The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-08-24

| 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
and exposed on the west el.d of the mine
| Tor 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 IL tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point o cave was encountered and
Inc ore vein was also reached. From this
| point an incline forty-iive feet in depth
| WIS sunk. At the bottom Of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet to the east, and also another thir-
| ty-fve feet TO the north. Several cross-eut is
were made at different places, all of which
| are in Gre OF good grade. To the west of
| the work in the cave are other extensive
| works, in which a large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
| Of good ore was exposed. A great many
| tons OF ore we're millcd from this portion
| Of the mine with fair results. From 81
statmeut of facts regarding the JoGna
mine, prepared by the Hon Thos Wren of
| is made: "The ore was reduced ut 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 oDe-half The gold vas saved by
! this mode nj working, as was shown by
| constant assays Of the tailinps. Approx
| mately seven dollars a ton WIS saved by
! this process, as shown by the returns hv
| Watson under cath to the assesso" d Nhi0e
| Pine county fer the purpose o. taxation.
| This would give, adding the %ol0 lost III
| the tailings, al average OF fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
| en- ont in the aggregate was something
| over fifteen thousand dollars. The 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 nifty feet in lengrh tnat
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 $4.l5 in gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount OF ore in sight 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be made
with any degree of accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons OF the average value OF $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ord1-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before it.
When the first great strike was made, and
it was known that it was 81 mine OF unusual
merit, litiPatio began which ran through
the courts for term of several wears at
great expense and annoYanc~ 90 lbs 0Wuer.
The property was tied up and could not -
united until the judFmenf Of tEe court va
had Darinr this liieatlon number Uf
mining men visited the joana at various
times and made ex9'pjuali9ns o. the prop
erty. II Is generally he'leHed iiat IL
propcrty met their expectations aad W.,1
aatiS fGcTary: bpt thc law SCI 3 stood in til
way until ~ VIE tired out iIaa it u,
becu FOR tGis unfurtuaatt affair il WoHlG,
no doubt, he one Of tie large producers OF
the day, aaG the district OF Robinson
would c in quite dif"rau. condition.
The Joape Elin3 Is Row the property o
3ies$rs, HillE, Wren, chtF"J, s@f'ef epti
Jackson these gsa tlenen OWE Il nump9f
o mines III The district.
JoANA No. .,
, The property of Messrs. 0stereard, House |
Lawson, Hip and others, adiaas the Jo- |
ana on tine West. There has been consid-
cradle work done, bat not sufficient 90
develop the value OF the claim. IN the
deepest working they have soma good ore
Of a number Of tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property Of Messrs. Lyons McGin !
McOmie ana Uuderhill is situated on AuIt |
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The groupis composed OF i've mines, which |
are the Chairman Chairman Gore Turkey Y |
Southern Cross-all adjacentto other. The |
development work upon the group is most |
~ done upon The Chairman and Chairman |
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is |
through large tunnel, which taps the |
ledge at point 600 feet from the mouth Of |
the tunnel, and l23 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 been run to the east rs feet |
TO u WlnZe which extends down to a second |
or lower level OF the mine, d distance of |
leo feet below the tnnnel or first level |
Thus Il Will be seen the total depth at this |
point Is 227 feet. Going back to al point |
where the lateral drift vest leaves the |
tunnel It distance ofsixty feet to west in the I
DRIFT d crOsscut mas been made to the south.
and an opening to tie north at the came
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 a |
stope to the south where some ore has been /
extracted and reduced at the Chainmnp |
mill, which averaged Sl1 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 |
tnefe is q crosscut to the north. The dis |
lance taken IRON the back of the sto pc |
and to the end of the cross nut shows the |
ledge to be az feet wide The ore stone |
extends along the lateral drift to the west. /
a distance OF fifty feet TO another crosscut |
10 the nortn, and shows the ledge to be |
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not |
entirely across the ledge. An average gives |
81 90 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 distance of eighty feet |
The crosscut to the south has n OF extended |
entirely across the ledge. The average
value OF the north crOsscut is SIG por ton !