The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-02-09

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man on the north is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much al
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
and exposed on the west el.d al the niue
for distance OF three hundred feet which
showed the LEDGE 70 be very large. Oae OF
the principal openings, the one leading to
what is known as the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet in leagth, at
which point q cave was encountered and
tha ore vein was also reached From this
point an incline fortyiive feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom Of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, aud also another thlr-
ty-tiye feet TO the north. Several ero5S-euts
were made at different places. all OF which
are in ore OF good grade. TO the west u
the work in the cave are other extensive
works in which a large amount Of drifting
aud sinking has been done and quantity
\
us of ore were milled from this portion
Q the mine with lair results. From
sid mont OF facts re9srdinp the Joaua
aiae. prepared by the Hon. Thos Wren OF
E}a8,ts, y egada, the folio wing quotation
= made: 1.-THE ore was reduced Al a small
IN stamp water mill ST the town Of Ely,
ABOUT three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appi-
ances Tor saving gold We're copper plates
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
balk = q ~ rfNOl nv
constant assays OF the t2iliGps. ApproEi-
metely seven dollars Y ton W9s saved by
this process, as shown " the returns bv
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose q tsXatioa.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailings, 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
figures are on record in the Office OF the
Gssoss0" of White Pine county" Some dis
tauce further to the west there is 81 tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lepgrh that
crOss-cuts the ledge. The whole length %
the tunnel is n ledPe matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the AVERAGE Of the
different samples taken giving $i.15 in pold
There h&Ve been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sipht. t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to he maGe
with any degree of accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons OF the ayerege value Of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the reld.
The lOGna mine has been unfortunate it
has suffered as many mil have before it.
When tie first great strike VAS made, and
II was known th@t ii Was q nine of unusual
mart, i5.gatio began which ran through
the courts FOR term OF several years 1t
great expense and annoyance 10 the CWuer.
The properly was TED up and coHlt not be
united until Tire iudFm eat 81 die court Wa
had. During this litiHatjOn a member Of
mining ~ IN visited tie Jn3na at various
[, p = and made e&a4alNatjaHs o the prop
cry. II is generally believed tlat the
~ .erty met ehejr eSpee;a5ipitS ana was
sa.ist!eeafy; hut the laf. a6i s ato0a n n.
Wa uaHi} . J We're tired ont. Had it nos
be4n ier tais Uniorsunate affair i would,
no d9pj t, be one OF the large prodnceya o
me GAY, aad the district OF Robinson
would 80 in quite different condition.
Tire JGaaa nii1e is npF gAa property Of
Hsssrs, HIP, Wren, Cheney, 5adinr sna
j.2k.0n. 0eta eeDtlen5 Il uWn 4 Number
. mines q he district.
Joanna no. ?,
To- property & 3Ies5re. Ostargara, House.
LaWsOD, IliiD auQ Others. SO iUinS the DO
ana Oh the vest There has been coasiG-
cradle work dore, hHt nof suHicie4t 10
develop the value Of tae claim. IN the
deepest working they have some good ore,
The same as t9e JoanA in character. 0rt
ei = nusaber q TONS mill2d fron this pr0I-
erty 81 Per tan n sod was saved.
CHAIRMAN oEoUp,
The property- Of 4essrs. Lyons, McGin,
MeOmie and UDGerhill, is situate! on Audit
man hill, adjoining the Aui1mqn mine on
the west ana The Joan4 No en- the south
The group IS composed OF five mines which
are the Chainnan Chairman Gore, Turkey
Southern Croes-all adjGcent to other The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chainman and Chairman
core mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at poUt 800 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and l25 from the surface. At
the point OF intersection made by the tun-
rel and ledge lateral drift has been run
10 the west distance OF 800 feet: also, q
latefa! drIt has peep r4E TO the east 20 feet
to Wine which extends down 10 a second
or lower level OF the niue, a distance of
100 leet below the tnnuel or first level.
Ihus II viii Re seen the total depth at this
point Is ~ feet. Going back 20 a. point
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel q distance ofsi&ty feet to west in the
DRIFT cfosscuC has been made to the south,
aud an opening TO the north at the same
point, when shows theleGge at this point
to be thirty feet wide. Forty feet further
to the west, in the lateral drift. there is a
Slope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged ST per ton. There is
an opening to the surface a distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof OF the stope, which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
there is crosscut to the north The dis
lance taken from the back OF the stone
and TO the end Of the cross.,ut shows the
ledge to be ~ feet wide. Thu ore stone
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
distance OF iity feet to another croSscut
to the north, and shows the ledge to lie
tWenty-four feet wide. The crosSeutis not
entirely across the ledge An average gives
So 30 gold per ton. FiftY feet fnrthnr ,tnst