The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-01-19

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 were made. The ledge was stripped
| and exposed on the west end of the rhine
! for distance OF three hundred feet when
| 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 iength, ~
| which point cave was eucountereu ana
| the ore vein was also reached. FROM TINS
| noint an incline fOrtX-iiYe feet IN deptn
! was sunk. At the bottom OF the incline
| drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet to the east, AID also another th1r-
! ty-iye feet to the north. Several cross-ents
| 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. in which large amount OF drut1ng
| and sinking has been done and quantity
of good ore WAS exposed, great maily
l
of the mine with fair results. From
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Ihos wren OF
| Eureka, Nevada, the FOLLOWING quotallon
| is made: 1.-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 april
| auces for saving gold vera copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, as was SHOWN by
| constant assays OF the taihnFs. Approx
mately seven dollars o ton was saved bY
| this process, as shown by the returns DV
| Watson under oath to the assessor 81 Naltc
| Pine county, for the purpose OF teXatlon.
| This would give, adding the golG lost III
| the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
! a ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
! en- out in the aggregate was sometnlng
| over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
| figures are on record in the Office OF the
| assassor of White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is tunnel
| one hundred and fifty feet III length that
crcss-cTts 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
| differei samples taken giving VI. 10 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 mace
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, now
| 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 ordl-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many MINIS have before it..
When the first great strike WIS made, and
Il it was known that it was anime OF unusual
| merit, litigatio began which ran through
! che courts for a term of several years ut
ErTeat expense and annoyance TO the owner.
lae property was tied up aud could not be
United until the judgment Of the court was
| nati. During this litigation number of
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations o. the prom
erty. It is generally believed tnat the
| property met their expectations and was
saltlaactory; but the law Suits stood in the
way Until all were tired out. Had it not
Deen Tor this unfortunate affair it would,
ire day.. and the district Of Robinson
would le IN quite different condition.
1ne Joan}a nine is now the property Of
lees, li'Tb Wren 1lheney, sadler and
o. mines in Tho, district
Joanna NO. 2,
The property Of Nfess,s. Ostergard House.
lawson, MP ail'd others, a1iOins the 10
ana en- the west There has been c0nsid-
erabi2 work done, bnt not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim In the
t nee "o o tl tnega have some good ore
Of number Of tons In}led from This prop
erty 81 per ton in gold WIS saved,
CHAIRMAN GRllJP.
The property Of Messrs. Lyons, McGjll
Mcomie and Upderhill, is sititta, on snit'
man hill, adjoining the Aultmaa mine on
the west and the JoanA No 2 on ne sontb
Inc groupi is composed of five mineS which
are the chairman Chairman Gore .Tu,j,ev Y
southern CroSs-all adjacent to other The
development work upon the group is mott
~ done upon the Chairman and Ghainma,
gore mines The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel, which taDs the
ledge at point 900 feet from the month Of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface At
the point OF intersection made by the tun
mel aud ledge lateral drift has beer RIM
to the west a distance of SOC feet: also q
lateral drift has been run to the east - feet
10 Wlnze which extends down to second
or lower level OF the mine distance Of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level
Thus 1T will be seen the total depth at This
point is 227 feet. Going back to a point
where, the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel 81 distance of sixty feet to west in The
drltt 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 a
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged Sl1 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 crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back OF the stope
and to the end OF the crossaut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. Tho ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west
a 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 80 gold per ton Fifty feet further west
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