The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-04-27

JOANA MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
separated from the Aultman by
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 fest of tunnels drifts and open
| ings were made. The ledge was stripped
aud 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 d tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-fye 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-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 q large amount of drifting
aud sinking has been done and a quantity
| of good ore WAS exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled 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 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 tailings. Approx
! matclT seven dollars IL ton was saved by
| this process, as shown by the returns bv
| Watson under oath to the assessor Of White
DfxF Co., e:
! This would give, adding the gold lost in
| tie tailings, All average of fourteen dollars
81 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
as ALSO" OF White Pine county" Some dis
! tauce further to the west there is q tunnel
QUO hundred and fifty feet in length that
! the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
! a"o this tunnel was sampled in sections by
| an experienced sampler, the average of the
| different samples taken giving 81. Is in pold.
| Th.re have been various estimates Of the
amount OF orc in sight. 1t would be difh-
! cult indeed FOR ali estimates to be made
! with any degree OF accuracy. Some, now
! ever, have sho IN more than fifteen thou
saul tons of the ayeraFe value OF $3.50 per
| ton. The gold is free hnt tn clay and
| oxide Of iron require more than the ordi-
] nary plate prpcess for saving the pold.
| The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
! has su f3'a?ed as many min S have before it.
! When tie first great strike was made, aud
! il was kI0yu tat it was 8 mine of unusual
| merit, litiPatio began which ran through
tn conf,s fer term OF several years ut
| great cXi lease an6 annoyance ~ the oW ner.
! The pt0D,rty w,ts tied up aud couid not be
united MT tho JUDGMENT of the cour! "as
had. UGriAr this LITIGATION number OF
mining men visited the joara st various
times aud nnt,e eNa'pilatiOHS Oe the prun
erty. 1t is gen"ral:y believed tnaI the
property met their expectations and WIS
tt, = I 80. y.
way lfufi! I'll were tired opt. Had il not
een for tits unfortunate A1l'nir it would,
no doubt, BE one of The large proaue ~ Of
;hc day, and the district OF Robinson
would ia in apite Il different condition.
The joan mine is now the properly Of
Mtssrs, ullp, Wren, Che ney, 6 .,.Itr afi
jackson. These geutlc.nen own 9 nGE49vr
O ni:lGs in the district
Joanna No. >,
Tie property of Messrs Ostergard House.
Lawson, Hip AID others, adjoins the DO
ara on the west There has been consid-
cradle work done, but NOT sufficient 10
| develop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same as the Joana in character out
ri number of tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property Of .Iessrs. Lyons, McGil.
McOmie and UDderhill is situate on Ault-
| Hldu Hlll, duJOlulHR the AulInAn mine on
Che west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The group is composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore Turkey V
Southern Cross-all adjacent to other The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the chairman and Chainman
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at point 800 feet from the mouth Of
the tunnel, and 1875 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,
lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to Wine which extends down to second
or lower level of the mine, 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 d roint
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel a distance ofsiXty feet to west in the
drift crosscut has been made to the south,
and an OPENING to the forth 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
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged $11 per ton. There is
an openiug to the surface distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof of the stope, which IL in ore all the
way. On the opposite side Of the drift
there is a.crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back of the stope
and to the end of the crossaut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. Tho ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a distance of fifty feet TO another crosscut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
Sc SO gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet:
also to the south a distance of eighty feet
The crosscut to the south has not extended