The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-03-03

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. It is
separated from the Aultman 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 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 tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
| point an incline forty-five 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-five 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 u quantity
| of good ore was exposed. great many
| tons of ore were milied from this portion
| of the mine with fair results From a
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
| is made: 1.-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 taillngs. APPROX
| mately seven dollars q 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 OF taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
| the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
| a 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
| 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
|
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 IS have before it.
| When the first great strike was made, and
| it was known that it was mine of unusual
| merit, litigation began which ran through
| the courts for a 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
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations OF 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,
the day, and the district of Robinson
would be in quite different condition.
The Joanna mine is now the property of
Messrs Hip, Wren, Cheney, Sadler and
jackson These gentlemen own number
of mines in the district.
Joanna NO. 2,
The property of Messrs Ostergard, House,
Lawson Hip and others, adjoins 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 Joanna in character. Out
of 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 Underhill, is situated on Ault-
man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The group is composed of five mines, which
are the Chainm an 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 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 distance of 500 feet also, a
| lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to a winZe which extends down to a second
| or lower level of the mine, a 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 a point
| where the lateral drift west 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
| StOpe to the south where some ore has been
| extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged S11 per ton. There is
| an opening to the surface q 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
lance taken from the back of the stope
and to the end of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west