd of the mine
for a 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 tunnel sixty feet in length, at
| which point cave was encountered and
! the ore vein was also reached. From this
| point an incline forty-liVe 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-fve 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 large amount OF drifting
| and sinking has been done and quantity
| of good ore was exposed. great many
of the niue with fair results. From
| statment of facts regarding the J0AnA
NINE prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren OF
| Eureka, Nevada, the folio wing, quotation
| is made: "The ore was reduced at IL all
ten stamp water mill ct the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the mine The mill
| is poorly constructed and the only appli-
auces tor 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 a ton was saved by
| this process, as shown by the returns by
| Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
| Pine county, for the purpose o. taxation.
| This would give, adding the COLO lost III
| the tailingS, an average OF fourteen dollars
ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- ont in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the Office OF the
ass4sso" of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lenFth that
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledre matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, th9 average OF the
different samples taken giving SLID in goid
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in SIGHT Il would be ditfi-
cult indeed for all estimates to De ma1e
with any degree Of accuracy. Some, now
sand tons of the aVeraPe value OF $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bat the clay ald
oNlde On IRON require more lnaa tH@ o'eu-
nary plate process for saving the p0ld
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate it
has suffered as many min s have before it.
When the first great strike was made, and
il was known tat it WAS Il mine OF unusual
merit, litipatio began which ran through
the courts for q term OF several ye4rs 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. Durinp this filtration n iurlter OF
mining men visited the Joanna at various
! ii nes and made eXaminGtiona o. tn prop
ertv Ii is generally believed teet the
| Droperty met thef expectations aud Was
| satisfactory; bnt the 15W SITS .tD0i n he
way uutIl AL were tired out. Has, il not
! been for this unfortunate affair il would,
| no doubt be one OF tie larse proaGo41s of
| .E,c day, aud the district Of Robinson
| would Le in dnire ii di ferenG condition.
! The joAn.. mine is nav tls properly OF
| NpsSra, iIilr, Wren, 3B4ii5y, Sadise and
| .a,kSon I'c4sa gentlemen own number
| O mix e, ia the district
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| ~ >
| The property CT Messrs 0stergarl, House
| LawsCu. Hilp and others, at,ioif1s the 10
| 1ratl: work DONE hut rot sufficient to
| develop the value OF the el8im. Ia the
deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same as the Joa na in chnracter. OUT
| u a number of tons nailed fro!a this prop
| srCy ST per ton in GOLD was saved.
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