The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-02-23
JOANA MINE,


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 feet OF tunnels, drifts and open
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west eud OF the nine
for a distance Of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. one or
the principal openings the one leading 10
what is known as the cave, Is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point a cave was encountered ana
the ere vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tive 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 thin
ty-fye feet to the north. Several eross-eUts
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 large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
OF good ore was exposed, A great many
tons of ore were milled from this ;crNon
OF the mine with fair results feo'l q
statmant OF facts regarding the Jana
NINE prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren ii
Eureka, eyada, the following qa9t .iGl
is made: /" the ore was reduced al ,. st02ii
ten stamp>water mill st the town r. Eir,
about three miles from the mine. ~ BID
is poorly constructed and the onlF 1fnll-
ances for saving gold were conner plates.
Less than one-half the gold WAS saved by
this mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays OF the tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson lDder oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose OF t2XatIon.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailirCS, an average OF fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- out in the aggregate was something
oyer fifteen thousand dollars The exact
figures are on record in the Office OF the
assessor of White Pine county, Some dis
tnnca fur. h er to the west there is Il tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
cross-cuts tie ledge. Tue 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 giving S415 in gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates 70 be made
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 but the clay and
oxide Of iron require more than the ordi-
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
il was known that 1t was mine OF UNUSUAL
merit, litigatio began Wnich ran through
the courts for term Of several years at
great expense and annoyance to the owner
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the judPment of the court was
had. During this litigation number OF
mining men visited the Joana at various
times and made examinations of tic prop
erty. 1t is generally believed tnat The
property met their expectations atfd was
satisfactory; bat the law sliis8 st9aa = the
way until all we're tired out. Ha1 i5r2t
been fer this unfortunate affair i, 9rruN
no doubt, be one OF the large produrars oi
the day, and the district OF Robinson
would 30 in quite II different condition.
The Joanna mine is now the property OF
Messrs Hip, Wren, Cheney, satiier and
Jackson. These gentlemen own u number
o mines III The district
Joanna NO. .,
The property of Meesrs Oatergard, House
Lawson, Hip and others, adioins the 10
ara on the west. There has been consid-
erable work done, but not sufficient TO
develop the value OF tho claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same as the Joanna in character. Out
CT a number Of tons milled from this prop
ertN 81 per ton III gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
| The property Of Messrs. Lyons McGill.
McOmie ana Underhill, is situated on Ault-
| man hill, adjoining The Aultman niue on
| the west aud the Joanna No. on the south
| The Froupis composed of five mines, which
| are the Chairman Chainman Gore, Turkey
southern CrOss-all adjacent to other The
| development work upon the group is most
| " done upon the Chairman and Chairman
| Gore mines. The entrance to che mine is
! through large tunnel, which taps the
| ledge at q point 500 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and l25 from the surface. At
| the point of intersection made bv the tuD-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
| to the west distance of 500 feet; also, q
lateral drift has been run to the east 70 feet
to o Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level Of the mine, a 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 point
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel distance ofsiXty feet to west in the
drl1t crosscut has been made TO the south,
ana an opening to the north 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 Chainlnan
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 stope, which is 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 stone
and to the end of the crossaut shows the
ledge to be ~ feet wide The ore stone
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
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
$6 80 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west