The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-01-25

Joanna MINE,
| Whose rich ore attracted so much at
tention about three years ago. 1t Is
separated from the Aultman by d
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 lest OF tunnels drifts and open
| ings were made. The ledge was stripped
| anu exposed on the west ehd OF the mine
] Tor a 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 IL tunnel sixty feet In length, at
which point "a cave Was encountered and
! the ore veln WAS also reached. From This
| point an incline torty-tiye teet in depth
/ was sunk. Al the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet TO the east, aud also another thir-
! ty-fye feet to the north. Several cross. uts
| were made al uifferen6 places, all OF W.ilch
| are in ore OF good grade. To the west OF
| the work in the cave are olner extensive
| works, in which large amount OF drifting
| and sinking has been done and quantity
| OF good ore was exposed. greet many
| tons OF ore were milled from this portion
| of the mine with fair results. From a
| statment of facts regarding the Joanna
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 appli-
! ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
| Less than oue-nalt the gold was saved Dy
| this moQe 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 by
| Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
| Pine county, fer he purpose &Xablon.
| This would give, adding the E0ld losl in
| ne tailings, an average O. iQ,i4 ,eej> dollars
| q ton in the ore worked. The aiHfitiit lex
| en- out in the aggregate was 50 s@ 1hlng
| oVec fifteen Thousand Gollfr2. Tile exact
| figures are on record in the otfire OF the
| assessor of White Pine county" Some dis
| 5aDce further to the west there is tunnel
ooe hundred and fifty feet in lengrh that
| cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
| the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
sgo ,his tunnel was sampled in sections by
on 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 sieht. 1t would be diff
| cult indeed for all estimates to be made
| ssith any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
| ever, have sho.yn more than hfteen thou-
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
| ton The gold IS free bnt the clay and
| OXIDE OF iron require more than the ordi-
| NJ. plate uroce for saving the gold.
| The JCHnA 1nlDe mas nSen uHlOfbNll@teJ Il
| -. suffered as aauy min have before it,
| Whet the rst great strike was made, and
| il was know. Il t32t it was mine OF H3lUsual
merit, liJiaatio began Wttieh rSn through
| the conrts for 6 term OF several years ut
| great expense and annoyance to the owner.
! TIC trcbe' tTsE tics up and coui1 'lGg &c
| - .eti IN The JUDGMENT Of tbs court #As
| haa Durln0 this litigation number OF
| M, ~ men VII II the JoanA Mt various
.'e,>e ana rs95a "vAmipatious of ,he rr0,-
| erIy f. is gene. ALL believed that the
| rr0l,e,iy met taer expectations aud Was
! ssfi Il, tory; nut re Wv suis9 stood in he
| way ,.3ti AL were alsa Of. HAD IL ptt
| teca i..r this i, ~.unG,c aiir'i Tcu.o
| 40 u0tttg be one g the it1Te 5T0st.S 80
! he dag, aud ne 1iGsrjct Of ho,iJsor
Would Sc III CUE a cireTe': atAdi 10
| Inf J rs 7iste i =; -.
| Jackson. Gdosc @ent!eiHen oH.t 4 number
% l'ioeS rs Gishict
..>S ne. .,
TIE pr0ra.:y of tfe,sfs Disregard, House.
! itt;so8. Kip ana OF ers RGjoins the Io
| ia g the west. T1ere has tSeo consd-
era L work don", BIT ROC ttiicient TO
develop the yalue OF toe claim. In the
pest working theN rave some good ore,
! ne snna as the .odna III character. out
OF nnmber OF tGrs milled fro.n Jhis prop
EFT. 81 per ton IA Gol Was saved.
sAAN GROUP,
40 properly OF }'easrs. Lyons. McGfll,
| McDnie and U.ldernill, is situated on Ault-
| man hill, ADJOINING the Aultman mine on
Hae West ana the do22A 40. : on the south
| rhe prOupis com posed Of five mines. which
! eve the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey
| Southern Gross-all adjacent TO other The
develop ms al 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 a point 500 feet from the mouth of
| the tunnel, and 1875 from the surface. At
| the point OF intersection made by the tun-
| mel aud ledge 81 lateral drift has been run
! 10 the west distance Of 500 feet; also. q
! lateral drift has beeD run to the east 70 feet
| TO Wine which extends down to second.
| or lower level OF the mine, distance of
! 100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
! Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
| point is 227 Feet. Going back to point
! where the lateral drift ,eeSt leaves the
| tunnel distance Of sixty feet to west in the
drift crosscut has been made to the south,
and AN openin 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
Slope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
MILL which averaged $l1 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface 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 st"pe
AID to the end Of the croSscut shows the
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
u distance OF fifty feet to another crosscut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
So 30 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet:
also to the south q distance Of eighty feet