The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-08-17

on what is known as Aultlnan Hill.
Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
JoANA NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
separated from the Aultnan by a
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 WIS stripped
and exposed on the west cid OF the mine
for a distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge 10 be sefs large. One Of
the principal openings, ffe one leading to
what Is known as the case, IS reached
through tunnel sixty feet N length, at
which point a cave WAS encountered and
the ore vein was also reEV8P3l From this
point an incline f0rtv-lsTe feet IN depth
was sunk. At the bott5fa OF the incline
drift was driven one haaascd and twenty
Ave feet to the east, and also another thir-
ty-five feet to the north Several erOss-outs
were made at different PLACES, 81 Of which
are in ore of good grade. To the west of
the WORK IN the rave tEe 1-iSF extensive
work., in which large amount Of drifting
and sinking has been done and q quantity
of good ore was expeaefi. a great many
tons OF ore were milied from this portion
OF the mine with fair results. From a
statment of facts regsrii3e the Joana
mine, prepared BY the 4on. Thos. Wren Of
Eureka, Nevada, the fclio gif.s quotation
is made: THE ore war reduced a. 4 small
ten stamp water mill a tae soYn CT Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
l.. n a
ances for saving god Wers copper piaCee.
Less than oue-haA the god vas sevcd by
this mode of wo1kiag, as was Shown hy
constant assays OF Ii taliltFs. ApprcSi-
mateiy seven dollars q ton vas saved by
this process, as shown by the Tesn-ns bv
Watson under oath 10 the assessor Of White
Pine county, for the purpose O taxation.
This would give, adaing sse gold lost in
the tailings, an average 81 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
assessor of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is q 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 by
an experienced sampler, the AVERAGE of the
different samples taken ziSing "a % in sOld.
There have been various estimates of the
amount of ore in siaht. Il would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be masie
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more thel fifteen thou
sand tons of the aveTage value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free bot the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for Saxing the gold
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before it.
When the first great strike WAS made, aud
Il was known that Il xas mine of unusual
merit, litigatio began watch ran through
tho c0nrts for q tsi9a q esral years ut
great expense and aanpr % the cw1et.
TIE property was tied np AIS. coald not ba
united until the jrsie.1fat Is tDe ccarI lTAi
had During TIN Efigstiac 8 nuna5ef 81
mininP men visited tie -ts1f At VARIOUS
times and made c--aiHlES toaF az he pfca-
erty. 1t IL general aatizgni TINS. the
property met their sestf lers as.G YES
satisfactory: but the 'if SIS ssaes iF .h,s
way until all w-re tired cgF. Hsd j. ',a-
been for this unfortuasj- .asie Il ~eaia.
no doubt, be one of the iAr-se lf0iic-Ts -
the day, and TIE .si--ssf OK Ae iHlsVs
would be in quite Il as p3a3i ;o'i.
The Joana mine II l,ris. 4ae g,r0psigg u
Messrs, Hilp, Nrep. Gif,.sy, S.s.ti-r sid
Jackson These santleiata own Z aualbcr
o. mines in the disil-es.
JOAN 80. >,
The property OF Iressrs. cs-ar~ars. House.
Lawson, Hip ami ctAfrs. ad3osas The .Jo-
ana on the wesi. iAafe sas been eo1sid-
cIHDlt NOTk QOuSt iftt s-It ft44fi-ns ~
develop the value Of ga4 elaiEa. N the
deepest WORKING they haze saRe good ore
the same as the J0auz II character. cut
Of number of tons ihilled fsosn this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
cH4INMAn eaoup.
The property Of aessfs. Lyons. McGill.
McOmis and UDdetfn Il situated on Ault-
man hill, ADJOINING eha Autumn mine on
the west aud the Jeaaa 80. on the south
The group Is composed of i've mines, which
are the Chairman CDailmon Gore, Turkey Y
Southern Cr0ss-sll adjacent 70 other. The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and Chairman
Gore mines, The entrance 70 the Inino Is
through large tunnel which taps 5be
ledge at a point 500 feet from the mouth OF
the tunnel, and l25 from the surfacc. At
the point OF intersection made by the tan-
mel and ledge d lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance Of 500 feet; also. a
lateral drift has been RIM TO the east rs feet
to Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level Of this mine, a distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
Thus IL will be seen the total depth at this
where the lateral drift rest leaves the
tunnel distance sfsixty feet to west in the
drift crosscut hiss been made to the south.
and an opening 10 the north at the same
point. which shows THE ledge at this point
to be thirty feet wide Forty feet farther
TO the west, in the lateral drift, there Is
stope TO the south where some cre has been
extracted and reduced az the GhainmEn
mill, which averaged 81 per toa. There Is
On opening to tie suffice Il distance of
something more than 100 1tet through the
roof OF the Slope. which IS il ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
thefe is crOsScnt 10 he north. The dis
lance taken from the back OF the st~pe
and TO the end OF the rfosssnt shows the
ledge to be AZ feet Vice. Ihe ore Slope
extends along the latcrl drift II the west.
distance OF fifty fsgt to another crosseut