The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-21

man on the north is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi. at
tention about til 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 feet 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 is known as the cave, is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point 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 thlr-
ty-fiVe feet to the north. Several eros: uts
we're made at different places, all of watch
are in ore of good grade. TO the west Of
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which large emOnnt Of drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
of good ore was exposed. great many
of the mine with fair results. From q
statment of facts regarding the Joana
mine prepared by the Hon. Thos Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following 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 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. Approxi
mately seven dollars q ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns bv
Watson under oath to the assessor of White
Pine county, for the purpose o. texation
This would give, dddin" She gold iost in
the tailingS, an average CT fourteen G0llHr9
ton in the ore Worked. The anC uni t.k-
IN 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 u tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lengrh 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 Pold.
There have been various estimates Of the
am cunt Of ore in sight 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be mace
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $3.50 per
IL.
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many miu have before 1t.
When the first great strike was made, and
it was known that it was a mine OF unusual
merit ltipNtio began which ran through
the courts for 2 term OF several years ut
great expense and annoyance TO the oWner
TIE property was tied up and could not be
united until the judpment Of the court was
had During this filtration 81 number OF
mininp men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations o. the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed taat the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; but the law SniiS stood in the
Wy until all were tited oHt Had j, nCt
been fQr this uiiIorsEnate ntlAir W0u q
M doubt, be one Q" inc irfGe pro fce'a r
lhe day, and the district OF I.opirsa9
would be in quite different Ccrdi To-.
The joana mine Is now the rTopeH9F 2E
Messrs, Hip, Wren Cheney, &a0'oa MD
Jackson. These gentlemen cYa q number
o. inines ia the district.
Joanna No. 2,
The property OF Messrs. OsterearG House
Lawson, Kip and others, aGiOins The JO-
aus on inc west. There has been ronsa-
develop the value Of the Clailn. IN the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the sam. AZ the J0ann in character ont
Of number of tons millcd from this prop
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property Of Mesxrs LYONS, McGin.
McOmie and Upderhll, is situate on AUlt-
man hill, 0d joininp the Aul!inan mine on
the west and the JoNua No. on the south
The rroupis composed of five mines which
are the chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey
Southern C1oss-all adjacent to other The
Development work upon the group is most
ly done upon The Chairman and Chairman
sTNra min nt.fN1 1nA 10 In ina ic
through large tunnel which taps the
ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. AT
the point Of intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge Il lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance of 500 feet; also. q
lateral drift has been run to the east Is feet
to a Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level of the mine, g distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level
Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is OPT feet. Going back to a point
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel distance Of sixty feet to west in the
drift u crosscut has been made to the south,
and an OPENING 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
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged $11 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface a 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 stcpe
and to the end of the crescent shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. Tho ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west
a distance Of fifty feet to another cross, Ut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
ST so gold per ton Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross