The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-21

on what is known - Aultman Hill
just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
JoANA MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi lat
tention about tt zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultman .
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
for distance On of ' three hundred feet wcS
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 an incline forty-tiye feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom Of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
ty-five feet to the north. Several cross-cuts
were 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
-.
and sinking has been done and quantity
of good ore was exposed. A great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results, From 9
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 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 APPROX
mateiy seven dollars a ton was saved by
this process as shown by the returns by
Watson under oath to the assessor of White
Pine county, for the purpose of taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
a ton in the 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
assessor of White Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
cross cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
an experienced sampler. the average of the
different samples taken giving st. Is in cold.
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 sl2 so per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
oAlae OF IRON aelufae aaoie .H th .ne "'oi-
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min IS nave before 1t.
When the first great strike was made, and
II was known that 1t was mine OF unusual
merit, htlgatloi began when ran through
the courts Tor a term OF several years at
great expense ana annoyance 10 the owner
The property was tied up ana could not nc
united until the judgment OF the court was
had. During. this litigation number OF
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations o. the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; but the law suits stood in the
way until all were tired OUT. Had II not
been for this untor:unate affair it would:
no doubt, be one OF the lerge producers Of
the day, and the district OF Robinson
would be in quite different CONDITION.
The Joana mine is now the property OF
Messrs, Hip, Wren Cheney, SadleI and
jackson. These gentlemen own number
OF mines in tho district.
Joanna NO. 2.
The property of Messrs. Ostergard, House.
Lawson, Hip and others, adjoins the Jo-
ana on the west. There has been cOnsid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same as the Joana in character Out
of a number of tons milled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The nronsrtv of Messr. I,von. McGiu
McOmie and fJnderhiii 10 sitnsted ON Anil
man Hill adioinino the Anltman mine on
the west and the Joana No On the sonth
Tho 1roun is com nosed of Eve m;nas which
are the Chainma Chainmsn Gore T,,rkerV
Southern Cross~all Adjacent to other The