The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-06-01

Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much at
tention about three years ago 1t is
separated from the Aultman by
small porphyry dyke. The late i.
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 distance OF three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. 0ne 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 n cave WAS encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From This
point an incline forty-five feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the cast, and also another thir-
ty-fve feet to the north. Several cross-ents
were made at different places, all OF "hica
are in ore of good grade. To the west of
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which q large amount of drifting
and sinkin. 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 q
statment of facts regarding the ,Toana
mine, prepared by the Hon. rhos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: "The ore WAS reduced at small
ten stamp water mill at the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appll-
ances Tor 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 tailings. Approx
mateiy seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns Nv
Watson under oath to the assessor Of White
Pine county, for the purpose o. taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost In
thc tailingS, an average OF fourteen dollars
q 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
,.sseaso" Of White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is Il tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lengrh that
cros8-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 81 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 matte
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, now
ever, have sho,yn more than fifteen tnou-
.aud tons of the 0ycrage value OF $3.50 per
ten. The Yold ~ free INT the clay AID
oxide OF iron require more than the 0rdI-
nary plate process Tor saving the poid.
The Joann mine has bean unfortunate. it
hos s. ifered as many min have before II:
Whom The lirst great strike was ma0e, and
il was known that it YuS " mine OF ulos al
M. ii, litiFal;o. bcf,an witch ran through
til. courts fUr term OF several y@a1s ut
CREST. eAFcnSe and au0oJauc' 10 the owner.
Tho proNQity wGs TIED mp and could rot DC
united r,at'i tia iudpm mt ii the court Wa
had - tr,lr this iiri'ntioa Tumher of
mjnin~ nj a visited the Jo4oa at various
Il i..tt, TI....
erty. t. is %ert raiiE "lieEe'l tnat sh:
Fr9perty inst oletr expectations 9nQ was
satisfactory; hut the law sld.s stood IN lht
way Iuii a!l W -Te ;tf3d oot. Had IL nov
4een for tai; unfGrtG'iatc ehtir il would,
10 doubt, BE oDa of the large prodpe - ot
lie gay. Gad the lis ;rict Of Robinson
would 30 IN quigc difsrant; ro2'ii'ioa.
The Joal!i iniAa is nov The properly OF
Messre, tsilr, Wren, Ch@iey. Spiitr AID
,lecI;eao. these gentlemen own numocr
o IaIlca ii the district.
Joanna NO. 2,
Tia prornrty OF Messrs Osterrord House.
L4wfpn, Hip a,.d others, adjoius the 30
{, rs. On tic vest There has been consid-
erari: work done, but not sufficient To
dt3ciOp the value Of the claim. In the
de- pest working they have SOME GOOD ore,
the same as the Joana in character. Out
Of n number of tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Messrs Lyous, McGill,
McOmie and Underhill, is situated OH Ault-
man HILL al joining the Aultman mine on
the west and the Joaua No. on the south
The group is composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey
Southern Cross-all adjacent to other The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and chairman
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at point 800 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 distance of 500 feet; also,
lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to a Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level Of the mine, distance of
loo feet below the Tunnel 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 distance ofsiXty feet to west in the
drift a crosscut 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 is Il
stope 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 a 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
lance taken from the back OF the stope
and to the end of the cross nut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
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. An average gives
Sc 30 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross