The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-06-22
on what is known as Aultman Hill.
Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the

man on the north Is The
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 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 ml1e
for q 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 a cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached From this
point an incline forty-fiye feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, aud also another thlr-
ty-five feet to the north. Severa! erosS-cuts
were made at different places, all OF which
are in ore of good grade. TO the west OF
the work in the cave arc other extensive
works in which large amount OF drifting
and sinking has beendone and quantity
of good ore WIS exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From Il
statment Of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Phos Wren of
Eureka Nevada, the fOlloYin quotation
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 appH-
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 tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns DIV
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 all average OF fourteen dollars
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
assesso" OF White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there Is tunnel
one hundred ana nifty 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 by
an experienced sampler, the average OF the
different samples taken giving $415 in Pold
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 shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the orCl-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, II
has suffered as many min have before it,
When the first great strike was maze, ana
il was known that 1t Was mine OF unusual
merit, litigatio began which ran through
the courts Tor g term OF several years at
great expense and annoyanc: 10 the o"net
The property was tied up and could not Oe
united until the judgm9nt OF lie court was
had DurlIlp this filtration number o.
MINING men visited the Joen2 nj various
times and made examinations o. the prop
erty. il is generally believed chat The
property met their expectations and WAS
aatis faelory. but the law sjliss stood in he
wsy uudl all were tired cug. Had 1t ugt
been fer this unfortunate affair it would,
no DOUBT, Ds one Of the large producers OF
The day, md the district OF Robinson
would be IN quite different condition.
The Joanna mine is now the property o.
Mrssrs, Hin, Wren, honey, 2aoler ana
Jackson. Tbesc gentlemen own number
q. mines IL The district.
joanna NO. .,
The property Of Messra. Ostercard, Vousc.
Lawson. Hip and others, adiains The Jo-
ana on TIC west There has been couSid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore
the same as the Joaaa in character. Out
Of Il number Of tons milled iron this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property Of Messrs Lyons, McGiu.
McOmie and UDderbill, is situated on Ault-
man hill, al joining the Aultman mine on
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The groupia 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
through large ttipnel which taps the
ledge at q point SOC Feet from the mouth OF
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. AT
the point Of intersection made b! the t'ln-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance OF 800 feeI; also, &
lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to Wine which extends down - second
or lower level OF the mine, n distance OF
100 feet below the tnnnel on first level.
Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 feet. Going back to a point
whore the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel distance ofsiXty feet to vest in tha
drift d cr0sscut has been made 10 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
stOpe to the south where some ere has OoeQ
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged 81 per ton. There is
an Openiug- to the surface d 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 ST ne
and to the end of the cross1ut shows the
ledge to be u feet wide. The ore st0pe
extends along the lateral drift to the west, !
Il distance OF fifty feet to another crossCut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
IS 80 gold per ton. Fiftv feet further west