The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-03-30

on Wa1I Is Known as AulGindn Lii.
Just bsloT end adjoining the Ault-
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 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
ami exposed on the west eud 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 10
what is known as the cave, Is reached
through II tunnel sixty feet in length, 1T
which point q cave was encountered ans
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tye feet in depth
was sunk. Al the bottom OF the luehne a
drift WAS driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
ty-llye feet to The north. Several croSs-euts
were made 81 different places, all OF winch
are in ore of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the cave are other extensive
aud sinking has been done and quantity
OF good ore y as exposed, great man!
tons Of ore were millea from this portion
Of the mine with fair results. From
statment OF 1aets regaFdlhg the ooaus.
mine. prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren OF
Eureka, Nevada, the iollOYlng quotdtlon
is made: " The ore Was reduced al small
ten stamp water mill at the town OF ELY,
about three mites from the nine. ne lhi!l
is poorly constructed aud the only april
anees Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-balf the gold was saved by
this mode Of working, as was SHOWN by
constant assays OF the tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars a ton was saved By
this process, rs shown by the returns bv
Watson under oath TO the assessor OF White
Pine county, for he purpose o. ts&atlon.
This would give, adding the gold lost IN
the tailngs, 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
6gure5 are on record ia the Office OF the
assesso" o. White Pine county" Some dis
lance fur her to the west there IS tunnel
| one hundred ana fifty feet iii length that
! cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length Of
the tpnne Is IA le9Pe atief s od4ior vlT
an an sTperienced sampler. the AVERAGE OF The
| different samples taken giving $415 in gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount OF ore in sight. 1t would be dlf1i-
| cult indeed for all estimates 10 be mate
| with any degree O accuracy. HolAe' now
! ever, have sho.3n more imam AIIeeu mon
! sand tons OF the average value OF $3.50 per
| ton. The gold Is Tree bnt The clay and
oxide Ct iron REQUIRE more man me, the ofdi-
| nary plate process ter saving the Pola.
The Joan4 mice h&s been qnLortu9iate' II
| mas suffered es many nlu > huVe before II
| When the FIRST great strike was mace, anq
it wo7 known thst II was nine Of unusual
merit, lit>gstio began "lhea ran tnfousn
! the courts Lor term OF several years AZ
| grant nEUp-sg and ANNOYANCE TO the owner.