The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-06-27


man on the north is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so MI at
tention about tt zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultman 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 fest of tunnels, drifts and 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 il known as tile cave, is REACHED
through tGnnel sixty feet in length, ut
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-iiye feet in depth
was sunk At the bottom of the incline q
drift Voc driven one hundred and twenty
five feet TO the east, and also another t,iiT-
ty-lire feet to the north. Several eros nts
were made q different places, all Of W ich
are III ore 81 good Prad@. 70 the west OF
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which Il large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done aud quantity
of good ore was exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
Of the mine with fair results From a
;tatment OF facts regarding the Joaua
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the folio Wing quotation
is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at a 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 for saving gold vera copper plates
Less than onehalf the gold was saved by
this mode OF working, as was shown by
q Toll ir,r-
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as Shown by the returns BY
Watson under OATH to tie assessor Of White
Pine county, for the purpose O. taxation.
This would give, adding the 1Oti loet ia
the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
u ton in I've 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
assesso~ of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is Il tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet il 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 81. 10 in Pold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be made
with any degree OF accuracy Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
"A1 nv n rs 'roress for sayiIa the gol6
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has SUFFERED as many MN ; nave before u;
When the brst great strike was mace, apG
IL was KNOWN tHat IL "as d !niile VI G!iunua 9
merit Lttpatio oeEah v !'lot lSii t.l'ou5i t
crest expense and annoyance 20 the owner.
lhe vas w.. ~ nf ~, ,, ,,e
,lhtleu VII NC toeLe - 'ieo ootli y az
haa. Duili.| ihis nitls4ll"i " y "l.i nG, "
.InlHp NJ, oxsninafons n the nror,.
ahes and mace eHaplll'atl2ils =. NC Pfup-
cry. II - sGotihilA peliV 49,; I'M Inv,
property nct theiF eNpec'h!loiS ata was
tatlSlac'oI! put t''e ia" SUI" ~ tA,'
WY Hlltlt "'t 80 VI" ~ -, - -
peeu lor 't.tH HiliNt:u ~ - ''"ft - -:
40 dodht, &c ohs o. t9e - % -, 8 y.
me cay Y ne I5sl''rt -! 20. 'h''3
"noii l ~ IA qu!eo > :" - -, -
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MfSsTs' nun, wren: '1'eheS, 2'.'.,vt -
5gfF:oa. nee. gen s:ei.a'2 V",- a ""A'Vef
ihihcs ~ IA +"iatrlc'.
J0kNa NO. ,,
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Inc properly OF 4nVS>;'' 'f'tr&Hifi' ti3E..e.
lawson, i1llp and o'her6} aoIcihS nc -
ana on INC west mere hAS peen !GaHH-
erepl7 WoIK dopr, DIV not Suiheitnt 20
QeFciop the value o. the c''lhi. ~ Tie
deGpeFt WORKING they nave soInc "p4n eve,
ne same az the i0nna IN chafAr1Hf. Ont
o. a number OF teuS nllll2a rom Ihls prop
erty a per ton III gola was saved
c7,,ts,t.N ceorp
Tho proporty OF sIecsrs. Lvonr, McGill,
McOmie and uuGerhill is situate GA Ault-
man hill, adioinin. the Aultman mine on
the west and the Joanna No 2 on the south
The groupis composed of five mines, which
are the Chaiulnar Chainman Gore. Turkey Y
Southern Cross-aIl adjacent to other. The
dcyelopment work upon the group is most
X done mon the Chairman and chairman