The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-04-13


Just below and adjoining the Ault-
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 mine
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 q tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-iiye feet in depth
was sunk At the bottom of the incline a
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
ty-fiye feet to the north Several cross-cuts
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 Il large amount OF drifting
of good ore was exposed. A great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From q
statment of facts regarding the Joana
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 mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only apph-
anees 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 by
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose OF taxation.
This would give, adding the sold lost in
the tailingS, an 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 a tunnel
ope hundred and fifty feet in lengrh 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 $4.15 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 made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, nave 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 ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before 1T.
When the first great strike was made, and
it was known that it was a mine of unusual
merit, litigatio began which ran through
the courts for term of several years at
great expense and annoyance 20 the owner.
| TIE property was tied up and could not be
uofied unUil the JUDGMENT Of the court was
had. During this litigation a number of
mining men visited the Joana ~ various
times and made examinations oe the prop
erty. Il is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and IVES
~ tisfncLory: but the Law suits stood in the
why Ua5ii all were tired out. Had it not
been fer tilis unfortunate affair it would
no doubt, he one of the large producers OF
the daY, ard the district of Robinson
would % in quite different condition.
| The jeans mine is now the property OF
MessIa, Hip, Wren, Cheney, Sadler nnd
| Jackson. Thesc gentlemen own number
o. mines III tha district.
Joanna No. 2,
| The property of ftessrs Ostergard House.
Lawson. Hip and others, adjcins the 10
ana on the west. There has been cOrsid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient TO
| develop TIE value of the claim. In the
| deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same as the loana in character. Out
| Of number OF tons millad from this prop
erty 81 per ton i'll gold was saved.
GRAMMAR GROUP,
The property Of Messr. Lyons, McGin,
| McOmie and UndeTnill, is situated on a uit-
| man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on
| the west and the Joanna No. on the south
| The group is compoted Of five mines, which
| are the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey
! Southern Cross-all adjacent to other The
! development work upon the group is most
| " 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. q
! lateral drift has been run to the east ~ feet
| TO Wine which extends down to second
or lower level Of the mine, q distance of
loo feet below the tunnel or first level
Thus 1t 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 lowest in til e
drift o crosscut has been made to the south,
and an openlns. 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 $1l 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 crosscut to the north The dis
lance taken from the back OF the Slope
and to the end of the cross nut shows the
ledge to be d. 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
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