The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-10-05

OH WndG Is Known as AulCman Hill
Just below and adjoining the Ault
man on the north is the
Joanna NINE.
Whose rich ore attracted so much al
tention about three years ago It 1
separated from the Aultman byIs
small porphyry dyke. IRA.
R. Watson was the orig ator,
and through his energy til, Ne was
opened and developed. " lie Mr..
Watson operated the mine abolt fifteen
hundred feet of tunnels, drifts ard open
ings were made. The ledge was Stripped
and exposed on the west end OF the mine
for 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 a 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-five feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another tlir-
ty-five feet to the north Several crOss-clts
were made at different places, all of With
are in ore of good grade. TO the WestDf
the work in the cave are other eXtensite
WORKS, Ill WHICH IL large dGlOuub OF Nflll1nS
and sinking has been done and quantit9
of good ore was exposed A great many
tons of ore were lnilled from this portion
OF the mine with fair results. From /
statmont of facts regarding the Joani
mine, prepared BY the Hon Thos. Wren e
is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at q small
ten stamp water mill at the town of ElY
about three miles from the mine. The mil
is poorly constructed and the only april
\
Less than one-half the gold was saved bv
this mode of working, as was shown b;
constant assays of the tailines APPROX
mately seven dollars a ton was saved br
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under oath to the assessor of Whit
Pine county, for the purpose of taxation
This would give, adding the gold lost il
the ta1lingS 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
assessor of White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is 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 giving S4.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates of the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
with any degree Of accuracy some how
ever. have shown more than fifteen thou-
sand tons of the average value of SD. 80 per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
nary airy pIate pfocess Tor saving the gold. :.
has suffered as many min have before it,
When the first great strike was made, and
it was known that it was mine OF unusual
merit, litigatiO began which ran through
tho for M cpraYa1 at
great expense and Gnnoyanc,. 10 the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the JUDGMENT Of the court was
had. During this LITIGATION number Of
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations Of the PROS
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations aad was
satisfactory; but the law suits stood in he
way until all Were tired ont. Had it not
been for this unfortunate affair it would
no doubt, be one OF The large producers of
the day, and the district of Robinson
would be in quite different condition.
The Joanna mine is now the property OF
jackson These yentlemtn own number
o. mines in the district.
1o.N. No .
The property OF Messrs. Ostergard, House.
Lawson, Hip and Others a6joins the .Jo-
ana on the west There has been eousif-
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 Joanna in character. Out
of q number of tons milled from this prom
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
ohAlNHAN GROUP,
The nronertv of Noxsrs t,ons ,,ociu
McOmie and Updarhili IS sitnate, on III
man i'll ndioipino th a SituaoeI On .Ault
the vest and tbn iosno NJ ~, t Illne on
The group is comnosed of &c nj ,e Sout1
are the Chainman C,hainmanC nra i1l,
Southern Cross~a1l sdiarent to otha ~. Ne 9E,,o