The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-11-30


| Whose rich ore attracted 50 iiucl @C-
tention about three years ago IL 10
separated from the Aultman ny d
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
aud exposed on the west end 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 to
what is known as the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet in length, NJ
which point @ cave was encountered and
| the ore vein was also reached. From this
! point an incline forty-tiye feet in depth
| was sunk At the bottom OF the incline
| drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet to the east, ana also ahothef Unit
! ty-iye feet to the north. Several cross uts
| were made at different places, all OF Wnlch
| 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
| statmsnt of facts regarding the joanna
mine. prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren Of
Eureka Nevada, the following quotation
| is made: "The ore was reduced at q small
| ten stamp water mill at the town OF Ely,
| about three miles from the mine. me mill
| is noorlv constructed and the only appli-
| ances for saving cold were copper plates.
| Less Than one-half the gold was saved by
| this mode of working, as was SHOWN by
| constant ASSAYS of the tailinRs. ApprQ&i-
| mstey seven dollars d ten was saved by
| 49, CHI
| Watson under oath TO the assessor OF Wnlte
| Pine county, for the purpose o. teXatlon.
| This would give, adding the gold lost IN
| the tailings, an average OF ioufoeen ooIi9ls
| a ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
| en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. fhe exact
| figures are on record in the ONCE OF the
| assessor of White Pine county, some Gus
| 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 III secuons py
| an experienced sampler, the average OF Ihe
different samples taken giving 81. 10 III gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
| amount of ore in sight. 1t would be dltil-
cult indeed for all estimates TO pc 1ntue
with any degree OF accuracy. some hoW-
ever. have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value OF Sl2a0 per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
oxide OF iron require more than ehe ordl-
nary plate process for saving the Polo.
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, 1t
has suffered as many min g have before II.
When the first great STRIFE Was n9aue, az
it was known that IL was mine ol uhustt4l
merit, HtlPatlo began "hlcN Ial tllIo.aii
the courts lot term on several yours ~
great expense and annoyance 10 the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the Judgment OF the eoufl was
had. During. TINS nug4'loh uulRpef o.
mining men VISITED lae 1ohn@ a Various
ir1p o nj BrDig-
erty. 1t is generally peheNea ta&t IN
property met their eXpec1atlohs aRo WIS
satisfactory; but the Jaw sal,9 5too1 ~ M
way untl All were Iie4 o}st' - =, -
been for this nnlofguha59 alialf ~ won't
no doubt, be one OF the large pfoo"et' 8.
The day, and the dl&1riel o. r'aalR404
would be in quite s. 'tl- .f4ild cCo@i e..
The Joanna niue y anF tAe 2to5e-
MesSrs, HIP, wren cheney, 9s-t 50 at1-t
Jackson. These .g5ntiemen own 4 NUMBER
OF mines in the district
Joanna NO. 2,
The property OF MeSsfs. oStergard, house.
Lawson, Hip and others; adloins the 20
ana on the west. There has been eonsid-
! cradle work Gone eut not suHleitht 70
develop the Value Oh the clHllh, ~ Vna
deepest working they nave some gOod ore,
the same as the Joanna IN cnafactef. otit
Of number OF tons mllled from this prop
erty "a per ton IN gold was saved.
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| The propertv Of Nessr-. LYONS, McGiu
| McO1nia and Underhill liz situnfed on Ault-
man hill. adjoining the Aultman mine on
! tbe west and ne Joapa No, 2on the sonfh
| The group is composed Of i've mines. Which
are The Cbai,nan Chainman Gore .TI1rkeyV
! Southern Cross-.eIl ADJACENT 10 other. The
! deyeloplnent work unon tbe gro1n is most
| 1v done mon The Chainr9 and Chninmen
| Gore mines The entranee to The mine is
tbrouph a LARGO tunnel which fans The
! LEDGE nj a poinf 500 feaf from the month Of
| the funnel and 195 from tha snrfsee Al