The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-01

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north Is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO much at
tention about three years ago. 1t is
Sc parated from the Aultman by
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 feet of tunnels, drifts and OPEN
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west eud 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 tunnel sixty feet in length, at
| which point cave was encountered and
| the ore vein was also reached. From this
| point IN 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 thir-
| ty-fiye feet to the north. Several CROSS uts
we're made at different places, all of which
are in ore of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka. Nevada, the following quotation
is made: ~ he 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 appl1-
ances for 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 ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
" atson under oath to the assessor of White
Fine county, fCf The purpose OF taXatlon.
CHS would give, adding the %old lost In
III leilue an average OF fourteen dollars
q ton in tAe ore worked. The amount tax
en- .t in the aggregate was something
over iiteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures nrc record In the office of the
asscsso" Of White Pine county" Some dis
taure iur her to the west there is tunnel
owe hundred and fifty feet in LENGTH that
crQse-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
rIs this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an 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 sight 1t would be diff
cu't indeed for all estimates to be made
via any degree OF accuracy some, now
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the averape value of $l2.50 per
ton. The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
uurv plate process for saving the gold.
qho Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
res sp ffnred as many min s have before It, |
When HE FIRST great strike WAS made, and |
IL wns known that it was mine Of uatsual
merit. 1itiratio began which ran through |
the courts for term of several years at |
great expense and annoyance to the owner. |
4 re property was ties up and could 0t'be |
uniisd until the judgm ent of the court was |
hna During this liberation q NUN Dor OF |
mining men visited the Joana NJ various |
4itI,,sesnd made examinations of the rrop- !
crfy II ia generally believed that the |
I,rf,rprty mot their expectations aud was |
ssii Factory: but the INV yniis stood n the |
yvav until all wore tired ott. Had IL not |
bpcn COR this t.af0@Juaatc niiair /: would |
10 doubt. be one OF the iarra rro1.cc1s OF |
Re law. md the district Of Robinson
vnnIa 10 in quite a different eCrdi icE.
TINE Jos"a nine is ..~o nc r. ppe~.v Of |
AIrssrs Him Wren. Elu.Ye.. 81 tIp1 ana |
jackson These gentlemen t.3yn a number |
~ mi.es il. tho district
The ,9rorertv of Mnssrs. Ostereard. House.
i,nwspr Hin and others, Adi0ins the Jo- |
o,,a ON iho west There has been consid-
crahlo work done, bit not sufficient to |
,,cvelon the value of the claim. In the |
,,.,7pst WORKING thcv hive some good ore |
We snu,n az the J0ana in character. out |
If y number Of tons n1illed from this pTop- |
CRY 81 per ton in cold was saved
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
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~ ElVpelt4 % ne :S3 ~ oun, MYTH,
Mcoi !, =, ana un9erhlll' lssiLuatea on Ault-
man nlll' ad}o1nlnF the Aultman mine on
~ 49, We. a!td tile Joai5t 20. < Oh the south
Inc pIou ~, p y Composed OF nVe mines, Whlch |
are me Chslnman Chalnman core, turkey V |