The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-01-26


Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. 1t IS
separated from the Aultman 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 Dir.
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
hundred feet Of tunnels. drifts and open
ings were made. Tie ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west cid OF the mine
for a distance OF three hundred feet which
showed tie ledge . be very large. 0ne Of
the principal openings, the one leading to
what l. known as the cave. is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, ut
which point cave was encountered and
tn ore vein WIS also reached. From this
point an incline fortE-fse feet in depth
was sunk. At tie bottom OF the incline a
drift was driven one hundred and evenly
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
tT-fiye feet 70 the north. Several eroSs-cu1s
We're made ~ different places all Of which
are IN ore OF good grade. To the west OF
the work in tha cave are other extensive
works. ia which a large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done aud quantity
Of good ore WAS exposed. ! great many
tons OF ere were lnilled IRON this portion
Of the mine with fair results. From II
statement OF facts rePsrding the Joana
mine. prepared by the Hon Thos Wren OF
Eureka, Nevada, the folio wing QuoIatioD
is made: 1.-THE ere was reduced at IL sIntll
ten stamp water mill at the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appii-
anees tor 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 q ton was saved BY
this process, as shown by the returns bV
Watson under cath to the assessor o. White
Pine county, for the purpose OF te&atiOn.
This would give. addinp the gold lost in
the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked The amount tax
Ell OFT in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
dgnres are on record in the office OF the
ass.sso~ Of White Pine county" Some dis
lance iuI her 10 the west there IL q tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length OF
the tunnel * in ledge mat er. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sam pier, the aVerHge OF the
different SAMPLES taken giving Si1j IN "Old.
There nave been various estimates OF The
amount of ere in siahf. 1t would be diff
cult indeed fer all estimates 10 be ma1e
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have ,ho5n more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value OF $3.50 per
ten. The gold is free but. the clay and
oxide OF iron require more than the Ordi-
nary plate proe6ss for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine aas been unfortunate, It
has suffered as many MN nave before Ii.
When the tifst great strike was made, and
IL was known that IL was mine OF unushal
merit, litiFatio began Wlicn ran through
the courts Tor term OF several years at
pr"Gt expense ana annoYancE 10 the owner
The property was tied up and could not be
untied unul the Judgmeht "a TIE court WAS
had. DariuP this litigation Is number OF
| minnp men visited the 1Uaaa al various
| tiaeS 2:id made eXaminatl0os o the bfop-
! ertF II Is gtnetailE believed that the
! property met thtf expectations n9c Wa8
satisfactory; hpt the iAW sllss stood ~ tie
| Way Hntll all were tred our. llau 1t not
| been III tlis untortun9te affair il would,
! no d0n t. DC one OF tae lltr&e ErodGc * ot
| Ih2 Gay, AHu the @lSuic5 OF NoplnS0n
! would to "a Quite 4 difereRt condition.
| Inc a4l mlae Is nov t1f property o!
| Gsasfs, EIlr, wren, Stei1e}, 51Cl'r ana
| ! - &sGI. IHcGe gentlemen uWa Il number
| mines III t'le district.
! JaASA no.
| Tn property e. MesSre. oStefE&fd, House.
! Lawson, IMP and others, hejolns the 10
! ana % tire west. There has been consid-
| erADla Work cone, hut not sufi1clent TO
| develop the value OF the claim. IN the
deepest WORKING they nave some good ore,
| tne same Is Toe Joanna n character. out
%! At number OF tons mitled iTom Cais prop
ersy 81 pr ton IN gold was saved.
:, ~
A''i>N 'f'''i'
| The fronerfv of Npesrs Tyops McGi1l
man hill. adioiniup the Ault1nan mine On
the west aud the Joanna No. 2on the sonth
| The qroupis compospd of five minne which
are the Chairman Chairman core Turkey y
| development work upon the er0un is most
| " done upon the Chainman and Choinman
/ Gore mines. Inc enrranre 10 thn ,nine ie
through j. large tunnel which taps the