The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-07-06

y uob uoiVN aiAt1 ebdJoAh1iAS VIZ -A9it-
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 we're made. The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west eld 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 caYe, is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, ut
which point a cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. from this
point anincline forty-fVe feet in GePth
was sunk. AT TIE bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also ano,h r thir-
ty-tive feet TO the north. Several cross-a1ts
were made at different places, al OF WAlcn
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 quaatltE
of good ore was exposed. great ma1y
tons Of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From 3
statment OF facts regarding the Joa1a
mine. prepared by the Hon. fhos Wren Of
Eureka, Nevada, the folio ing quotation
is made: THE ore Was reduced at small
ten stamp woter mill at the town o. ELY,
about thrce miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appl-
ances for saving gold We're copper plates,
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode Of working, as was SHOWN by
constant assays Of the tailinps. Approx
matelv seven dollars Il 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 o. taxation
This would give, adding the gOld lost In
the taIings, an average OF fourteen dollars
a ton il. the ore worked. The amcnnt tax
en- ont in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the Office OF the
aesesso- 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 ~
an experienced sampler, the average Of the
different samples taken giving $1.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be dill
cult indeed for all estimates To be mace
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 gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the 0rdl-
nary plate process for SAVING the gold.
bas , s ffared IS many min have before il,
When the first great strike was made, and
il was known t},at il was q mine OF unusual
mort litipatio began Wiieh rom through
tn3s courts Tor . term of several wears 1T
rrent ez,pc,isa and nYfoyn;lce 20 tn oWner
m ). nro;,erty was tied No aud could 10: b.
nnfied linti1 fha iilGrmant Gf The court was
had. Daring this litratiea l. number 0i
,af,l In = -, AZ, visited tfla Gonna If raTious
times .nJ made eXau4ii ati5as o: tn prop-
e,,fv r. i. gsnpYallV believed t,af III
I.rapp~tr p,et their cx8ect ii ms t.lG Was
% eisf ,t.fnry: lar ti1a law auig stood ia tn
Wav until ali yv-rt tired ou. TAD it net
i,p,r, for this mn f0pT1aat, dtfur l. VDuit
no ,iol,nt. ~, enc. Of ne lnrse tT01uc ~ II
mo Gay. md tr.e district o. Robinson
would Sc in cutie di4eraat c0nairi,,a.
Tine Ionun nfiun il pow the 3rcparty of
J.rarr Hin N'rno Cheney g9i3lar anti
Iaaj,san These rs1t3e.cta owl. a number
o. lni;tcS in IL district.
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The rYapertY Of aIesrre. Gstargarg, House
lawson I[iip una others, u,ii0ine the jo-
ma "a Ire vast Tnnre hAs been rc3sid-
4f.shla rnrt Il me lnst nor Er{5ip;eat t9
:, .ge'or the yalae Of tle clDiIn. in ~ 4
deaneet wori.irr thew haye s@;nc GOOD GYc
me sans. Us the joanna in char1cter. 0G5
If . number Of tons millc,l from tais prop
erty 81 Del ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GRoVf,
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