The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-02-16

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
JoANA MINE,
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 str pped
audsexposed 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, at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline fOrty-iive feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom OF the incline Il
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east and also another thir
ty-tiye feet to the north. Several cr0ss-cuts
were made at different places, all OF which
are in ore Of good grade. To the west of
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, III Wpi.h Il large amount of drifting
aud sinkin. rs been done and quantity
of good ore - exposed. A great many
tons of ore Te.e fnilled from this portion
Of the min sta fair results. From
statment OF faels ragsrdinp the Joanna
mine, prepar Cd :. the Hon. ThoS. Wren Of
Eureka, NeYaa q, HE folio wing quotation
is made: " - ore was reduced al snail
ten stamp IS a1.r mill at the town OF Ely,
about three mites from the NINE The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appli
ances for saving gold were copper plates.
I -, h, Ia
this mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays Of the tailings Approx
matelY seven dollars 81 ton was saved by
this process as shown by the returns bV
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose OF taxation.
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- ont in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are On record in the Office of the
assasso" OF White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is q tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
trOss-cuts the ledge. The whole length Of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel WIS sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average of the
different samples taken giving $l.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates of the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be din
cult indeed for all estimates to be made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have sho-yn more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
ton. The pold is free but the clay and
narV ate rocess for swing The cola
me 9oana mine mas been 4nlorGu9ate, 1t
nA A., saHefest ~ many MIN 5 nave before II;
" heh ne Ilfst sI1at sti1ke WIS mace, au1
merit, litigatio began which ran through
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alt1 Ql ble NSft. Inefe mas bee9 codslu-
5'"'iI " IN uoiie, ~ u0t Suticleht 70
9aFelop tie Nalue Oh tue claim. ia the
4"1pest "oitih& the! nave some &oQd ore,
~ shHle ~ we JoahA III cn0factef. OUT
.. d .91llper oI IONS 3lliIed ho'9 lhs prop
CIT! VI pr toh III eolu was saved
cHA1N,t,N cpoup
oN0or'
The property OF Messrs. Lyons, McGill,
McOmie and UDderhill, is situated on Ault-
man Hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
the west anu the Joanna No. on the south
The group Is composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey V
Southern CroSs-all adjacent to other The