The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-07-13


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'VANA "iNH'
Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tenti0n about three years ago. LII Is
.,,,,,z,fad from fhn Anltman bv a
d as" I'm ~,
small pofphyry dyke. Inc late =,
= YXa+s,n vas the ORIGINAL locator
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and through his energy the mine was
onaDa1 and deveIoned While Mr..
= 'N'-lNN 49, rcl
v }ts0n operated tile nllle ABOUT uIteen
h3793red faat Of tunnels. drifts and oneu-
ia..4 were made The ledge was stripned
and .srGzst. 0a tfle west ed of the mine
in. = sile-Gl.e d three hundred fest which
~ , .,-pa tnp ],-.iee to he very large One Of
tn, zriCeiral oaeni1ps. tae one leading 20
E5lat Is l,pt,va as tha carc, Is reached
4!tro5t,h asnonel sixtY fee: u length, ut
rtt,teh uoieta eArA was encountered aud
1h...t. .-e5a oas also reacnei. From this
p3t,t an inc}i4e fort five feet In depth
VS. s1uk Al TIC bottom OF the incline al
Gtift was driven one hundred and twenty
NO., fsef 10 the east. aud also another mir
tg.tiva fact TO the north. Several erCss-trtS
W., re made at different places, all of which
~. II, ora ~ rood grade. TO the vest of
the work in the cave are other extensive
WORKS n, which q large amount of drifting
and sinkinr has been done and quantity
If erond ore vas exposed A great many
zoos af ORE we're milfed from this portion
IF 1ba mine with fair results From q
ststT1qnt of facts regarding the Joana
mine. nrapared by the Hon. Thos. Wren Of
Efire}-a. Nerada, the folio wing quotation
l. l,,gfln. .Tne ore was reduced at a small
ta1, efSfnr, 7yo1ar mill at the town of Ely.
abo.l4 three miles from the mine. The mill
il ,oorI1, constructed and the only appli-
ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Taes han one half the cold was saved by
ti,fs ,no1a ~ WORKING. as was shown by
on- -, assaven nj tn q taiIings Anproxi-
mefalv seven dollars q ton was saved by
fhie TTocees. as shown by the returns bv
W. s,n ,7ndar oath To the assessor of White
pi.,, ga,1ntr Cor Tho nurnose of texatiOn
rhis would give. adding the gold lost in
IN toilinps. an average of fourteen dollars
- ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
ON ont i, the agpreoote was something
NV fftnas thonssnd dollars. The eyscf
GetI1rne ara on renHr5 in The office OF tbe
aseesso~ of White pin. county" Some dis
lance FUR her to the west there is a tunnel
ona bn~dTnd snd fty feet in lenptb that
cros S.c,lts fhe Iadce, The whole length OF
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
o. on Si,ls samnier the average of the
az a. a. i,a ,iy,ing "a * in GOLD
49, bon Vario6s estimates Of the
amonnt Of ore in SIGHT. It would be diff
%mit indeed for ali estimates to be made
viii anv 1eorae Of accuracy. some. how
-, 80 30 80 e., nare than tifteen thou
ss,,7 IONS of the average value of S12 80 per
ION The gold is free but the clay and
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The Joanna 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 it was mine of unusual
mvrit, ltiratio began which RON through
tn. courts for E term OF several wears ,sG
great expense and annoy&nc, To the owner.
4'he property was TIED up aad could not b.;
united untii the jEdrmeut Of the court wa4
hAG DUring this litigation II number OF
MINING men visited tl,V JoRna at various
tirn.,c and made examinations o. tbs pro:
ertv Ii is generally believed tnst III
prcf erty met their expectations aud w
sari factory; but the law sui IS stood in III
Wpy until all W-re tired ont. Had IL ~
heeu for tnis UnfortuuNte affair II W0ulC.
no doubt. b. one OF The large prodrcHia
re aar, and the district of Robinson
W0U II be in quite s. different condition
The Jonn9 nina is now the properly ot
Mes<rS, Hip, Wren, Cheney, Ss,dler ana
jackson These gentlemen own 81 number
o mines in he district.
1o,v, xo
The urarcr+y Of MessrF Disregard, House.
lawson. Hip and others, adjoins thu Jo-
ana on the west. There has been ccnsid-
ar4i.Ie work done, but NOT sufficient to
develop the value OF the claim. Ia the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the SAME as the Joanna in character. out
Of . namber Of tous milled from this prop
erty 81 PEI ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN 'Eoul'
qrba rrOroytv M Nessr. LYONS. McGiu
~, al iirnaarbi 10 sit;,"ts AnIt
,oa, hiIl "dioining Ne Aultman nine on
tl, M i've Iowa No Jon the sonth
| ~ s,YnI,,1 IL comnosed If five mines which
~ Tho - ~ ,inmnn Ch,inman Gore Turkey v
G',nt1,,.r,i f.inus'aIl adinreUt 10 other The
lT lone uono he Chsinman and chairman
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