The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-11-16

" " NV AZ N"A dS AulI0an Hill.
Just below and 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
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 end of the mine
for distance of three hundred feet when
showed the ledge to be very large one OF
the principal openings, the one Leading 10
what is known as the cave, Is reaGhe4
through tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point a cave was encountered ana
the ore vein was also reached. From TINS
point an incline forty-hve feet IN 9epth
was sunk. At the bottom OF the lncHne
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thlr-
ty-fiye feet to the north. Several CROSSE uts
were made at different places, all OF whlcn
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. great many
| tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results: from
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. wren OF
Eureka Nevada, the following. ,,lotat1on
| is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at small
ten stamp water mill at the town or Ely,
about three miles from the mine. Inc mill
is poorly constructed and the only appll-
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 tallinPs. ApprOX1-
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under oath to the assessor OF WHITE
Pine county, for the purpose OF taXatlon.
This would give, adding the gold ioSt 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. Ine exact
figures are on record in the office OF the
assessor Of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet IN length that
cross-cuts 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 giving 81. 10 IN gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be dlf1-
cult indeed for all estimates TO De maue
COAiASj
ever have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value OF $500 per
ton. The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide Of iron require more than the ord1-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, 1t
has suffered as many min IS have before 1t.
When the first great strike was MADE, ana
it was known that it was mine OF unusual
merit, litigation began which 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 Judgment OF the court was
had. During this litigation number OF
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations OF the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations aud was
satisfactory; but the law suits stood in the
way until all were tired Gus. Had X no;
been for this unfortunate affair il would
no doubt, be one OF tie large pro1uCS rs g
the day, and the district o. Roninson
would be in quite a different eondi ion.
The Joana mine Is now the r!cge@. y q
Messrs. Hip, Wren, Cheney, Sadie! nnd
jackson. These gentlemen cwn number
OF mines in the district.
Joanna NO. 2,
The property of Messrs. Ostereard, House.
Lawson Hip and others, adioins the Jo-
ana on the west. There has been consid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value of the claim IN the
the same as the Joanna in character out
Of number of tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property Of Messrs. Lyons, McGilI.
McOmie aud Underhill, is situated on Ault-
man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The group is composed of five mines, which
ere the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey
Southern Cross-all adjacent to other The
development work upon the group is most
| ly done upon the Chairman and Cheinman
! Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel which taps the
ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. At
the point OF intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
to the west q distance of 500 feet; also, a
lateral drift has beep run to the east rs feet
| to a WlnZe which extends down to d second
| or lower level of the mine, distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level
Thus 1t will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 feet. Going back to o point
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel distance of sixty feet to west in the
| drift crosscut has been made to the south,
and 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
slope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged 81 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
tance taken from the back OF the ST pc
and to the end of the cross ut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west.
distance OF fifty feet to another crossout