The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-09-21

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 Aultman by Il
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
ipgs were made. The ledge was stripped
aad exposed on the west e,.d of the mine
! for a distance of three hundred feet which
! showed the ledge to be very large Que OF
| the principal opeuings, the one leading to
| what is known as the cave, is reached
| through tunnel sixty feet in length, ut
! which point cave was encountered ind
! the ore vein was alSo reached. From this
/ point an incline forty-liYe feet in depth
| was sunk. It the bottom on the incline
| DRIFT was driven one hundred and twenty
! five feet TO the east, and also another ta1r-
! ty-hYe feet to the north. Several crosS-cuts
were made ct 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
| ant sinking has been done and quantity
| Of good ore WAS exposed. 4 great many
! tons OF ore were milled from this portion
! OF the mine with fair results From
! statacut OF facts repardinp the Joana
| NINE prepared by the Hon Thos. Wren OF
! Eureka, &eVad8, the folio wing quotation
| is made 1.-The ore was reduced al 8 sinNlt
ten stamp water mill at the town o. Ely,
! about three miles from the mine. The mill
| is poorly constructed and the ONLY Appli-
! ances tor sewing gold were copper plates.
Less ,ban one-half the gold was saved by
| this mode Of working, as was shown by
| constant assays OF the tailinPS. ApproEi-
| m a
| this process, as shown by the returns bv
! Watson under oath to the assessor Of White
| Pine county, for the purpose O. tZati0n.
! This would eiye. adding the gold los in
| the tailinge, an average 81 fourteen dollars
| a ton in the ore worked. The amount tak-
! en- out ia the aggreSQte was something
over fifteen thousand dOll&rS The exact
| figures ara on record in the Office OF the
| aesesso" o. White Pinc county" Some dis
| lance further to the west there Is tunnel
| one hundred and fifty feet in leuprh that
| cross-culs 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 givinp $l.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 shoTn more than fifteen thou
| sand tons of the average value of $l2.50 per
| ton. The gold is free bnt the Cay and
! oxide of iron require more than the ord-
| nary plate process for saving the gold.
| The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
| has suffered as many min have before it.
! When the first great strike was made, and
| ii was known that it was mine OF unusual
merit litigatio began which ran through
! the courts for term of several years a.
great expense and annoyance, 10 the owner.
The property was tied UP and could not be
united until the iudpment Of tho court wa
had. DURING this litigation number
mining men visited the Joanna ut variou