The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-01-12

| Just below ana ADJOINING the AulI-
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 stripped
and exposed on the west end of the mine
| for a 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 a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered aud
| the ore vein was also reached. From this
| point an incline forty-6ve 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 thir-
ty-fve feet to the north. Severo! eross-cnts
were made ut 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
| aud sinking has been done aud q quantity
|
tons of ore were milled from this portion
| of the mine with fair results. From Il
statment of facts regarding the Toano
mine prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren Of
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
| is made 1.-THE ore was reduced at small
ten stamp water mill at the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the niue. The mill
| is poorly constructed and the only appli-
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 tailnRs. APPROX
| mately seven dollars n 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 taxation.
| This would give, addinP the GOLD lost 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 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 a tunnel
| one hundred and fifty feet in length that
| erOss-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 sam pler, the average of the
| different samples taken giving $.15 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 III atie
! with any degree OF accuracy. Some, now
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
4 q
| ton. The gold is free bnt the clay and
| oxide Of iron require more than the ord-
nary plate Process for saving the gold
| The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before it.
| When the first great strike was made, and
| ii was known that it was mine of unusual
merit, litipatiO began which ran through
| the courts for term of several years at
| great expense and annoyance: 20 the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
| united until tho JUDGMENT of the court was
had. Dnring this litigation q number Of
mining men visited the Joanna ut various
/ times and made examinations o. the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations aud WAS
satisfactory; but the law salts stood in the
Way until al! were tired ont Fl ad il not
! been for this unfortunate affair it would,
no doubt be one OF the large producers Of
the day, and the district OF Robinson
would be in quite o different condition.
The Joana mine is now the property Of
| MesSrs, Hip, Wren, Cheney, satller and
Jackson. 1Gesc gentlemen own a mum Der
o. mines in tho district.
Joanna NO Q
| The property Of Messrs. OstergGrd, House.
Lawson, Hip aud others, adjoins the DO
ana on the west. There has been consid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same rs the Joana IN character. Out
of number Of tons milled from this prop
| erty s. per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP
| The property Of Messrs. Lyons, McGil,
| McOmie and Uuderhill, issituated on Ault-
man hill, I'D joining the Aultman mine on
! the west and the Joana No on the south
| The grOupis composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey
| Southern CrOSs-Gll adjacent to other The
| development work upon the group is II ost-
| ~ done upon the Chairman and Chairman
! 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 IL distance of 500 feet; also,
lateral drift has beeD run to the cas- 70 feet
| to Wine which extends down to a second
| or lower level of the mine, 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 u distance ofsiXty feet to west in the
DRIFT crosseut 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 il
Slope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged $11 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
and to the end of the cross ,ut 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 n aver n ra Or vnS