The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-12-01

man on the north is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much at
tention akcut three years ago. 1t 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
Jugs were made. The ledge was stripped
aud 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 kneWn as the cave, is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
Which point a cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tiye 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 sin king has been done and Il Quantity
of good ore WAS exposed. great many
tons OF ore were milled from this rsrtion
of the mine with fair results. From "a
statment of facts reFortlinp the Joan4
mine, prepared By tie Hon. Thos Wren OF
Eureka, Nevada, h folio wing quoteiop
is made: "The orc WAS reduced nj small
ten stamp water mill at the town OF ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed aud the only appl-
ances tor saving gold were copper plates
Less than onc-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, as WAS shoW7
constant assays of the tailinPs. All foxi
4 rtx,l1
this process, rs shown by the returns BY
Watson under oath to the assessor OF Waite
Pine county, for the purpose o taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost III
the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked. The amount Tux
en- out in the aggregate WAS something
over fifteen ousaud dollars. The exact
figures are on record IN the of1ee OF the
assSesso- OF White Pine county" Some dir
lance further to the west there is tunne!
one hundred and nifty feet in length that
cross-cnts the ledge. The whole length Of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel WAS sampled in sections by
MI experienced sampler, the average Of the
differeat samples taken giving $t15 i'll pold.
There have been various estimates of the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be matie
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
nary plate prCcess for saving the cold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before it.
When the first great strike was made, anG
it was known taat 1t was Il mine Of unusual
merit, litipatio began wlich ran through
the courts for term OF several years al
great expense and annoyance 10 tbs owner.
The property was tied up and could not Dc
united until the jlidrment Uf the court was
had. During this LITIGATION Number OF
mining man visited the JoAna at various
times and made examinations % the prop
erty 1t is generally believed that the
satisfactory; but the law sui Is stool ia ia,
way until all were tired out. Had it not
seen for this unfortunate affair il would
| no doubt he one OF The large producers o;
he day, aud the district of Robinson
would BE in quite different condition.
The Joana mine is nov the property Of
Hessrs, Hip, Wren, Cheney, S9dlcr aHd
jackson. Tbese gentlemen own d number
o. mines III the district
Joanna NO. .,
The property of Messrs Ostatgard, House.
Lawson. Hip and others, adjcins the DO
| ana on the West. There has heen cousid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim. In the
| deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same rs the Joanna in character out
| Of a number OF tons milied from this prop
| erty 81 per ton in gold was saved
thAlNMAR GROUP,
| The property of MeSsrs LYONS, McGill
McOmie and UDdernll, is situatei on Ault-
| man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
| the west aud the Joanna No on the south
The group is composed of five mires, which
are the Chairman chairman Gore, Turkey
Southern Cross-all adjacent to other. The
deyelopmp 4! 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 a point 800 feet from the mouth of
| the tunnel, aud l25 from the surface At
the point of intersection made by the tun-
| mel and ledge n lateral drift mas been run
| to the west distance of 500 feet: also, u
| lateral drift has been run to the east 70 feet
| to Wine which extends down to a second
| 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 Gest leaves the
tunnel distance OF sixty feet to west in the
drift d croSstut has been made to the south,
ana m opening 10 the north st TIE 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
extracted and reduced at the chairman
mill, which averaged 81 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof OF the stopc, which is in ore all the
way On the opposite side of the drift
there IS u crosscut to tile north The Gis-
lance taken from the back of the stope
and to the end of the crossJut shows the
ledge to be az feet wide. Thu ore stope
distance OF fifty feet to another crosScut
to the north and shows tho lado a to no