The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-10-13

HILL Oll VIC llO1 ull 10 Viz
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. It is
separated from the Anltman By a
small porphyry dyke. The late 4.
r. Watson was the original locator,
and through his energy the mine vas
opened and developed. While Mr..
Watson operated the mine about tift5en
hundred feet of tunnels, drifts and open
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west cid OF the mloe
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, ut
which point cave WAS encountered aud
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point Gu incline forty-fiHe 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-fiye feet to the north. Several cross-cnts
were made ut 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 IL large amount Of Grfting
and sinking has been done and quantity
Of good ore was exposed. \ great many
tons of ore We're miIied from this portion
of the mine With fair results From q
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine. prepared by the Hon Thos. Wren Of
Eureka, eVnda, the follo"ing quotation
is made: "The ore was reduced DIT Il small
ten stamp water mill at the town OF Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appil-
ances tor saving gold were copper pi9Ues.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, SIS was shown by
constant assays Of the tnilinPs. ApproXi-
~, dol. n
this process, as shown by the rafErns By
Watson under oath to the assessor O " hite
Pine county, for the purpose Oh taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost IN
the tailiugs, an average Of fourteen dollars
a ton in the Gre worked. The amount tax
en- out in the aggregate WAS something
over fifteen thousand dollars The exact
figures ara on record in the otliee OF the
assesso" Of White PIN county" Some dis
lance farrher to The west III ere is a tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lauglh 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 Ayeraea Of the
different samples taken giving 81. 10 in Pold.
There have been various estimates o. the
amount Of ore IN sight 1t would be diff
cult Indeed for all estimates to De maze
with any degree OF aC2uTacY. Some, how
ever, have sho.7n more than fifteen thOu-
sand tons of the ayeraPe value Of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bnJ the clay ana
oxide OF iron require more than the, ofdi-
nary plSte process FOR saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has Suffered IS many min have before II.
When the first great strike Was mace, aud
il was known trat it vas nline OF unusual
merit, litiPatiO began watch ran through
the courts for ! term Of several years ~
great expense 0ad annoyance % the oW ner.
Ere property WIS tied up aad could not be
united until the JUDGMENT OF the coHri was
.lNa During this litigation q number uf
mining .aen visited the JoA14 81 various
Il y M'ta made aXtiut! ayi9nS o. M pro -
erty. l. Is generally believed taat ne
property HIet t32ir expectations aaE VAS
satisfict0~v: hts1 t3e laW Ss!i Is stood IN the
teca t,r this unfortunate e1itir j. woHld,
10 aCup5, .ye ona % tie LARGE producers Of
he day, Al3 th4 1.atcic5 of robinson
would lie in q1ite difsr1- condition.
The loaui lliae is pow the property 81
Maasrs, Hla, Wren, Cheney. 6aal'r an1
Jset-eun. These gantlaMeti Uan 4 number
o: sliuca il. the fljStcic..
Joanna no. ,,
The property d Me7srs Disregard, House
Lawson, Hip 2nd others. 0GI0;is The &C.
ana on the west. There has been cOnsiG-
eFaale #qEk done, bu !, not s4iefnt b TO
| deepest working they have sone good ore,
ne same As tae jOAne in character. ont
| If a number Of tons mill0d from this prop
srty 81 per ton in gold wa: saved.
CHAIRMAN GR0UP,
The property Of Messrs. Lyons, McGil,
| Mc0nie and UpderHill, is situate on Ault-
| maa nil, adjoining the Aultman mine on
| the west ana the Joanna No. = on tae 6auta
| The proup IS com posed Of Ave mines, which
| are the GhainmOn Chairman Gore, furEeF y
| Southern CrOss-ull adjacent TO other. The
| Development work upon the group is most
IS done upon the Chairman and Chairman
| Gore mines The entrance to the mine is
| through V large tunnel, which taps the
| ledge at IL point 800 feet from the mouth of
| the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. At
the poiut OF intersection made by the tun-
mel aud ledge a lateral drift has been run
TO the west q distance Of $50 feet: also,
lateral drift has beer rtn to the east - feet
TO Il Wine which extends down to second
or lower level Of the mine, q distance Of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
Thus it will De seen the total depth at this
point Is 227 feet. Going back to point
where the lateral DRIFT Sest leaves The
tunnel distance ofsiXty feet to vest in the
drift d crOSscut has been made TO the sorth,
and an Openiug 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 Il
stope TO the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the ChanmAD
mill, which averaged S11 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface q distance Of
something more titan 100 feet through tle
roof OF the stope, which il in ore all the
way. On the opposite side Of the drift
there is Il cTOsScut to the nOrth The dis
lance taken from the back Of the stope
and to the end of the cross mt shows the
ledge to be " feet wide. Tn ore Slope
extends along the lateral DRIFT to the west,
a distance OF fifty feet 10 another crosscut
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
entirp1Y across the LED Ice. An aver gives